ETV Sunrise - interview with Hydropower Africa sponsor Gibb's director, Colin Logan. 15 July 06h15
Enews Channel - interview with Hydropower Africa sponsor Gibb's director, Colin Logan. 19 September 18h15
Reuters TV
Interviews with Chief Director: Clean Energy, Dept of Energy: Mokgadi Mathekgana, Marelli Motori's Gianluca Stanic, Practical Action's Chandirekera Mutubuki-Makuyana , East African Power Pool's Joseph Magochi
CNN
SWISS TV
Swiss TV
SABC TV - interview with CSIR's Wim Jonker Klunne, 13h00 bulletin on 19 Sep. Copy to be added soon
702 Talk Radio
- Interview with Wim Jonker Klunne of the CSIR and Leonard Kassana, international hydropower expert. 12 Sep 14h00
BBC World and Swahili Service - including interview with Leonard Kassana, international hydropower consultant, Rwanda
RSG Radio
- Interview with Christoff La Grange of Entura Hydro Tasmania
Broadcast 20 and 21 Sep
Channel Africa
- 19 Sep: interview with Wim Jonker Klunne, CSIR
- 22 Sep: interview with Practical Action's Chandirekera Mutubuki-Makuyana. Click here to listen to the interview:::::
Media coverage 2010
Hydropower Africa 2010 in the news!
Compliments from a sponsor featured in the 2009 media coverage: “Being interviewed as an industry expert on SABC TV provided an unexpected and inestimable value-add to our gold sponsorship of Hydropower 2009 and was an important factor in our decision to sponsor the event again in 2010.
Appearing on a respected news channel created enormous credibility for our company.” Andrew Wilson, Director, GIBB
Television:
CNBC Africa - interview with Sandy TickodriTogboa, Chairman, UEGCL, Uganda
Enews Channel - interview with Andrew Wilson, director at GIBB - gold sponsor.
"Thanks for the opportunity, this is great exposure for us." Andrew Wilson
SABC3 - News@One - interview with Andrew Wilson, director at GIBB - gold sponsor.
Radio:
702 Talk Radio
BBC World and Swahili Service - including interview with Leonard Kassana, international hydropower consultant, Rwanda
RSG Radio - interview with Sakkie van der Westhuizen, Head of Dams and Hydropower at BKS (bronze sponsor)
The Hydropower Africa 2009 conference received unprecedented media coverage with countless TV and radio news and actuality programmes. Sponsors, exhibitors, speakers as well as power industry expert and former editor of the host publication of the event, Nicholas McDiarmid, appeared on Enews Channel, CNBC Africa, SABC2, SABC3 and SABC News International and SABC radio. Several journalists from press agencies and online publications, amongst others, also attended the event.
Hydropower is a topical issue with the utilities industry looking for more renewable sources of energy. Said Nicholas on the E Tv’s 24-hour news channel: “For South Africa, hydropower is extremely important in terms of importing power from our neighbouring countries and the Southern African region. The potential of hydropower on the continent is huge. At present we only employ about 10% of the continent’s available hydropower. In essence, we one looks at implementing full-scale hydropower projects in the long term, it is a source of energy that could power the entire continent and then some. We could even be exporting to Europe in time.”
Compliments from a sponsor featured in the media coverage: “Being interviewed as an industry expert on SABC TV provided an unexpected and inestimable value-add to our gold sponsorship of Hydropower 2009 and was an important factor in our decision to sponsor the event again in 2010.
Appearing on a respected news channel created enormous credibility for our company.”
Andrew Wilson, Director, GIBB
Television:
CNBC Africa - 2 x live interviews with Nicholas McDiarmid-ESI Africa and James Banaabe, Uganda Energy Commissioner
Enews Channel - 2 x live interviews with Nicholas McDiarmid-ESI Africa and Mayor Thetane Mofokeng of the Dihlabeng Municipality.
SABC3:
News at One – live interview with Nicholas McDiarmid Oggendnuus in Afrikaans - live interview with Anton-Louis Olivier, MD Bethlehem Hydro
SABC2: 180 Degrees - live interview with Nicholas McDiarmid-ESI Africa
SABC News International - 5 x interviews with: Nicholas McDiarmid - ESI Africa
Andrew Wilson, Arcus Gibb - gold sponsor (2x)
Alan O'Brian, Hatch - silver sponsor
Bertrand Collett, Aurecon - silver sponsor
Radio:
Channel Africa - interview with Nicholas McDiarmid-ESI Africa
RSG - Afrikaans language radio: 2 x inserts on actuality programme Monitor including interviews with Nicholas McDiarmid-ESI Africa, Frans Louwinger-Eskom and Nicolaas Loretz-Hydropower Africa conference producer.
Actuality programmes, AP-Live and PM-Live: 1 x live interview 1 x onsite package
The Hydropower Africa 2009 conference received unprecedented media coverage with countless TV and radio news and actuality programmes. Sponsors, exhibitors, speakers as well as power industry expert and former editor of the host publication of the event, Nicholas McDiarmid, appeared on Enews Channel, CNBC Africa, SABC2, SABC3 and SABC News International and SABC radio. Several journalists from press agencies and online publications, amongst others, also attended the event. 
