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Nominations flooding in for African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards in Cape Town in May
The power and water industries on the continent have responded with enthusiasm to the latest call for nominations for the sixth edition of the annual African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards that returns to Cape Town on 15 May 2019. - February 08, 2019 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
African Utility Week Returns to Cape Town in May with Latest Updates and Success Stories in Power, Energy and Water
Africa's Mother City to welcome back 10,000+ energy and water professionals in May when African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa return. - February 03, 2019 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
ClaimVantage Exhibits at Biennial AUCC Conference in Cape Town
Embrace Technology or risk being left behind. - February 01, 2019 - ClaimVantage
African Utility Week Gets Seal of Approval from U.S. Department of Commerce for Greater American Presence at the Event
The 19th edition of the multi-award-winning African Utility Week conference and exhibition in Cape Town has obtained official U.S. Trade Fair Certification from the U.S. Department of Commerce, paving the way for a greater American participation at the event in Cape Town from 14-16 May next year. - November 30, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
SA's Knife Capital Invests in Pharmaceutical Temperature Monitoring Solution: PharmaScout
Knife’s investment in PharmaScout will accelerate product rollout to pharmacies, medical practitioners and pharmaceutical warehouses and enhance new product development for the international market. - November 08, 2018 - KNF Ventures
GGDA Partners with African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit in Sandton This Week
The opening session of the African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit in Sandton this week will feature keynote addresses by Mr Muzi Mathema, the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency’s Acting Group Executive: Trade, Investment and Regulatory Enablement, as well as the CEO of the Gauteng Industrial Development Zone, Mrs Seipati Mangadi. - October 11, 2018 - African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit
Utility Systems Partners with African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit in Sandton in October
The organisers of the African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit have announced the gold sponsorship of Utility Systems, an industry leader in the field of remote communicating electronic water control valves and STS prepayment devices. The opportunities and challenges in the South African... - September 29, 2018 - African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit
African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit to Focus on Affordable Housing, Mixed Use Projects, New Tech in Property
Affordable housing, mixed use development projects and the impact of new technology and the Internet of Things on the commercial, industrial and residential landscape are just some of the topics of discussion on the future of the South African property sector at the upcoming African Real Estate... - September 20, 2018 - African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit
Exigent Wins Innovation Award Two Years in a Row
The leading alternative legal services provider won an African Legal Award for its transformational due diligence project with Imperial Logistics. - September 14, 2018 - Exigent
Benchmark International Successfully Facilitated the Transaction Between Logicalis South Africa and the Clarotech Group
Benchmark International is pleased to announce the completion of a transaction between Logicalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd and the Clarotech group of companies including Clarotech Holdings (Pty) Ltd & Clarotech Consulting (Pty) Ltd. The deal was concluded by the transaction team based at the... - September 08, 2018 - Benchmark International
African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit to Feature Leading Ladies in the Real Estate Development Sectors
Women are front and centre in this year’s speaker line-up for the African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit that returns to Sandton in South Africa from 11-12 October this year. - August 23, 2018 - African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit
Kwese Iflix Brings the NBA Africa 2018 Game Live to Mobile Users Across the Continent
Kwesé iflix – the game-changing digital entertainment platform formed through a joint venture between Econet Media and iflix – is thrilled to announce it is making the NBA Africa Game 2018, the NBA’s third ever game in Africa, available to millions of basketball fans throughout the continent live on its mobile app for free. - August 04, 2018 - Kwesé iflix
Will the African Utility of the Future be a Lion, Hyena, a White Elephant or a Herd of Elephants? – GIBS Study
A brand new study into the future of African power utilities and the challenges they face has highlighted four possible scenarios of what the continent’s energy sector will look like by the year 2030. - August 03, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
Strutfast Achieves Latest ISO Quality Accreditation
Strutfast is delighted to announce that they have recently been successfully independently audited and deemed to comply with the highly sought after International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) 9001:2015 certification, which acknowledges the Strutfast Business Management System (SBMS). The... - July 19, 2018 - Strutfast
Marcus Evans Gearing Towards Governance Forecast of Tomorrow
3rd Annual GRC Africa will be bringing you acclaimed speakers, world renowned thought leaders, and an award winning trainer who will come together to share and debate latest insights and gear you up towards building a bullet proof and ethical GRC function of the future. - July 11, 2018 - Marcus Evans Group
Marcus Evans Brings in Experts to Address Affordability and Accessibility in Housing Market
5th Annual Affordable Housing Africa seeks to create the perfect platform for the public, private and financial sector stakeholders to discuss and debate solutions to tackle and close Africa’s housing gap in line with urbanisation, as well as, identify solutions that are tailored to local needs, where governments, business, and citizens all need to step up to the challenge. More concerted efforts are needed to establish affordable housing. - July 05, 2018 - Marcus Evans Group
The Professional Employer Organization for Franchises© and Leading Enterprises, INFINITI HR, Hosts “The President’s Club” in Cape Town, South Africa
Leading human resources outsourcing firm honors The President's Club for the sixth year in a row. - June 10, 2018 - Infiniti HR
Indian Energy Companies Ready to do Business at African Utility Week
“Indian utility vendors and services will find a huge market and scope in Africa, especially in South Africa’s energy sector,” says Dr. Rajeev Singh, the Director General and CEO of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The ICC represents India at the upcoming African Utility Week... - May 11, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
Finalists Announced for African Utility Week Industry Awards Show Continent-Wide Success and Buy-in
The fifth annual African Utility Week Industry Awards in Cape Town received nominations from far and wide for the 12 different categories celebrating excellence in the energy and water industries. - May 10, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
African Utility Week Announces Diamond Sponsorship by Longstanding Partner Lucy Electric
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. Lucy Electric is a highly respected industry leader in secondary distribution solutions with... - May 04, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
An African First - Ground-Breaking Research Survey Launched Into Boards of Privately-Held Companies and Family Businesses
Remuneration and performance of boards of directors has been the subject of extensive conceptualisation and empirical research over many years. Internationally most of this research has dealt with European and American based companies. Alternatively, and particularly in Africa, it has focused on... - April 20, 2018 - Sirdar Group
STSA at African Utility Week: What Every Prepaid Electricity User and Provider Should Know
Approximately seven million prepaid electricity meters in South Africa need to be reset before November 2024 as the system that runs the credit tokens will run out of numbers at this time and all existing meters will stop accepting credit tokens. The STSA will help the industry prepare for TID rollover at African Utility Week. - April 14, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
African Utility Week Survey Shows That Energy and Water Sectors Are Excited by Solar PV and Distributed Generation But View Corruption as Biggest Challenge
Solar PV is overwhelmingly seen as the most promising generation source for Africa while corruption, skills gaps and access to finance are some of the biggest challenges that power and water professionals face in their industries. This is according to a survey by the organisers of African Utility... - March 31, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
African Utility Week Celebrates World Water Day by Looking to Nature for the Answers
Nature or Water, exploring how we can use nature to overcome the water challenges of the 21st century is the theme of this year‘s World Water Day which is on 22 March. The scientific discipline of biomimicry employs the same approach. Biomimicry = nature’s genius "Every so often... - March 15, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
African Utility Week Nuclear Expert Says Nuclear Build’s Contribution to South Africa’s GDP Will be "Staggering"
“Nuclear energy is certainly not any more expensive than any other energy source,” says nuclear expert Dr Anthonie Cilliers, explaining that “the large 9600MW nuclear programme has created an impression of a single expensive mega-project, when in fact the purpose of the fleet... - March 10, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
Energy Sector: African Utility Week to Focus on Why Things Are Looking Up
The energy sector is a clear winner emerging from the South African cabinet shuffle earlier this week says the editor of the energy trade publication ESI Africa, Nicolette Pombo-van Zyl. She explains: “President Cyril Ramaphosa’s attempt to sweep his inherited cabinet clean on Monday... - March 02, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
Marcus Evans Leading the Future Leaders of Tomorrow to Thrive in the C-Suite Through Strategic Transformation
Leading the future leaders of tomorrow to thrive in the C-suite through a strategic transformation while realigning their skills to increase business revenue. - February 26, 2018 - Marcus Evans Group
Marcus Evans - Reimagining the Idea of a City to Enhance Liveability
Attend this 4th Annual City Development Africa: Smart Growth & Digital Transformation event to learn how to address the challenges, examine critical issues, explore how this sector can grow and how to deliver more using innovative technology and solutions thereby taking advantage of the unprecedented opportunities in this sector. - February 26, 2018 - Marcus Evans Group
ESI Africa to Host Water Expert Webinar on Technology to Overcome Cape Town's Impending Day Zero
ESI Africa is hosting a live free-to-attend webinar discussion on Thursday, 8 March 2018, addressing the current water situation in the City of Cape Town, South Africa and the available technologies, strategies and solutions, to overcome the challenge. - February 18, 2018 - ESI Africa
African Utility Week to Focus Strongly on Meeting the Continent’s Water Demand in Cape Town in May
African Utility Week will have a strong focus on water again this year from 15-17 May in Cape Town when the strategic water conference will showcase how partnerships, financial models and latest technological advances can make the greatest impact in meeting Africa's water demand. - February 09, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
Spintelligent Events African Utility Week, Agritech Expo Zambia and Property Buyer Show Winners Again at AAXO ROAR Awards
Leading Cape Town-based trade exhibition and conference organiser Spintelligent has won four major awards again at the *ROAR Organiser and Exhibitor Awards in Johannesburg which honoured excellence in the exhibition and events industry on the continent during 2017. The awards are organised by the... - February 06, 2018 - Spintelligent
Saffa Surf Tours Goes Green
The newly renovated Saffa Surf Headquarters has gone green. The founders, Ruan de Bruin & Tracey Roberts have placed a sizeable emphasis on keeping the company’s environmental impact as low as possible by implementing earth friendly practices. "Our lives revolve around nature. We... - February 04, 2018 - Saffa Surf Tours
China & India Rule the 2018 List of BRICS 100 Blue Ocean Entrepreneurs
The elite marquee of the 2018 Top BRICS100 Blue Ocean Entrepreneurs is due anytime in the next half of Feb 2018, but the rushes clearly indicate that the China and India stories are back to being what they used to be - inspiring. While Chinese entrepreneurs seem to excel in scale-based businesses and replicate the Amazons and Google with elan; the Indians have gone a tad more novel and clutter-busting. - February 01, 2018 - BRICS100 RESEARCH NPC
Indiwear Showcases Latest Collection at Durban Fashion Show
Indiwear’s “Clothing Palette” show returned to the prestigious Durban fashion show after more than two years. The event took place between January 24 and 27, 2018 in Umhlanga, an affluent residential, commercial and resort town north of Durban on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South... - January 29, 2018 - Indiwear
African Utility Week Industry Awards Looking for the Continent’s Top Energy or Water Journalist
The fifth annual African Utility Week Industry Awards has added two new categories to honour excellence in energy or water journalism as well as digitally advanced utilities. The awards gala dinner forms part of the African Utility Week conference and expo taking place at the CTICC in Cape Town... - January 28, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
Finally, the Newly Renovated Saffa Surf Tours Headquarters Are Complete
The founders of Saffa Surf Tours have finally opened their new surf house for business. The team completed the house in early January 2018, after 5 months of ongoing renovations. The house has undergone a complete transformation. Features include new flooring throughout the living spaces and an... - January 27, 2018 - Saffa Surf Tours
Saffa Surf Website Launch - Revolutionising South African Surf Travel
Saffa Surf Tours Launches saffasurftours.com The founders of Saffa Surf Tours launched saffasurftours.com on the 6th of January 2018. This website is devoted to guided, tailored & affordable South African surf trips for international surf travellers. Saffasurftours.com is a locally based... - January 27, 2018 - Saffa Surf Tours
Creating Awareness for Abuse Prevention & Treatment with Sanca Western Cape
They are well-known for providing specialised services like abuse prevention, out-patient treatment, capacity building and training and related corporate services by a multi-disciplinary team. - January 20, 2018 - Sanca Western Cape
African Utility Week Speaker, Energy Expert Ted Blom: "Distributed Generation Will Slice Electricity Costs by Up to 90%"
Energy expert Ted Blom believes distributed generation will slice electricity costs by up to 90% for the average household. Blom is a speaker and advisory board member of the 18th African Utility Week that is taking place from 15-17 May in Cape Town, South Africa. - January 15, 2018 - African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa
Axigen Messaging Announces Ozone IT as Distributor for African Market
Ozone, the vibrant IT Solutions company, Johannesburg-based, leader of IT training and support services across Africa, has joined the Axigen partner ecosystem as a Distributor for the African region. Axigen Messaging announces that it has recently signed an agreement with Ozone Information... - December 08, 2017 - Axigen Messaging
ClaimVantage Announces Presentation at the 4th Annual Insurance Claims Conference in South Africa this Week
Business Development Manager, John Murphy will discuss digital transformation in the insurance industry. - November 30, 2017 - ClaimVantage
World's First Comprehensive Search Portal for Dance Schools Launched
Dance Nexus launches the world's largest search portal for dance studios and instructors. The vision of this easy-to-use and comprehensive website is to encourage more people to take on dancing, a proven way to better quality of life. - November 16, 2017 - Dance Nexus
The Afrikaner Society is Seeking Legal Counsel Against the Government of South Africa
The Afrikaner Society alleges failure of the South African Government to address crime against Afrikaner communities and their subsequent protests. - November 09, 2017 - The Afrikaner Society
SODIC Egypt Launches Minerva 10 Platform with Android TV Capabilities
Egyptian real estate developer SODIC has selected Minerva Networks, the leading provider for connected entertainment with IPTV, multiscreen and over-the-top (OTT) solutions, to launch M10 system with Android TV as part of its innovative GoSmart services. - November 09, 2017 - Minerva Networks
Meet Team Torry Harris at AfricaCom 2017 in Cape Town
Torry Harris Business Solutions (THBS), a global leader in integration, full life-cycle API management and digital transformation, announced that it is the official gold sponsor of the AfricaCom 2017 event, one of the largest technology events in Africa. This three-day event from November 7-9 at... - November 02, 2017 - Torry Harris Business Solutions
Real Estate Invasion Expected in Sandton as African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit and Property Buyer Show Come to Town Next Week
Thousands of prospective home owners and investors as well as real estate and infrastructure professionals will descend on the Sandton Convention Centre from next week Tuesday for the African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit and the Property Buyer Show. The Honourable Herman Mashaba, the... - October 21, 2017 - African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit
Marcus Evans to Show Connectivity is Essential to Enhance African Economy
Achieving sustainable economic development through the integration of effective policy reforms and a blend of conceptual and technological advancements. - October 19, 2017 - Marcus Evans Group
Johannesburg’s Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba to Address African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit in Sandton on 25 October
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, the Honourable Herman Mashaba, will deliver the keynote address during the opening session of the African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit. - October 13, 2017 - African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit
Marcus Evans to Highlight the Importance of Trust and Ethics in Organisation
Marcus Evans proudly presents the 3rd Annual Board Secretaries and General Counsel Africa which will take place on 23rd – 25th October 2017 at the Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers, Cape Town, South Africa. Presenting immense line up of speakers; Elizna Viljoen Group Company Secretary... - September 27, 2017 - Marcus Evans Group
Knife Capital Cuts Loose – Opens in London After Attracting New Strategic Investor
Top rated South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has expanded into the UK after introducing a major strategic investor. - September 06, 2017 - KNF Ventures