Press Releases from East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) (10 total)
Uganda and Ethiopia big winners at East African Power Industry Awards in Nairobi …
Uganda scored a double victory at the East African Power Industry Awards with the country not only winning the Special Recognition Award for outstanding leadership in the sector, but also scooping up the Award for Excellence in Power Transmission or Distribution for the second year in a row. Taking place during the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) in Nairobi this week, the East African Power Industry Awards gathered…
EAPIC in Nairobi: Inspiring, high-level and practical sessions make it the place …
An opening session with six East African regional energy ministries represented, an inspiring “Women in African Power” lunch, a unique gathering of Future Leaders in Energy and a free exhibition with technical workshops are just some of the highlights of the 18th edition of the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) at the KICC in Nairobi next week.
The long-running, regional conference and exhibition will gather some 2000 power professionals,…
Spotlight on regional achievements as East African Power Industry Awards finalis …
Kenya Power, Eskom Uganda, the Nile Basin Initiative, Songas and Ethiopian Electric Power are just some of the region’s leading lights in the power industry that are finalists in this year’s East African Power Industry Awards that will take place during the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) on 21 September at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi. Well known media personality and CNBC Africa television news anchor Bonney Tunya will…
CNBC Africa to broadcast EAPIC ministerial opening session in Nairobi in Septemb …
Leading television news channel CNBC Africa will broadcast the ministerial opening session of the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) that is taking place on 21 September in Nairobi. The energy ministries from six East African countries: Kenya, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, including three ministers, have been confirmed to address the opening of this long running regional summit.
CNBC Africa is a premier pan-African business news television…
Six East African energy ministries to address EAPIC in Nairobi in September
The energy ministries from six East African countries: Kenya, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, including two ministers, are confirmed to address the opening address at the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) on 21 September in Nairobi.
The high-level energy ministry representatives are:
- Dr Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya
- Dr. Dheu Mathouk Diig, Minister of Energy and Dams, South Sudan
- Hon Irene Muloni,…
Strong focus on geothermal at EAPIC in Nairobi in September
“There is no one size fits all approach to developing geothermal. It's an amazing source of base load, renewable energy, but we have to take a realistic approach to how it's developed” – this is according to Amanda Lonsdale, Institutional and Commercial Development Advisor for the East Africa Geothermal Energy Facility (*EAGER). During the upcoming East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) in Nairobi in September, Amanda is the moderator of…
East African Power Industry Convention announces platinum sponsorship by Lucy El …
“This is a very exciting time for the electricity sector across East Africa and at Lucy Electric we hope to play a key part in helping to make this a reality” says Phil Dingle, Marketing Director, Lucy Electric, a global secondary distribution leader in the electricity sector and a platinum sponsor at the upcoming East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) in Nairobi in September.
Phil Dingle continues: “across the East…
Powerful discussions at EAPIC as 750 gather in Nairobi
More than 750 power professionals attended the 15th annual East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) in Nairobi from 9-11 September which focused on the challenges faced by utilities in the region. Featured speakers included Uganda’s State Minister for Energy, the Honourable Minister Simon D’Ujanga, USAID Africa’s Coordinator of Power Africa and Trade Africa, Andrew Herscowitz, and the CEO of Kenya Vision 2030, Mugo Kibati. Attendees also included high-level…
CEO Forum gathers utility heads at EAPIC in Nairobi
Utilities’ challenges of financing power projects - be they generation, transmission or distribution projects, and ways in which this can be mitigated, will be in focus during the CEO Forum at the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) in Nairobi from 10-11 September. The attendance of high-level utility executives from the region, including Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, Sudan and Kenya, has been confirmed already.
Other challenges experienced in…
Kenya’s Vision 2030 to support East African Power Industry Convention
The annual East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) has secured the support of Kenya’s Vision 2030. The organisers of EAPIC, the Cape Town-based events company Spintelligent, met with the Vision 2030 directorate in Nairobi recently.
Claire Volkwyn, Director of Content and Strategy for Spintelligent, says: “we are very pleased to partner with the Vision 2030 office in order to highlight opportunities in Kenya. We firmly believe…
