Siemens will launch a hackathon using the Mendix platform at its virtual Smart Mining forum from the 3rd to the 5th of August 2021.
The company will demonstrate the platform to the universities. The universities will use Mendix to create an app to build a mining use-case. Later this year, Siemens will host a competition to determine the winning university based on their use-case.
Siemens has invited various South African universities and will introduce them to Mendix, a low-code rapid application development platform. Mendix is a high productivity application development platform that enables users to build and continuously improve mobile and web applications at scale. This platform is designed to accelerate enterprise app delivery across the entire application development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and operations.
The event will also explore the impact of technology and how it can sustainably drive transformation within the African Mining Industry.
Sabine Dall’Omo, Siemens CEO for Southern and Eastern Africa says “Our main objective with this event was to initiate a forum for knowledge transfer to the industry and raise awareness of the opportunities created by technology. We’re excited to bring this collaborative forum, where we can showcase the latest technological innovations for the industry and explore their effects on the African mining landscape.”
As part of the company’s commitment to Enterprise and Supplier Development, Siemens will also provide ten industrious Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME’s) that deliver solutions and services to the mining industry a chance to showcase their companies and expertise in a separate virtual showroom.
The participating SMME’s will obtain SITRAIN access, an online, flexible, continuous and personalised digital learning platform for industry that’s available anytime, anywhere, and can be used on any device, such as via a mobile app. Its modular structure divides the content into easy-to-follow “learning nuggets” and includes checkpoints to monitor achievements.
“The future of mining and the transformation of the mining industry depends highly on staying abreast of advancing technology and industry trends.
“It also depends on the sustainable development of new enterprises, collaborations, and ongoing conversations among relevant stakeholders in the public and private sector and educational institutions.
“Now is the time to contribute to small business growth, promote job creation and develop critical job skills required for the transformation in the mining industry,” concludes Dall’Omo.
