African Utility Week 2017 | Spintelligent | 16 May 2017 | Cape Town, South Africa

About African Utility Week

The 17th annual African Utility Week is the only global meeting place, conference and trade exhibition for African power and water utility professionals. African Utility Week offers a unique networking opportunity for engineers, stakeholders and solution providers alike.

Speakers for 2017

Rinaldo Cunha
Solution Sales Consultant: Business Development
Itron
France

Rinaldo Cunha
Solution Sales Consultant: Business Development
Itron
France

Michael Leighton
Energy Analyst
GreenCape
South Africa

Yaw Afriyie
Senior Consultant
Africa Matters
United Kingdom

Edmand Aijuka
CEO
Kamata
Uganda

Abiodun Ajifowobaje
Former CEO
Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company
Nigeria

Dafe C. Akpeneye
Commissioner - Legal, Licensing & Enforcement
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
Nigeria

Andrew Kenny
Energy Expert
South Africa

Lazarus Angbazo
President & CEO of GE Energy Connections SSA/ GE Nigeria
General Electric
Nigeria

Werner van Antwerpen
Head of Sustainability & Utilities
Growthpoint Properties
South Africa

Daniel Antwi
Africa Regional Business and Partnerships Manager
Africa Internship Academy
Ghana

Francisco J. Arenas
Smart Grid Architect
Schneider-Electric
Spain

Behailu Assefa
Chief Operating Officer - COO
Terra Global Energy Developers
USA

Selestino Babungi
Managing Director
UMEME
Uganda

Jamiu Badmos
Health, Safety & Environment
Ikeja Electric PLC
Nigeria

Claire Baker
Director of Development
LivelyHoods
Kenya

Batchi Baldeh
Senior Vice President of Power
African Finance Corporation
Nigeria

Andrew Tonto Barfour
Director/Project Coordinator
Ministry Of Energy
Ghana

Essa Bayoumi
Regional Manager & Technical Advisor Industrial Services
TÜV Rheinland
Egypt

Chris Beale
Director – Electricity Solutions Marketing
Itron England
United Kingdom

Hamed Beheshti
Co-Founder & Executive Manager
Boreal Light GmbH
Germany

Benon Bena
Manager, Off-Grid Renewable Energy Development
Rural Electrification Agency
Uganda

Hany Besada
Senior Fellow, Regional Advisor
Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa / African Mineral Development Centre (AMDC) Unite..
Canada

Mamadou Biteye
Managing Director, Africa Regional Office
The Rockefeller Foundation
Kenya

Chloe Bolton
Chairperson
Engineers Without Borders - UCT
South Africa

Jerome Booth
Co-founder
Ashmore
United Kingdom

Wilfred van den Bos
Senior Investment Officer
FMO (Dutch Development Bank)
The Netherlands

Matteo Brambilla
MD Africa & Middle East
Building Energy
South Africa

Barry Bredenkamp
Senior Manager: Energy Efficiency & Corporate Communications
SANEDI
South Africa

Albert Butare
CEO
Africa Energy Services Group
Rwanda

Tom Callaghan
Head of Group Business Development
GrahamTek Holdings

Abraham Cambridge
Founder | CEO
The Sun Exchange
South Africa

Maher Chebbo
General Manager, Energy & Utilities for Europe, Middle East and Africa
SAP
France

Alison Chikova
Acting Coordination Centre Manager
Southern African Power Pool
Zimbabwe

Alfonso Chikuni
Chief Executive Officer
Lilongwe Water Board
Malawi

Malama Chileshe
Energy Economist
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Zambia

Lovemore Chilimanzi
Technical Director
Africa GreenCo
South Africa

Tom Dalton
Transformer Reliability Specialist
Pragma CM

Alastaire Dick
Operations Lead
Rocky Mountain Institute – Carbon War Room
South Africa

Richard Doyle
CEO
Mulilo Energy Partners
South Africa

Alan Driver
Independent Consultant
AED Telecommunications Consulting
South Africa

Anton Earle
Director
Stockholm International Water Institute
South Africa

Jonathan First
Head of Syndication Finance
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa

Sandra Freudenberg
Senior Project Manager, Energy and Climate
KfW Development Bank
South Africa

Lorien Gamaroff
CEO
Bankymoon
South Africa

Barry Gass
Training Manager
High Voltage Training
South Africa

Zelalem Gebrehiwot
Technical Director
Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)
Ethiopia

Sean Gibson
Managing Director
AltGen Recruitment and Consulting
South Africa

Lois Gicheru
Founder and CEO
Solafrique
Kenya

Philip Gichuki
CEO
Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company Ltd
Kenya

Michael Gratwicke
Head of Energy
Rift Valley Energy
Tanzania

Jamil Gwamna
CEO & Managing Director
Kano Electricity Distribution Company
Nigeria

Andy Haig
Smart Metering and Smart Grid Business Development
Vodafone
United Kingdom

Bobbi Harris
VP, Market Strategy & Development
Utilities Technology Council
USA

Tim Harris
CEO
Wesgro
South Africa

Alf Hartzenburg
National Project Manager - Industrial Energy Efficiency Project
National Cleaner Production Centre of SA
South Africa

Tine Fisker Henriksen
Senior Project Manager
The Bertha Centre
South Africa

Penny Herbst
Technical Director
Africa GreenCo
South Africa

Angel Hernandez
Chairman of the PRIME Promotion Working Group
Prime Alliance
Belgium

Harold Heyes
Chief Technical Officer
Landis & Gyr
South Africa

Harald Hirschhofer
Senior Advisor
TCX
The Netherlands

Marius Hugo
Managing Director
Mean Sea Level (Pty) Ltd
South Africa

Yukiko Ichige
Senior Engineer
Hitachi

Subhash Jagannath
Senior Manager: Communication Networks
eThekwini Electricity
South Africa

Rob Jeffrey
Economist
Freelance
South Africa

Lawrence Juku
Head of Sales
Landis&Gyr
South Africa

Kelvin Kemm
CEO: Nuclear Africa & Chairman of the Necsa Board
Nuclear Africa
South Africa

Siengui Apollinaire KI
Secretary General
West African Power Pool
Benin

Boitumelo Kiepile
Head: Regulatory Affairs
Enel Green Power
South Africa

Ernst Krige
Senior Manager: Wires Business, Transmission
NamPower
Namibia

Andre Kruger
Head Africa Investment and Integration Desk (AVID)
NEPAD
South Africa

Kannan Lakmeeharan
Partner
McKinsey & Company
South Africa

Grégoire Landel
CEO
CityTaps
France

Roger Lin
Senior Director of Product Marketing
NEC Energy Solutions, Inc.

Bob Lockhart
Vice President, Cybersecurity, Technology, and Research
Utilities Technology Council
USA

Jean Madzongwe
Transaction Advisor
Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP), Project Advisory Unit (PAU)
South Africa

Gloria Magombo
CEO
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA)
Zimbabwe

Antonino Manus
Associate Director
KPMG
South Africa

Fransje Van Der Marel
Partner
McKinsey
South Africa

Sydney Masha
Mechanical Engineer
eThekwini Water and Sanitation
South Africa

Sicelo Mashwama
Safety, Heath, Environment & Quality Manager
Swaziland Water Services Corporation
Swaziland

Moeti Matswiri
Leakage Control Engineer
Water Utilities Corporation
Botswana

Jean Chrysostome Mekondongo
Permanent Secretary
Central Africa Energy Power Pool (CAEPP)
République du Congo

Annelize Van Der Merwe
Green Economy Investment
Greencape /Wesgro
South Africa

Riaan Meyer
MD
GeoSun Africa
South Africa

Faith Mkhacwa
Programme Manager
NCPC-SA (CSIR)
South Africa

Margaret Mkhosi
Director: Centre for Nuclear Safety & Security (CNSS)
National Nuclear Regulator
South Africa

Imraan Mohamed
Business Development Manager
Actom
South Africa

Nevellan Moodley
Senior Manager
KPMG
South Africa

Sean Moolman
CEO
PowerOptimal
South Africa

Andrew Moorfield
Head of Energy
Exotix Limited
United Kingdom

Peter Moray
Director Global Development
Utilities Technology Council
United States

Neil Morris
Director
KPMG
South Africa

Ntlai Mosiah
Head Power & Infrastructure SA
Standard Bank of SA Ltd
South Africa

Knox Msebenzi
Managing Director
NIASA
South Africa

Robert Mubiru
Distribution Management Expert
Energy Utility Corporation, (EUCL)
Rwanda

Des Muller
Director and General Manager, Group Five Nuclear Construction Services
NIASA, Chairman, Supply Chain Dev. Sub Committee
South Africa

Sean Muller
Senior Lecturer
University of Johannesburg
South Africa

Beatrice Muthoni
Renewable Energy Consultant
KTDA Power Company
Kenya

Ralph Muvhiiwa
Chairperson
Engineers Without Border, University Of South Africa
South Africa

Subha Nagarajan
Managing Director
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Cote D’Ivoire

Subha Nagarajan
Managing Director
OPIC
United States of America

Dhesigen Naidoo
Chief Executive Officer
World Research Council
South Africa

Ayanda Nakedi
Managing Director
Lehadima Investments Holdings
South Africa

Sandisiwe Ncemane
Account Manager for Project Development - Energy projects (Renewable & Conventional)
Coega Development Corporation
South Africa

Kudakwashe “Kuda” Ndhlukula
Executive Drector
SACREEE
Namibia

Peter John Neilson
Senior Director Projects
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
South Africa

Kathy Nelson
Principal Telecommunications Engineer
Great River Energy
United States of America

David Richard Nicholls
General Manager - Nuclear Engineering
Eskom
South Africa

Christo Nicholls
CEO
Edison Power Group
South Africa

Christo Nicholls
CEO
Edison Power
South Africa

Andrew Njoba
CEO
The Helios Group
Kenya

Agatha Nnaji
Managing Director
Geometric Power
Nigeria

Eunice Ntobedzi
Director
EmPowered (FinTech/Blockchain) and Videre Global
Botswana

Obumneme Nwafor
Head of Strategy Research
CEDAF Ltd Scotland
United Kingdom

Jasandra Nyker
CEO
BioTherm Energy
South Africa

Erabor Okogun
MD/CEO
Nemoante
Nigeria

Anton-Louis Olivier
CEO
REH Group
South Africa

Ayodele Oni
Partner
Bloomfield Law Practice
Nigeria

David Onyango
Managing Director
Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company Limited
Kenya

Lawrence Orsini
CEO and Founder
LO3 Energy
United States

Alexander Kwame Osei
CEO
Lexan Energy Consult Ghana
Ghana

David Otwoma
Chief Sceince Secretary
National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation
Kenya

Cathy Oxby
Commercial Director
Africa GreenCo
United Kingdom

Kenneth Ozoemena
Chief Research Scientist
CSIR
South Africa

Carlos De Palacio
Regional and sales manager
ABB
Spain

Gregor Paterson-Jones,
Investment Committee Member, Special Advisor, IC Member
EFSI/ UNCDF/ Mergence
United Kingdom

Daniel Pembele
Superviseur des Projets
SNEL (Société nationale d'électricité)
Ivory Coast

Eliot Pence
Executive Director US-Nigeria Council | Director Africa
McLarty Associates
United States

Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba
Secretary General and Spokesperson
Terrawatt Initiative
France

Felix Philip
Project Manager
Impact Amplifier
South Africa

Orion Phillips
Executive Manager
National Nuclear Regulatory
South Africa

Cobs Pillay
Account Manager Renewable Energy and Corporate Expansions
Trade and Invest South Africa
South Africa

Lisa Pinsley
Director, Energy
Actis
South Africa

Victor Polikarpov
Vice president of Sub Saharan Africa
Rosatom
South Africa

Naren Ramchunder
Senior Engineer
eThekwini Electricity
South Africa

Divya Reddy
Practice Head, Global Energy & Natural Resources
KPMG
United States of America

Frank Rizzo
Director / Partner
KPMG
South Africa

Paul Runge
Managing Director
Africa Project Access
South Africa

Nduma Joseph Ruwah
Electrical & Nuclear Power Plant Engineer
Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board
Kenya

Samuel Sarpong
Executive Secretary
Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)
Ghana

Alexander Sarac
Partner, Energy and Infrastructure
Berwin Leighton Paisner
United Arab Emirates

Owura Sarfo
CEO
MiDA (Millennium Development Authority)
Ghana

Hendrik Schloemann
MD
Zonke Energy
South Africa

Stefan Schwarzfischer
CEO
Botswana Power Corporation
Botswana

Tebogo Seokolo
Ambassador/Permanent Representative
South African Embassy/Permanent Mission
South Africa

Gavin Serkin
Managing Editor
Frontier Funds Consultancy, & author of ‘Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomor..
United Kingdom

Kgomotso Setlhapelo
Chief Engineer (Telecommunications)
Eskom
South Africa

Dion Shango
CEO
PricewaterhouseCoopers
South Africa

Wilfred Shereni
Revenue Assurance Manager
ZETDC
Zimbabwe

Elijah Sichone
Executive Secretary
RERA (Regional Regulator for SADC)
Namibia

Thandiwe Sithole
Chief Risk Officer
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA)
Zimbabwe

Helene Smertnik
Advisory manager
GSMA
United Kingdom

Solomon Smit
Electrical Engineer
Water&Solar100
South Africa

Riaan Smit
Chief Engineer, Power Delivery Engineering: Planning Centre of Excellence Group Technology
Eskom
South Africa

Justin Smith
Group Head of Sustainability
Woolworths
South Africa

Vanessa Snyman
Associate Director - Infrastructure and Major Projects
KPMG

Brian Sparling
Regional Manager
Dynamic Ratings
Canada

Martha Stein-Sochas
Regional Director for Southern Africa
AFD
South Africa

Karel Steyn
Senior Consultant: Energy Performance Verification
Eskom
South Africa

Dylan Strydom
CEO
Sebato Group
South Africa

Emanuele Taibi
Power Sector Transformation Strategies
IRENA
Germany

Thomas Larney
Managing Director
Electrical Oil Services
United Kingdom

Thomas Pfeifer
Group Manager: System Concepts
Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS
Germany

Rentia van Tonder
Head of Power
Standard Bank
South Africa

Chris Trimble
Senior Energy Specialist
World Bank
United States of America

Phumzile Tshelane
Chief Executive Officer
Necsa
South Africa

Anthony Turton
Environmental Advisor & Professor
University of Free State
South Africa

Chikwerem U.Obi
Head (Policy & Strategy)
NERC
Nigeria

Darlington Ubek
Chief Executive Officer
Green Echo Energy (Pty) Ltd.
South Africa

Omar Vajeth
Head & Senior Transaction Advisor
SAPP-PAU
South Africa

Martin Venter

OTN Systems South Africa
South Africa

Corrie Vermeulen
Director AUTC
AUTC
South Africa

Louiza van Vuuren
Engineer
Gibb SA
South Africa

Eric Wanjala
Head Technical Services
Kenya Power
Kenya

Nic van der Westhuizen
Project Manager
Tritec
South Africa

Fiona Wilkinson
Senior Regional Manager
Clinton Climate Initiative
South Africa

Carl Wolmarans
Development Engineer
Nynas AB
Sweden

Henning Wuester
Director
Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre (KPFC)
Germany

Willie van Wyk
Managing Director
CT LAB
South Africa

Faruk Yusuf Yabo
Deputy Director/SE4ALL Focal Point Person for Nigeria
Federal Ministry of Power, Works & Housing
Nigeria

Saki Zamxaka
Group CEO
GGDA
South Africa

S’bonelo Zulu
Researcher
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Sponsors for 2017

Diamond sponsor:
KPMG

Platinum Sponsors:
Edison Power Group
General Electric
Huawei Technologies
Landis+Gyr
Lucy Electric
Ontec System
Shell
Energy and petroleum company.

Gold Sponsors:
Aberdare Cables
Conlog
Oracle Utilities
SAP Africa
SBS Tanks
Vodacom South Africa

Silver Sponsors:
ACTOM Transmission & Distribution
ALLBRO
Eaton Electric Limited
Export Credit Insurance Corporation
EWSETA (Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority)
Hexing Electrical SA (Pty) Ltd
PRIME Alliance
Voltex
Zest WEG Group
Nyamezela Metering
Siemens
CBI-electric: African Cables
SNPTC
Steinmuller