On the 16th & 17th October 2012 the first Clean Technology business and investment matchmaking conference for the African continent is to be held in Johannesburg South Africa.
Called Viridis Africa, the event is dedicated to entrepreneurs and corporates who are seeking funding to introduce clean technology solutions and services.
According to conference organiser, Suza Adam, managing member of Spindle Communications, “principals who would present their business opportunities at this event would have the audience of numerous local and foreign investors. Investors would include venture capital, private equity, project and corporate finance outfits and others dedicated to the clean tech sector. They would also include major companies who seek strategic alliance and acquisitions.”
Among the projects being presented is a bioethanol and a biomass production project in Mozambique and a biogas project in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Other projects would be in solar energy-consentrating solar power, photovoltaic farms, as well as geothermal in other African countries.
In as far as waste management and water treatment projects, innovative solutions will be presented and the funding needed to execute them will be presented.
Proposals are invited from clean tech sub-sectors including clean energy generation (wind, solar, hydro, biofuels, geothermal, clean coal technologies), storage (fuel cells, advanced batteries, hybrid systems), efficiency (smart grids, waste heat recovery), water & waste water (water treatment, water conservation, waste water treatment, desalination) and recycling and waste (recycling, waste treatment, organic matter, plastics) etc.
The event will also introduce parties with complimentary technologies and business models to one another to explore mutually beneficial opportunities. Research and development projects in the above sectors where such are being conducted within academic and research institutions in South Africa, will also be presented.
“In the main the conference and its exhibition will endeavour to bring about a vibrant market trading place for entrepreneurs and corporates to propose and conclude investment deals with funders”, concludes Adam.
Although the event is to be held once a year, it is designed to give the participants long term continuity vis a vis the provision of web-based interaction platforms, inducing social networks, virtual market place and other interactive features.
For more info, visit www.viridisafrica.com
