“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...
Mar 4, 2016
An impressive list of 250 technology and service providers to the energy and water sector on the continent will showcase their solutions at the 16th edition of the annual African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa conference and exhibition. Some...
Melusi Maposa, Accenture’s Managing Director: Resources says he would like to see an increased uptake of As-A-Service models, as this allows utilities to leverage private capital to achieve service delivery outcomes by allowing private players to...
Global energy giant Shell will return as a platinum sponsor to African Utility Week at Cape Town’s CTICC from 17-19 May. As the country goes through tough economic times and companies are facing growing price tags for their equipment maintenance,...
The 15th African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa conference and expo was a huge success with a record attendance of 6000 people over three days in Cape Town earlier this month. From 12-14 May, the event gathered power and water professionals...
The continent’s leading utility and energy professionals and projects were honoured and successes in the industry throughout 2013 were celebrated at the African Utility Week Awards. More than 5000 power and water professionals have gathered for the...
South Africa is severely under-engineered. According to the latest Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) results, South Africa only has a total of 15 000 engineers and has one engineer that services approximately 2666 people whereas...
Africa’s power development challenge is enormous, with more than 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lacking access to electricity. “In this modern world electrification cannot be overemphasised and therefore all countries must endeavour to...
