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Some 610 learners and 17 teachers at the Golden Valley Basic School in Chisamba, Zambia are reaping the benefits of the Agritech Expo Outreach Programme.

JSE will be sponsoring the Commercial Farmers Focus Day workshop at the upcoming Agritech Expo Zambia in Chisamba from 14-16 April.

"The next big conflicts in Africa will be on water usage" was the chilling prediction made earlier this year by the recently departed Dr Lawrence Musaba of the SAPP and recipient of the African Utility Week Lifetime Achievement Award.

"There is no doubt that 2016 is a challenging year for the mining sector and therefore, also for the DRC" says Elodie Delagneau, event director for the upcoming DRC Mining Week that is taking place in June in Lubumbashi, DRC.

The ZNFU is the owner of the upcoming third edition of Agritech Expo, which is expected to welcome some 15 000 farming professionals and 130 exhibitors at the GART Research Centre in Chisamba.

Lagos will welcome thousands of manufacturing experts next week at the third annual mPAD & inaugural Nigeria Manufacturing Expo (MAN Expo) from 15-17 March at the Landmark Centre in the Nigerian city.

Accenture is a returning platinum sponsor at the upcoming African Utility Week, taking place from 17-19 May at the CTICC in Cape Town, gathering more than 6000 power and water professionals.

This year’s African Utility Week Industry Awards will once again honour pioneering utilities, projects and people in the energy and water industry on the continent.

“Made in Germany” will make a big impression at the annual Agritech Expo in Chisamba in April when 14 German providers of agri machinery and livestock equipment will be part of the German pavilion – this is almost double compared to last year.

GEA West Africa, Clearpack Singapore and Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH are just some of the big names that will showcase their manufacturing equipment at the upcoming Nigeria Manufacturing Expo (MAN Expo) in Lagos from 15-17 March.