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What is Africa’s Power, Energy and Water Mega Event?
The 19th annual African Utility Week is the leading conference and trade exhibition for African power, energy and water professionals.
The 2019 event brings the addition of POWERGEN Africa, adding an expanded focus on Generation (Including renewables, off grid, fossil fuels and nuclear) while still concentrating on transmission and distribution (including metering), new technologies (including storage, mini grids, micro grids, IOT and ICT systems) and of course water.
The event brings together over 10 000 decision makers to source the latest solutions and meet over 350 suppliers. Along with multiple side events and numerous networking functions, the event also boasts a strategic conference with over 300 expert speakers.
2018 session presentations
Download the conference and technical workshop presetations from the ESI Africa website
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Interviews from the floor
Watch exclusive interviews taken by the ESI Africa team on the expo floor at #AUW2018
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Read expert interviews conducted with sponsors, exhibitors and speakers:
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Exclusive interview with Bryan Groenendaal, editor of Green Building Africa and panellist at the Future Cities conference track at African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Mlungisi Mkhwanazi, Director of the Africa Utilities Technology Council (AUTC), a returning industry partner of African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in Cape Town in May.
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Exclusive interview with David Putterill, General Manager of The Beverage Company in Cape Town, one of the technical site visits this year during African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Andrew Githaiga, Senior Investment Officer, SunFunder East Africa Limited and expert panellist at African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in Cape Town in May.
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Exclusive interview with Sindi Mzamo, Director at Divaine Growth Solutions and valued member of the African Utility Week Advisory Board and an official event ambassador.
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Exclusive interview with Bruce Raw, Chief Strategy Officer at GreenCape and expert panellist on energy efficiency at the African Utility Week Future Cities conference in May.
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Exclusive interview with Shannon Vermaak, marketing manager for Utility Systems, platinum sponsors at the upcoming African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Lara van Druten, CEO, The Waste Transformers in the Netherlands and featured speaker at during the Future Cities conference track at African Utility Week.
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Interview with Chinedu Igbokwe, Chief Operating Officer, Daystar Power Group, Nigeria and a moderator at Energy Revolution Africa at African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Stefano Boggia, Business Development Manager for Africa at Ansaldo Energia and Advisory Board member for African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Jodie Sherwin Hill, Executive Director, Jomat Investments Pty (Ltd), and African Utility Week Advisory Board member.
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Exclusive interview with Anton-Louis Olivier, MD, REH Group and as a leading hydropower expert he is a valued African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa Advisory Board member.
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Exclusive interview with Dr Sam Duby, Africa Director, TFE Consulting and panellist at the upcoming African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Thomas Murphy, Founder of Afrisoul Life Systems and an Advisory Board member of African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Dr Clinton Carter-Brown, Head: Energy Centre, CSIR and member of the African Utility Week POWERGEN Africa Advisory Board.
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Exclusive interview with Sicelo N. Mashwama, Environment, Health & Safety Manager at Swaziland Water Services Corporation and AUW Advisory Board member.
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Exclusive interview with Stel Stylianou, CEO of Dromex, a platinum sponsor at the upcoming African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in Cape Town in May.
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Exclusive interview with Dr. Eng. Matthew Matimbwi, Interim Chairperson of East Africa Renewable Energy Federation (TAREA) and AUW advisory board member.
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Exclusive interview with Jan Kürstein, Hydrogeologist and Senior Consultant Water and Natural Resources at Rambøll in Denmark. He is an AUW advisory board member and speaker.
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Exclusive interview with Gift Sageme, CEO at Malawi’s Central Region Water Board in Malawi and Advisory Board member of the upcoming African Utility Week in Cape Town.
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Exclusive interview with Dr Rose Mutiso, co-founder and CEO of the Mawazo Institute and member of the Advisory Board for African Utility Week that took place in Cape Town in May 2018.
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Eskom Rotek Industries is known and respected for its high quality, mission-critical engineering services.
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Exclusive interview with nuclear expert Dr. Anthonie Cilliers, a regular speaker at African Utility Week.
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Exclusive interview with Des Muller, Director, NuEnergy Developments, South Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Seydou Kane, Eaton Managing Director, Africa. Eaton were sponsors at the 2018 African Utility Week Industry Awards.
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Exclusive interview with Yackov Dar, the founder, president and chief executive officer of Power-C Metering Africa (PCMA), an exhibitor at the upcoming African Utility Week.
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Exclusive interview with Seleha Lockwood, Programme Manager, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), an African Utility Week event partner.
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Exclusive interview with Dr Mateus Magala, CEO, Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), an invited and confirmed participant of the Utility CEO Forum at African Utility Week in May 2018.
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Independent energy expert Ted Blom, speaker and advisory board member at African Utility Week in Cape Town in May 2018 shares his views on current developments in the energy sector.
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Landis+Gyr is a longstanding, valued partner of the event and a returning platinum sponsor at African Utility Week 2019.
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Exclusive interview with Brian G. Williams, Industry Advisory Director, Utilities Industry, SAP EMEA.
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Exclusive interview with Dr Marcus Cornaro, EU Ambassador to South Africa.
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Exclusive interview with the multi-award winning Evans Wadongo, co-founder of GreenWize Energy, and founder of Sustainable Development For All, Kenya.
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Exclusive interview with Moso Bolofo, Director at Steinmüller Africa, longstanding partner of African Utility Week and silver sponsor at this year’s event in May.
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Exclusive interview with Rick St John, Business Development Director Africa, Lucy Electric – longstanding event partners and this year's diamond sponsors at African Utility Week.
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Exclusive interview with Bernhard van Meeteren, Energy Sector Specialist, FMO, Netherlands Development Finance Company.
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Exclusive interview with Dr. Rajeev Singh, the Director General and CEO of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
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Exclusive interview with Berrie de Jager, Head: Natural Resources, Commercial Banking at Standard Bank
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Exclusive interview with African Utility Week keynote speaker Graeme Codrington, internationally recognised futurist.
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Exclusive interview with Romain Py, Investment Director – Head of Transactions, African Infrastructure Investment Managers Pty Ltd (AIIM).
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Exclusive interview with Christina Wittek, Head of Division for the ‘German Energy Solutions Initiative’ at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
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Exclusive interview with Martin Dunlea, Senior Director Utilities Industry Strategy, Utilities Global Business Unit, Oracle Utilities.
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Exclusive interview with Don Taylor, director of STS Association (Standard Transfer Specification) who are returning as a partnering industry association and exhibitor at African Utility Week
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Exclusive interview with Marius Oosthuizen, Lecturer: Strategic Foresight (Leadership, Strategy & Ethics), Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), South Africa.
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Exclusive interview with Eng. Richard Appiah Otoo, Chief Technology and Innovation Manager of Ghana Water Company Limited. Eng.
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Exclusive interview with Grania Rosette Rubomboras, Programme Officer: Power Projects, Nile Basin Initiative.
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Exclusive interview with Omar Vajeth is currently Head of the Project Advisory Unit and Senior Transaction Advisor at the Southern African Power Pool.
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Exclusive interview Reshaad Sha, CEO of SqwidNet, silver sponsor at the recent African Utility Week.
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Exclusive interview with Daniel Njoroge Butti, Energy Economist, Karatina University, Kenya.
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By 2021, Zimbabwe will be the regional hub for power distribution.
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To me African Utility Week is the leader in the market when it comes to power generation - not only at utility scale, but also at a smaller scale. African Utility Week is excellent. It’s probably the best platform we have in SA. Not only from an industry point of view but also for networking with representatives of international agencies and governments.
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It was a very good conference, many thanks for giving me the opportunity to be at the panel discussion. The networking was just fantastic and so were the resource presentations. I am already receiving lots of communication from the networks through the conference.
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It was a very enriching experience and I got to learn a lot as well. African Utility Week was definitely one of my highlights for this year and I connected with some pretty amazing people. You guys did an absolutely fantastic job.
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African Utility Week was one of the most professional conferences I have attended, the service was great and the app helped me greatly in meeting and making contacts for the future.
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It is the most important show we have every year. There are some people I don’t even see in Johannesburg that I see here every year. It brings the industry together in South Africa, but it also exposes us to a bigger utility market in Africa.
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Thank you for organizing such a seamless and productive conference, your team did a fantastic job with such a large event.
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For me it is a thriving event. Great guest list, some really good, entertaining, interesting speakers, talking about what’s happening, not just here in South Africa, but across so much of Africa.
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The African Utility Week expo brings a lot of vital stakeholders together that represents growth on the continent. It allows a more cohesive discussion amongst CEOs of utilities, OEMs, manufacturers, and partners which allows us to consider all the challenges that the energy industry is experiencing on the continent.
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