Expert Interviews

RENEWABLE FINANCE INTERVIEW: “SunFunder was the first financial intermediary to fund (commercially) a mini-grid developer and we believe that there is great potential in this sector.”

28 Feb 2019

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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GREENCAPE INTERVIEW: “Our work on the Atlantis Special Economic Zone for Green Technologies has been important to open up the energy efficiency manufacturing market in SA”

12 Feb 2019

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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UTILITY SYSTEMS INTERVIEW: “We have made a real and profound difference intercepting Day Zero, by helping the City of Cape Town fast track the use of intelligent water infrastructure“

11 Feb 2019

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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WASTE-TO-ENERGY INTERVIEW: “Cape Town is running South Africa’s first Waste Transformer. For South Africa, diverting wet waste from landfill will become mandatory by law”

04 Feb 2019

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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ENERGY REVOLUTION AFRICA INTERVIEW: “Partnerships between utilities and private off-grid players could rapidly expand access to electricity across the continent through micro-grids”

01 Feb 2019

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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SAAEE INTERVIEW: “We need to promote quality research and energy role models so that we attract and train the new generation of energy economists.”

19 Dec 2018

Exclusive interview with Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Associate Professor, Dept Economics, University of Pretoria and President of the South African Association for Energy Economics (SAAEE).

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WATER EXPERT INTERVIEW: “What is happening in Cape Town could happen anywhere”

28 Feb 2018

Exclusive interview with Paul Yillia, Guest Research Scholar (Water Programme), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

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PROJECT DEVELOPER INTERVIEW: “It is very expensive to be poor. Poor people are paying far too much for energy substitutes, but they can afford electricity, even if more expensive that the national grid”

01 Mar 2018

Exclusive interview with Riccardo Ridolfi, Founder and CEO of Equatorial Power.

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POWER POOL INTERVIEW: “Unequalled opportunity for investors exists in the power sector including low electrification rates, low manufacturing indices, load shedding as well as lack of distribution, transmission and generation infrastructure”

21 Mar 2018

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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ORACLE UTILITIES INTERVIEW: “Distributed Energy Resources are fast becoming a challenging proposition for the grid.”

05 Apr 2018

Exclusive interview with Martin Dunlea, Senior Director Utilities Industry Strategy, Utilities Global Business Unit, Oracle Utilities.

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COUNTRY PAVILION INTERVIEW: “More and more German companies are establishing offices in South Africa, not just because of the growing market for renewable energies, but as a gateway to neighbouring countries”

04 Apr 2018

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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AWARD WINNING IPP INTERVIEW: “The Albatros Energy Mali IPP is a landmark project for the country, and creates the blueprint for further IPPs”

15 Apr 2019

Exclusive interview with Romain Py, Investment Director – Head of Transactions, African Infrastructure Investment Managers Pty Ltd (AIIM).

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STANDARD BANK INTERVIEW: “More and more of our clients approach us to provide financial solutions to finance solar asset investments, beyond the meter”

11 Apr 2018

Exclusive interview with Berrie de Jager, Head: Natural Resources, Commercial Banking at Standard Bank

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INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERVIEW: “Indian utility vendors and services will find a huge market and scope in Africa, especially in South Africa’s energy sector”

20 Apr 2018

Exclusive interview with Dr. Rajeev Singh, the Director General and CEO of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

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THE LUCY ELECTRIC INTERVIEW: “Extracting value from data – the key to network management in a changing environment”

20 Apr 2018

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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STEINMÜLLER AFRICA INTERVIEW: “We provide customer support throughout the plant life cycle i.e. design, manufacture, erection, commissioning, repair and maintenance.”

27 Apr 2018

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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WATER SITE VISIT INTERVIEW: “Saving over R2-million and over 90 million litres of water in the past 25 months, especially in the drought situation, has been fantastic.”

05 Mar 2019

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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SAP INTERVIEW: “The energy sector is going through a big transformation that empowers customers to take more control. New value chains and ways of doing business are emerging. We had better be ready!”

26 Apr 2019

Exclusive interview with Brian G. Williams, Industry Advisory Director, Utilities Industry, SAP EMEA.

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LANDIS+GYR INTERVIEW: “The Landis+Gyr e460 smart meter is one of the many solutions that has been introduced to assist municipalities and utilities to protect revenue”

26 Apr 2019

Exclusive interview with Godfrey N Marema, Chief Operations Officer (COO), and Acting Head of Marketing, Landis+Gyr South Africa.

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CEO FORUM INTERVIEW: “By 2030, EDM will have become a smart utility whose services and products exist in every household, all corporations and enterprises across all of Mozambique”

07 May 2018

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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EATON INTERVIEW: “The power management conglomerate is calling for local businesses, from every sector, to rethink their sustainability designs and transition towards building a climate-safe future”

11 May 2018

Exclusive interview with Seydou Kane, Eaton Managing Director, Africa. Eaton were sponsors at the 2018 African Utility Week Industry Awards.

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WATER INTERVIEW: “We want utilities to start thinking out of the box on water solutions, capabilities and solutions.”

06 Feb 2018

Exclusive interview with Gerardt P. Viljoen, Managing Director of Sensus SA and GM for Sensus in Africa, who will address the water conference during African Utility Week in Cape Town in May.

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Expert Interviews

RENEWABLE FINANCE INTERVIEW: “SunFunder was the first financial intermediary to fund (commercially) a mini-grid developer and we believe that there is great potential in this sector.”

GREENCAPE INTERVIEW: “Our work on the Atlantis Special Economic Zone for Green Technologies has been important to open up the energy efficiency manufacturing market in SA”

UTILITY SYSTEMS INTERVIEW: “We have made a real and profound difference intercepting Day Zero, by helping the City of Cape Town fast track the use of intelligent water infrastructure“

WASTE-TO-ENERGY INTERVIEW: “Cape Town is running South Africa’s first Waste Transformer. For South Africa, diverting wet waste from landfill will become mandatory by law”

ENERGY REVOLUTION AFRICA INTERVIEW: “Partnerships between utilities and private off-grid players could rapidly expand access to electricity across the continent through micro-grids”

SAAEE INTERVIEW: “We need to promote quality research and energy role models so that we attract and train the new generation of energy economists.”

WATER EXPERT INTERVIEW: “What is happening in Cape Town could happen anywhere”

PROJECT DEVELOPER INTERVIEW: “It is very expensive to be poor. Poor people are paying far too much for energy substitutes, but they can afford electricity, even if more expensive that the national grid”

POWER POOL INTERVIEW: “Unequalled opportunity for investors exists in the power sector including low electrification rates, low manufacturing indices, load shedding as well as lack of distribution, transmission and generation infrastructure”

ORACLE UTILITIES INTERVIEW: “Distributed Energy Resources are fast becoming a challenging proposition for the grid.”

COUNTRY PAVILION INTERVIEW: “More and more German companies are establishing offices in South Africa, not just because of the growing market for renewable energies, but as a gateway to neighbouring countries”

AWARD WINNING IPP INTERVIEW: “The Albatros Energy Mali IPP is a landmark project for the country, and creates the blueprint for further IPPs”

STANDARD BANK INTERVIEW: “More and more of our clients approach us to provide financial solutions to finance solar asset investments, beyond the meter”

INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERVIEW: “Indian utility vendors and services will find a huge market and scope in Africa, especially in South Africa’s energy sector”

THE LUCY ELECTRIC INTERVIEW: “Extracting value from data – the key to network management in a changing environment”

STEINMÜLLER AFRICA INTERVIEW: “We provide customer support throughout the plant life cycle i.e. design, manufacture, erection, commissioning, repair and maintenance.”

WATER SITE VISIT INTERVIEW: “Saving over R2-million and over 90 million litres of water in the past 25 months, especially in the drought situation, has been fantastic.”

SAP INTERVIEW: “The energy sector is going through a big transformation that empowers customers to take more control. New value chains and ways of doing business are emerging. We had better be ready!”

LANDIS+GYR INTERVIEW: “The Landis+Gyr e460 smart meter is one of the many solutions that has been introduced to assist municipalities and utilities to protect revenue”

CEO FORUM INTERVIEW: “By 2030, EDM will have become a smart utility whose services and products exist in every household, all corporations and enterprises across all of Mozambique”

EATON INTERVIEW: “The power management conglomerate is calling for local businesses, from every sector, to rethink their sustainability designs and transition towards building a climate-safe future”

WATER INTERVIEW: “We want utilities to start thinking out of the box on water solutions, capabilities and solutions.”

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