Dec 7, 2017
In 2018, African Utility Week will showcase the latest technologies and services in generation (incorporating fossil fuels, off grid, nuclear and renewables), transmission and distribution (including metering) and new technologies (including...
The West Africa Clean Energy Corridor (WACEC) was launched last week in Cape Town in an effort to accelerate the deployment of utility scale renewable energy. During the launch, which took place at African Utility Week, government and power...
Cape Town is now “waiting on a miracle” to help save the city from its worst drought in 100 years, city official Gisela Kaiser told delegates at African Utility Week. Kaiser said there was no way the city could have reasonably anticipated the...
Eskom board chair Ben Ngubane fielded questions around corruption and Brian Molefe at this year’s Africa Utility Week currently underway in Cape Town. Newly reappointed Eskom CEO Brian Molefe was scheduled to deliver the conference’s keynote...
Innovation and localised solutions will help fast track Africa’s much needed developments, KPMG experts say. With the opening of African Utility Week in Cape Town on Wednesday, KPMG experts shared their views on what they believe are the greatest...
Mar 6, 2017
Want to know more about what the African Utility Week conference is all about? Well, this year the event has brought together Metering, Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Energy Revolution Africa, Finance and Water.
More than one billion people living in Africa are still battling to gain access to electricity from the traditional grid supply. However, the energy landscape across Africa is evolving as consumers, independent power producers and other...
“Everyone who was part of this year’s African Utility Week felt the same passion for the energy and water sectors on the continent and had the feeling that we are on the brink of enormous progress“, says Evan Schiff, event director of the African...
The winners of the African Utility Week Industry Awards were announced this week in Cape Town. Kandeh Yumkella, UN Under-Secretary-General and Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), won...
