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Comment by Suza Adam on November 7, 2012 at 10:51am

On the 15th & 16th October 2013 the third Clean Technology business and investment matchmaking conference for the African continent is to be held at the Killarney Country Club, Lower Houghton South Africa. The Viridis Africa clean technology investment summit is an event is designed to bring about innovators, inventors, technology partners, academia, project promoters, investors, and government agencies to investigate, evaluate, and elucidate commercial opportunities relating to clean technologies.

The pre-eminent event for investment in clean technologies throughout Africa will be the place for local and foreign investors to meet with principals of projects in renewable energy, waste treatment and recycling, water and effluent treatment amongst other sectors.

The event is dedicated to entrepreneurs and corporates seeking investment or financial support for the introduction of clean technologies, innovation and associated services. The intention of Viridis Africa is to bring together debt financiers, investors and entrepreneurs from Africa and rest of the world, to jointly explore commercial initiatives in green technologies.

Principals who would present their business opportunities at this event would have the audience of numerous local and foreign investors, stratified according to their interest and investment criteria.

The size and scope of projects seeking funding would range from few to hundreds of millions of US dollars.

Participants include speakers / representatives of the leading financial institutions both local and international, country trade representatives, international funding agencies and many others.

The pre-eminent event for investment in clean technologies throughout Africa will be the place for local and foreign investors to meet with principals of projects in renewable energy, waste treatment and recycling, water and effluent treatment amongst other sectors.

The following are some of the clean tech sub-sectors in which principals may consider their company, initiative being presented:

• Clean Energy Generation: Wind, solar, hydro, biofuels, geothermal, clean coal technologies
• Storage: Fuel cells, advanced batteries, hybrid systems
• Infrastructure: Management, transmission
• Efficiency: Building efficiency, smart grids, waste heat recovery
• Water & waste water: Water treatment, water conservation, waste water treatment, desalination Recycling & waste:
• Recycling, waste treatment, organic matter, plastics,

The conference is relevant to:

• Cleantech entrepreneurs • Researchers working on water, energy and environmental issues • Government agencies involved in water, renewable energy and environmental issues • Electricity and water utilities and planners • Environmental consultants • Investors including institutional, private equity, venture capital from outside Africa will be presenting their particular interest, investment criteria and inviting principals to submit their business proposals.

Please note that the deadline for your business proposal submission is 30 August 2013.

An executive business summary of your project/ company is required in order for us to match your initiative/company business proposal with the appropriate theme. Importantly you need to indicate the funds you seek and the principal terms for investors participation.

www.viridisafrica.com