Business is driven by profit, but Shift Social Development CEO Tiekie Barnard believes in the importance of profit with purpose. In this Q&A, she explains the meaning of Shared Value and how companies can use this business strategy to find where the biggest growth opportunities lie...
Shift Social Development 3 days ago
Mozambican utility EDM (Electricidade de Moçambique), Azuri Technology, Siemens and two water sector pioneers were some of the big winners at the African Utility Week Industry Awards...
African Utility Week 18 May 2018
A roadmap for South Africa's energy future presented at the African Utility Week warned of a rise in "do-it-yourself electricity" and ultimately the possible collapse of the country's energy grid...
African Utility Week 17 May 2018
Energy minister, Jeff Radebe, did not once mention nuclear as an option for future energy provision, instead he sang the praises of the country's successful renewables programme...
Nicci Botha 16 May 2018
The Mother City is welcoming back more than 7,000 energy and water professionals from around the globe to discuss the challenges, opportunities and success stories on the continent...
African Utility Week 15 May 2018
The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) represents India at African Utility Week, hosting a pavilion of more than 45 suppliers of specialised technology and services for the energy sector...
African Utility Week 14 May 2018
Transmission and distribution networks are key components to electrifying Africa. With this in mind, regional integration dominates the agendas of African policymakers and donor finance institutions...
Andrew Galbraith 14 May 2018
At least 110 million of the 600 million people still living without access to electricity in Africa live in urban areas. Most are within a stone throw from existing power grid infrastructure...
Rebekah Shirley 11 May 2018
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Thursday clarified the consultation paper on the draft Rules for Registration of Small-Scale Embedded Generation...
11 May 2018
Miga, a member of the World Bank Group, will be investing $73m in support of the construction, operation and maintenance of three wind farms in South Africa, namely, Noupoort, Khobab, and Loeriesfontein 2...
10 May 2018
The awards recognises pioneering utilities, projects and people in the energy and water industry...
8 May 2018
African Utility Week has announced that Lucy Electric, a longstanding partner of the event, will be the exclusive diamond sponsor at this year's exhibition and conference in Cape Town from 15-17 May...
African Utility Week 4 May 2018
Independent energy expert Ted Blom, speaker and advisory board member at African Utility Week, shares his views on current developments in the energy sector...
African Utility Week 3 May 2018
Eskom is reviewing the Optimum Coal Mine's business rescue practitioners' proposal to reduce the monthly coal supply tonnage to the Hendrina power station from 400,000 to 200,000 tons a month...
2 May 2018
