Africas Power and Water Innovations, Opportunities and Successes in Focus at African Utility Week in Cape Town
Summary
We also have a strong focus on water this year, including the water-energy nexus, water efficiency and wastewater management.” African Utility Week speaker highlights include: Opening day keynote session, Tuesday, 17 May, 09h00: - Thembisile Majola, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy, South Africa - Mongezi Ntsokolo, Group Executive, Distribution, Eskom, South Africa - Kandeh K Yumkella, UN Under-Secretary-General and Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), Sierra Leone - Michael Liebreich, Chairman of the Advisory Board and Founder, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, UK - James E. Rogers, Former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Duke Energy, USA - Anton Eberhard, Professor: Management Programme in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa Keynote session, Wednesday, 18 May, 09h00: - Monika Weber-Fahr, COO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), Austria - Dhesigen Naidoo, CEO, Water Research Commission, South Africa - Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Netherlands - Akinwole Omoboriowo II, CEO, Genesis, Nigeria Utility CEO Forum The invitation-only Utility CEO Forum will give more than 40 high-level power and water utility executives the opportunity to discuss challenges and share best practice from countries including Botswana, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.There is also a lot of international interest in Africa as the next energy hotspot with country pavilions from Germany, Sweden, India, China, France and the Netherlands.The event will feature 250 exhibitors, 250 speakers, a six stream strategic conference, free-to-attend technical workshops on the expo floor, three high-profile keynote sessions, technical site visits and the coveted industry awards gala dinner.African Utility Week addresses the latest challenges, developments and opportunities in the power and water sectors: ranging from generation, T&D, metering, clean energy, finance and investment, water supply and energy efficiency.We also have a strong focus on water this year, including the water-energy nexus, water efficiency and wastewater management.”African Utility Week speaker highlights include:Opening day keynote session, Tuesday, 17 May, 09h00:- Thembisile Majola, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy, South Africa- Mongezi Ntsokolo, Group Executive, Distribution, Eskom, South Africa- Kandeh K Yumkella, UN Under-Secretary-General and Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), Sierra Leone- Michael Liebreich, Chairman of the Advisory Board and Founder, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, UK- James E. Rogers, Former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Duke Energy, USA- Anton Eberhard, Professor: Management Programme in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South AfricaKeynote session, Wednesday, 18 May, 09h00:- Monika Weber-Fahr, COO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), Austria- Dhesigen Naidoo, CEO, Water Research Commission, South Africa- Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Netherlands- Akinwole Omoboriowo II, CEO, Genesis, NigeriaUtility CEO ForumThe invitation-only Utility CEO Forum will give more than 40 high-level power and water utility executives the opportunity to discuss challenges and share best practice from countries including Botswana, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.Innovation HubAquaponic farming, a geyser switch and other water and energy savings gadgets and software are amongst the winning innovations and inventions that will be showcased at the Innovation Hub on the African Utility Week exhibition floor.Other success stories that made the coveted final selection are from Rwanda, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana and Tanzania.African as the next energy hotspotThe Tesla Powerwall is just one of the exciting, new technologies that will be on display at the African Utility Week exhibition where more than 250 local and global technology and service providers to the water and power industry are showcasing the latest solutions and sharing their successes in projects.Platinum sponsors are Accenture, EPG, Landis+Gyr, Lucy Electric, KPMG and Shell.