Thank you!
Thank you to all delegates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors that made our iPAD East Africa and EAPIC 2009 a great success! A special thank you to our sponsors Songas, Areva, Electrometer El Sewedy, Tanesco, ARB, Ernst & Young, Sergi.
The keynote and opening session of the 11th EAPIC and the first iPAD East Africa was presided over by Ambassador Dr. Juma Mwapachu, Secretary General of the East African Community with speeches from Mr Sindiso Ngweya, Secretary General of COMESA, Honourable William Ngeleja, Minister of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania and a keynote address by Honourable Simon D’Ujunga, Minister of State for Energy, Uganda. Central to the speeches as well as to the high level panel discussion later on, which included the likes of the African Development Bank, OPIC, European Investment Bank and the Investment Climate Facility, was the issue of regional integration as well as the need for government’s of the region to create paths of ‘least resistance’ for the flow of FDI.
The EAPIC sessions payed close attention to regional interconnection projects, providing project updates but also looking at the financing models available and some of the challenges still ahead for government and utilities to tackle. In the transmission and distribution sessions, new technologies were discussed.
The regional power pool’s were well represented on the programme as well as local regulators. There was plenty discussion about using the region’s extensive gas and coal resources for energy generation as well as about the viability of using solar energy and biofuels.
What came across throughout is the need for integrated planning as well as the need to focus on project implementation and skills development – the East African region has no shortage of resources to generate electricity and overall has an environment that is attractive for financiers.
The East African Power Industry team looks forward to meeting you again next year, all details will be announced soon!
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About the 11 East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC)
Tanzania is the proud host of the 11th East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC), which is the strategic regional event for all stakeholders in the East African power industry. EAPIC highlights new opportunities, provides attendees with the opportunity to renew and build relationships and brings knowledge and solutions to the challenges facing sustainable development in the East African power sector
Tanzania has reversed its fortunes, from being hydro-dependent and power-starved to planning a series of new gas-fired and hydro projects to widen the energy mix and potentially become a net exporter to the region...read more
EAPIC highlights
 Join the Secretary General at the Keynote Session.
Amb. Dr. Juma Mwapachu, Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), to chair the keynote session at the iPAD East Africa 2009... read more |
 Meet the minister at IPAD 2009!
H.E. Mr. William Ngeleja, Tanzanian Minister of Energy and Minerals confirms the institutional support and participation of the Ministry at the iPAD East Africa 2009... read more |
Top regional government participation as eager investors look to East Africa at Tanzanian meeting in August
The Tanzanian mining sector is expected to cushion the country’s economy against the current global economic slump due to its strong showing in the gold sector... read this article |
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