Africa’s all-encompassing power and water event, African Utility Week, delivers business opportunities for utilities, large industrial end users and solution providers across all sectors. Click on the icons for more information about the industries we cover.

Metering, Billing/CRM Africa is the foremost metering and customer relationship management event in Africa. Presentations encompass all aspects of metering – from essentials of pre-paid meter installations, meter data management, AMR and AMI programmes to smart billing options. This is the only place in Africa where all aspects of traditional and smart metering and customer service management are covered.

Renewable Energy Africa will give an overview of the role of renewable energy in your energy mix –overcoming your concerns about the cost effectiveness of technologies and examining ways to increase application in your utility environment.

Water Utilities Africa showcases best practices in revenue management and loss management, acknowledging the role of private participation and the importance of a comprehensive water security plan – all combining to realise the service delivery and efficiency of your water utility.
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Increasing emphasis on energy efficiency and demand management, particularly by large industry, gives added importance to this new breakout session. Examine the effect of increased challenges of demand and supply and understand the impact that this will have on your operational costs and plant efficiency. Get practical advice on maintaining output levels while decreasing electricity costs.

An executive meeting forum for ministerial delegations, high level power executives, policymakers and international financiers. Discussions focus on encouraging investment into Africa’s power sector by enhancing understanding of investment challenges, requirements and the importance of bringing feasible power projects to financial close. Project overview discussions will highlight the opportunities available in Africa.

Efficient transmission and distribution on a well maintained and planned grid is vital to the economic development of Africa. Africa’s leading energy infrastructure event addresses the success of private participation and unbundling, the role of power pools and the potential of the smart grid.

Get insight into meeting generation capacity in an efficient and optimal manner – understand the importance of a diverse energy mix for energy security; the demands placed on generators by regulatory and legal requirements; and emerging technology and its role in the future of generation on the continent.

Learn how to integrate resource recovery in your waste management programmes to produce energy and alternative fuel through incineration, bio degeneration, pyrolysis and gasification in order to manage the increased demand for waste service provision in line with international norms, the national, provincial and local authorities.