Thanks to increasing international interest in Africa, the first new POWERGEN conference to be launched in ten years will be held in Johannesburg in November next year. Organised by PennWell Corporation, the event will feature leading power industry professionals from around the world who will share their expertise and experiences to help define Africa’s energy sector of the future, said Nigel Blackaby, POWER-GEN Africa event director. “The inaugural POWERGEN Africa will provide comprehensive coverage of the power needs, resources, and issues facing the electricity generation industries across sub-Saharan Africa,” he added. Blackwell said with reserve margins virtually nonexistent in the sub-Saharan Africa region, leading to blackout and load shedding scenarios, the region faced the real prospect of inadequate energy infrastructure acting as a brake on current and future economic growth. In tackling these problems, the region also faces a great shortage in the area of trained engineering professionals.
Focus to fall on Africa’s power needs
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