2020 – Pre-event: African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa 2020
Issues
Pre-event: African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa 2020
This year’s #AUW & #PGAF conference may have been postponed to November 2020 but due to popular demand for information and expert...
Research and Development
Ed’s letter: Crisis management: Utilities under siege
The ESI Africa logo on the front cover of this edition takes on a visual representation of our support for the industry in times of crisis management.
Transmission and Distribution
Energy access to address the great divide
Energy access remains a challenge with only 43% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa that has access to basic electricity, less than half of the global average of 87%.
Generation
Will Africa mix it up by 2040?
With about two billion citizens in Africa by 2040 "...current efforts to try to provide access to modern energy will barely outpace the population growth".
Future Energy
Twenty years of power and energy engagement goes on
African Utility Week, along with ESI Africa, has spent the past two decades closely mirroring the growth of Africa's energy, power and water value chains.
Finance and Policy
Time to rethink our assumptions
This article examins utility reforms that were introduced in the past to attract private investment in the power sector and improve operations.
Renewable energy
Where do you look to find a competitive mini-grid market?
It is estimated that some 83 million Nigerians do not have access to modern electricity. In response to this challenge, the mini-grid market has taken hold.
Smart Technologies
Urbanisation is remaking Africa
African cities are estimated to house just more than 1.2 billion people at the moment and will experience a 4% annual growth rate.
Business and markets
Trading up in Africa!
The French and Taiwanese country pavilions are amongst several international exhibitions at this year's African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in November.
Business and markets
Expanding the skill set of municipal leaders
“The Municipal Leaders Forum has been specifically developed to allow the leaders responsible in this crucial local government
space to expand their skill set.
Generation
Making every drop count in hydropower generation
Africa's installed hydropower capacity is expected to grow by 4,700MW over the next two to three years according to IHA's 2019 Hydropower Status Report.
