Tshwane, 17 May 2017– Climate Innovation Centre SA – the green economy initiative of The Innovation Hub in collaboration with the World Bank’s InfoDev is participating and showcasing clean technological companies at the African Utility Week at Cape Town Convention Centre on 16 to 18 May 2017.
African Utility week is a platform where african power, water utility, engineers and solution providers in the green ecosystem convene for three days for unlimited networking opportunities. Delegates, exhibitors and visitors will be afforded an opportunity to engage and seek possible solutions for challenges around power generation, metering, clean energy, finance, reliability, water supply or energy efficiency. The three day convention will be host to networking sessions for 1200 delegates, 250 exhibitors, and conferences.
The Climate Innovation Centre SA operates as a technology and business incubator dedicated to supporting SME’s operating in the green economy. This support is achieved by offering technical and business advisory services, access to infrastructure and market access to help South African clean-tech entrepreneurs proactively and profitability. Numerous entrepreneurs incubated at CICSA will be exhibiting at Africa Utility Week; this will afford the start-ups market exposure and an opportunity to engage with potential investors. One such company exhibiting at the event is Sustainable Power Generation who will be launching their product today, 17 May 2017. Sustainable Power Generation develops waste-to-energy solutions in Africa and locally designs and manufactures containerized power generation equipment.
Numerous events will be hosted over the course of the week; amongst these activities are the awards to be held today, 17 May 2017 and will recognise -individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the industry. We are pleased to announce that our very own Dr Rethabile Melamu, General Manager for the Green Economy Programme, has been nominated in the category for Outstanding Woman of the Year awards: Power/Water category for her work in the field of sustainable energy.
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About GGDA
The Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA), is an agency of the Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED).GGDA is the implementation arm of the GDED and assists the department in leading, facilitating and managing sustainable job creation and inclusive economic growth and development in the Gauteng City Region.
About The Innovation Hub
The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of the Gauteng Province is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. It was established by the Gauteng Provincial Government through its Department of Economic Development to promote socio-economic development and competitiveness of Gauteng through innovation. The Innovation Hub offers a number of innovation enabling programmes both in the science park and throughout the Gauteng City region. These programmes are in the Bio economy (agro processing and health), Smart Industries (ICT and advanced manufacturing) and Green Economy (Water purification, waste management and renewable energy). In addition as an innovation agency, The Innovation Hub operates a skills development programme.
