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African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa, the leading energy event on the continent for the last 20 years, has clinched once again the AAXO ROAR Award for Best Trade Exhibition in the 12000+ sqm category. The event is organised by the multi-award-winning Cape Town-based trade exhibition and conference organiser Clarion Events Africa (formerly Spintelligent). The ROAR* Organiser and Exhibitor Awards took place in Johannesburg last week and honoured excellence in the exhibiti
Private sector participation in the energy sector, small-scale hydro and mini grid opportunities, desalination as an option to secure water security and helping SSMEs with a toolkit are just some of the highlights of the Digital African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa agenda in November.
The programme forms part of the upcoming ‘Digital Energy Festival for Africa’ which unites African Utility Week and POWERGEN
The African Utility Week conference has a longstanding reputation of producing innovative, topical and high-level content, discussion and engagement” says event director Evan Schiff, adding: “the 19th edition of the event from 14-16 May in Cape Town this year will, once again, not disappoint.”
The new co-location of POWERGEN Africa in 2019 will add an expanded focus
African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, for some two decades the flagship power, energy and water event on the continent, has unveiled its new name, identity and vision, Enlit Africa, during the opening session of the digital edition of the event this morning.
“The dynamics of the African energy sector are changing, and it is so exciting for us to witness first hand,” said David Ashdown, MD of Clar
According to Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, “because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is safer to reschedule the Nigeria Mining Week proceedings for 2020, as we prioritize the safety of the participants. We look forward to engaging with the industry digitally this year and hope to be able to hold the event in 2021, in the second week of October.”
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“A shift in resources allocation towards the health sector to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is going to starve other sectors like the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector of much needed financing,” says Paul Yillia, award-winning water sector expert.
“Often WASH is treated independently from the health sector,” he adds, “and given the importance of WASH in preventing
Clarion Events Africa’s trade publications are not only surviving, but thriving, because we have managed to reinvent the medium by embracing digital and key event partnerships to have a 360⁰ live visibility and accessibility.” This is according to Ross Hastie, Group Director Media at Clarion Events Africa, for many years trading as Spintelligent. The company is also known for its multi-award winning B2B conferences and exhibitions acr
Siemens and German renewable energy developer juwi have entered into a strategic technology partnership to focus on microgrids in the mining industry.
The signed agreement between the two companies aim to roll-out and continually develop the advanced microgrid control system that enables the seamless integration of power from renewable energy to a mine`s off-grid power supply.
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Petra Diamonds has announced that in order to provide effective support to the company’s operations and to facilitate the rapid execution of Project 2022, a number of organisational changes have been put into effect.
With all operations having transitioned into steady state operational performance, the company has implemented a flatter management structure, with the mines now reporting directly to the chief executive.
The South African cabinet has approved IRP 2019 that plots the path for the nation’s generation technology mix to assuage the current energy crisis in the country.
Minister of Minerals Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe has outlined the role that oil, and gas will play going forward.
He was is at great pains to point o