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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
“More in store than ever before,” Ambassadors told at Africa Energy Indaba Briefing
PRESS RELEASE
27th August 2013
As the Africa Energy Indaba draws near with the sixth annual event less than six months away, ambassadors and the diplomatic corps joined media in Sandton on Tuesday to hear exciting details for the upcoming event scheduled for February 2014.
The event organisers, Siyenza, and their strategic partners, the South African National Energy Association and the NEPAD Agency, briefed ambassadors and their economic and trade representatives who were interested in finding out what opportunities the upcoming Africa Energy Indaba would hold for their country representatives in South Africa and across the broader continent.
The Africa Energy Indaba has grown exponentially since its inception in 2009 and has become the premier energy event on the African continent, with the World Energy Council adopting the Indaba as its annual Africa regional event. The importance of an African energy event for Africans that brings together business, government and civil society leaders to collaborate and shape shared solutions to the continent’s energy future cannot be overestimated.
“Without energy, activities and services which we consider to be a normal part of everyday life cannot exist,” said Brian Statham, Chairman of the South African National Energy Association and the Chair of the Africa Energy Indaba Steering Committee. “Without energy schools cannot function, hospitals cannot operate – there is no infrastructure, sanitation or public services without the underlying energy services to support them. And without energy there is no economic activity that sustains these lifeline services,” said Statham.
Professor Mosad Elmissiry, NEPAD’s Head of Energy Programmes, presented on NEPAD’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4ALL) and other plans within the continent to provide power to the 600 million people on the continent that don’t have access to electricity. “The way the Energy Indaba is set up is different from other energy events, it’s not invited speakers who present papers, it’s an interactive process with panel discussions, there’s interaction between invited guests and delegates. It’s an interactive process to solve African problems. We’ve been involved since 2009 and we’ve endorsed it since 2012 and we’ll continue to do so and support the event,” said Prof. Elmissiry.
“The vision of the Africa Energy Indaba is to catalyse transformation. The spirit of the event is for people to come together, share their knowledge and experience, and then using that in various places and scenarios to help Africa develop. We see this as a process, not a once-off event that only happens in February,” said Statham.
The 2014 Africa Energy Indaba will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre from the 18th – 20th February. Topics presented at the event as a part of the panel discussions are being decided upon by the expert steering committee that is meeting regularly to brainstorm the form and shape of the 2014 event. The 2014 Indaba will include an exhibition, as well as popular side events which run concurrently to the main event: The Africa Projects Roundtable, the Nuclear Forum, a SE4all workshop and a session focused on Independent Power Producers and Power purchase agreements, all including the popular business matchmaking programme.
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