African Utility Week is the largest metering, billing and customer service event in Africa, and includes Metering, Billing/CRM Africa and International and South African Prepayment Weeks, as well as other power sector events. A comprehensive exhibition, including a Power Lifestyle SMART LIVING EXPO, which will bring the important issue of energy efficiency to the foreground, and will enable viewing of the latest technologies that are available in South Africa as well as in the international market.

Apart from being the largest showcase and discussion forum in Africa, there is an international Automated Meter Reading workshop as well an Advanced Metering Infrastructure technical study tour. The tour starts in Johannesburg on 28 May 2007 and then moves to Cape Town, where in addition to further site visits, delegates will be able to participate in the workshops, conference and an exhibition.

African Utility Week, widely regarded within the industry as the blueprint for power planning in Africa, offers a unique training, networking and discussion platform and will demonstrate how utilities can be more efficient and offer cost effective services through improved infrastructure, load management, service delivery and revenue management choices.

"This event is easily accessible and is the gateway for African utilities to see innovative metering and billing technologies to assist with their annual planning and tender requirements," says Jonathan Spencer Jones, editor of Metering International magazine, host publication of African Utility Week.

For more information on African Utility Week 2007 and its co-located events, please contact Le-ann Hare Keymer on tel. +27 21 700 3500, fax +27 21 700 3501, or le- This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it