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“Currently Africa represents only 3% of global electrical consumption, but by 2020 electrical consumption in Africa will have increased by 60%.”
by Africa Business on May 10, 2013
Exclusive interview with Rick St. John, Regional Director South Africa Region, Lucy Switchgear – a long-time supporter of African Utility Week and a silver sponsor at this year’s event. Q. What are you most excited about currently in terms of Lucy Switchgear products and solutions? A. This year we plan to launch a new generation [...]
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“African countries are increasingly focused on the potential renewable energy offers to their economies.”
by Africa Business on May 9, 2013
Exclusive interview with Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Zayed Future Energy Prize, gold sponsors at the upcoming Clean Power Africa. 1) Can you give us some background on the Zayed Future Energy Prize? The annual US$4 Zayed Future Energy Prize embodies the vision of the late founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan [...]
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“Most people view a system only as reliable when it is 100% available. This unfortunately is not true.”
by Africa Business on May 8, 2013
Interview with Dr Willem Sprong, Technical Executive, Electrical Engineering at GIBB – silver sponsors at the upcoming African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa. 1) You are presenting a technical workshop at the upcoming African Utility Week on: “Addressing risk and client expectation through an effective maintenance strategy”. What will be the main [...]
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“MTN Business are passionate about Machine2Machine and therefore utilize our own solutions effectively as part of our green drive.”
by Africa Business on May 8, 2013
Exclusive interview with Kevin Jacobson, General Manager, Business Indirect Sales, MTN Business. MTN is a platinum sponsor at African Utility Week. Q: What are you most excited about regarding MTN’s current utility projects? A: Our extensive M2M experience allows us to play a consultative role in the value chain. At MTN Business we have [...]
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“I think energy efficiency and management in the short to long term is the way to go and this conference’s emphasis on ways to improve these is impressive.”
by Africa Business on May 8, 2013
Exclusive interview with Norman Ndaba: Global Client Services Partner (GCSP), Director: Power & Utilities at Ernst & Young – platinum sponsors at African Utility Week. 1) Norman Ndaba is Ernst & Young’s Sector Leader for Power and Utilities. Here is some background on him and the position: Position Role Norman is Ernst & Young’s Power [...]
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“In each market where wind energy is being developed, the state is a big player in the initial stages of industry development and is often the sponsor of pilot projects.”
by Africa Business on May 8, 2013
Exclusive interview with Dr Emelly Mutambatsere, Principal Regional Economist, African Development Bank, and a speaker at the upcoming Clean Power Africa 1) You are the co-author of a comprehensive document on Africa’s wind energy market – can we start with a short summary of how it has evolved over the years? The harnessing of wind [...]
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PLATINUM SPONSOR INTERVIEW: “Symbion and many other companies from the United States are ready to invest in Africa.”
by Africa Business on May 7, 2013
Exclusive interview with Paul Hinks, CEO of Symbion Power, platinum sponsors at the upcoming African Utility Week (http://www.african-utility-week.com). 1) Why the recent decision to acquire the stake in the South African company EJP Power? We wanted a foothold in South Africa and we wanted to strengthen the management of our organization on the Africa continent. [...]
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“Africa has the ability to make a technology leap quickly whilst learning from deployment already in the field around the world.”
by Africa Business on May 1, 2013
Andrew Jones, Managing Director – Europe, Middle East and Africa S&C Electric Europe Ltd. S&C are silver sponsors at the upcoming Clean Power Africa in Cape Town. 1) What are you most excited about currently in terms of S&C ELECTRIC’s products and solutions? The S&C products range continues to expand as we seek to find [...]
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“Most people view a system only as reliable when it is 100% available. This unfortunately is not true.”
by Africa Business on Apr 29, 2013
Interview with Dr Willem Sprong, Technical Executive, Electrical Engineering at GIBB – silver sponsors at the upcoming African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa. 1) You are presenting a technical workshop at the upcoming African Utility Week on: “Addressing risk and client expectation through an effective maintenance strategy”. What will be the main gist of [...]
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Mr. Aaron Sen, Singapore Branch Head of Ship and Aircraft Finance Asia Pacific, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale speak about his experience and knowledge on the freight forwarding industry at PowerLogistics Asia 2013 Conference on 30th-31st October 2013 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
by Africa Business on Apr 23, 2013
PowerLift Company Ltd. (PowerLift) will organize its second annual event “PowerLogistics Asia 2013”. This event is specifically focused to the project logistics service providers, mainly Asia based, as well as for the consumers of these services, namely: • Oil & gas • Heavy engineering • wind power • Mining Hear Mr. Aaron Sen, Singapore Branch [...]
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Mr. Graham Carl Brooking, Rigging Superintendent, Technip Chiyoda Joint Venture speak about his experience and knowledge on the freight forwarding industry at PowerLogistics Asia 2013 Conference on 30th-31st October 2013 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
by Africa Business on Apr 23, 2013
PowerLift Company Ltd. (PowerLift) will organize its second annual event “PowerLogistics Asia 2013”. This event is specifically focused to the project logistics service providers, mainly Asia based, as well as for the consumers of these services, namely: • Oil & gas • Heavy engineering • wind power • Mining Hear Mr. Graham Carl Brooking, Rigging [...]
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Mr. Marc Kerr, Head of South East Asia at Jas Forwarding speak about his experience and knowledge on the project cargo industry at PowerLogistics Asia 2013 Conference on 30th-31st October 2013 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
by Africa Business on Apr 23, 2013
PowerLift Company Ltd. (PowerLift) will organize its second annual event “PowerLogistics Asia 2013”. This event is specifically focused to the project logistics service providers, mainly Asia based, as well as for the consumers of these services, namely: •Oil & gas •Heavy engineering •wind power •Mining Hear Mr. Marc Kerr, Head of South East Asia at [...]
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Dr. Michael Goodisman, Business Development Manager at Ruslan International Ltd speak about his experience and knowledge on the freight forwarding industry at PowerLogistics Asia 2013 Conference on 30th-31st October 2013 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
by Africa Business on Apr 23, 2013
PowerLift Company Ltd. (PowerLift) will organize its second annual event “PowerLogistics Asia 2013”. This event is specifically focused to the project logistics service providers, mainly Asia based, as well as for the consumers of these services, namely: • Oil & gas • Heavy engineering • wind power • Mining Hear Dr. Michael Goodisman, Business Development [...]
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“The challenge in South Africa is ensuring that we have the technical skills to match the strong drive to invest in renewable energy.”
by Africa Business on Apr 22, 2013
Exclusive interview with Paul Nel, Technical Director: Renewable Energy at Aurecon – silver sponsors at Clean Power Africa. Aurecon will present several technical workshops on renewables and hydro on the exhibition floor. 1) What are you most excited about currently in terms of Aurecon’s involvement in the renewable energy industry locally? Aurecon is currently playing [...]
