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Some 800 power professionals, including 11 African ministers, as well as heads of utilities, regulators and international energy companies, will attend the Africa Energy Forum from 18-20 June in Barcelona.

Critical infrastructure requirements in energy and transport as well as transparency, good governance and conflict minerals will be at the heart of the iPAD DRC Mining and Infrastructure Indaba and iPAD Katanga Mining Briefing events.

Nairobi will welcome more than 500 power professionals from 10-11 September for the 15th edition of the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC).

Thousands of teachers and learners are expected at the seventh annual African Education Week and Career Indaba at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Thursday 20 June until Saturday 22 June.

“African Education Week provides a platform to air problems and find solutions: such platforms are very important" says independent education specialist Graeme Bloch and moderator of this year’s African Education Week in Johannesburg this month.

African Education Week in Johannesburg, South Africa, will discuss in June how iPads, cell phones and other gadgets are the future tools of learning.

“Virtually every corner of Africa will be represented in Barcelona at the Africa Energy Forum”, says Bruno Cockburn, programme director of the 15th edition of the event that is taking place from 18-20 June in Barcelona this year.

“Bigger and better” is how all concerned describe this year’s African Utility Week and the co-located Clean Power Africa that took place in Cape Town from 14-15 May at the CTICC.

Dr Mamphela Ramphele, leader of Agang SA, will deliver the keynote address during the opening session at the upcoming African Education Week at the Sandton Convention Centre on Thursday, 20 June.

A recent report from the World Bank indicated that the GDP of a third of African countries grew by at least 6% last year, despite the estimate that power outages cost African economies on average around 2% pa of their GDP.