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Zim born power industry executive lands top energy Award
14 May 2015 at 16:19hrs | Views
ZIMBABWEAN-born power industry executive Dr Lawrence Musaba received the 2015 African Utility Lifetime Achievement Award winner at a prestigious ceremony in Cape Town on Wednesday night.
This award followed his achievement in ensuring that the southern Africa's energy utility has kept the country's lights lighting despite the economic challenges in Zimbabwe due to economic sanctions imposed by the West.
However, the overall African Utility Executive of The Year went to South Africa's City Power Managing Director, Sicelo Xulu, who was named the African Utility Executive of the Year.
The executive of the South African firm received the most prominent accolade given out at the African Utility Week Industry Awards Gala Dinner at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Florence Nsubuga (Outstanding Woman in Power/Water) and Kenya's KenGen.
Other awards went to Project SWAA, Ackermans, and UGU Engineering Solutions (South Africa) for the Energy/Water Efficiency Project of the Year.
African Community Project of the Year was awarded to ACWA Power (South Africa) for the Bockport CSP project.
Kenya also provided winners in the form of KenGen, which scooped both the Clean Energy Project of the Year for the 280MW Olkaria Geothermal Power Expansion Project and the Africa Power Utility of the Year.
The Kariba South Dam Rehabilitation Project won Zambia's Zambezi River Authority the Collaboration of the Year award.
Ethekwini Municipality of South Africa won Municipality accolade of the Year while African Water Utility of the Year went the way of Uganda's National Water and Sewerage Corporation.
Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, was among the attendees that graced the black-tie event. The awards dinner are among the highlights of the African Utility Week, arguably the biggest event in the power and water industries in the continent.
This award followed his achievement in ensuring that the southern Africa's energy utility has kept the country's lights lighting despite the economic challenges in Zimbabwe due to economic sanctions imposed by the West.
However, the overall African Utility Executive of The Year went to South Africa's City Power Managing Director, Sicelo Xulu, who was named the African Utility Executive of the Year.
The executive of the South African firm received the most prominent accolade given out at the African Utility Week Industry Awards Gala Dinner at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Florence Nsubuga (Outstanding Woman in Power/Water) and Kenya's KenGen.
Other awards went to Project SWAA, Ackermans, and UGU Engineering Solutions (South Africa) for the Energy/Water Efficiency Project of the Year.
African Community Project of the Year was awarded to ACWA Power (South Africa) for the Bockport CSP project.
Kenya also provided winners in the form of KenGen, which scooped both the Clean Energy Project of the Year for the 280MW Olkaria Geothermal Power Expansion Project and the Africa Power Utility of the Year.
The Kariba South Dam Rehabilitation Project won Zambia's Zambezi River Authority the Collaboration of the Year award.
Ethekwini Municipality of South Africa won Municipality accolade of the Year while African Water Utility of the Year went the way of Uganda's National Water and Sewerage Corporation.
Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, was among the attendees that graced the black-tie event. The awards dinner are among the highlights of the African Utility Week, arguably the biggest event in the power and water industries in the continent.
Source - CAJ News
