Africa Energy Indaba 2015
The Africa Energy Indaba receives
global recognition as the foremost
African energy event for energy
professionals from across the
globe. Adopted by the World
Energy Council (WEC) as the
African regional event of the WEC
and presented by the South African
National Energy Association
(SANEA), the Africa Energy Indaba
is supported by the African Union
and the NEPAD Planning and
Coordinating Agency. As such, the
Africa Energy Indaba has achieved
the highest level of endorsement
and support for an energy
conference on the continent.
The Africa Energy Indaba brings
together international and
continental experts to share their
insights and solutions to Africa’s
energy crisis, while exploring
the vast energy development
opportunities on offer in Africa.
Delegates from across the
continent attend what has become
known as the business networking
forum of choice for energy
industry players. The conference
is the forum for delegates to
debate and exchange solutions to
Africa’s energy challenges, whilst
the exhibition component is a
significant marketplace for African
and international stakeholders
looking for and doing business in
Africa’s energy sector.
An African energy event, for Africa
and by Africans! Africa Energy
Indaba Conference and Exhibition
takes place from the February
17-18, 2015, at the Sandton
Convention Centre. AD
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International recognition for quantity surveying profession
The South African Council for the
Quantity Surveying Profession
(SACQSP) and the Royal Institution
of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
in London have committed to
solidifying their relationship by
signing a “Mutual Recognition of
Professional Competence”.
The two organisations met to
discuss their ongoing relationship
Professor Kathy Michell (left),
and Louise Brooke-Smith
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this month during a visit to South
Africa by Louise Brooke-Smith,
global president of RICS.
“Both bodies play an important
role in the built environment and
share a common goal in setting
and regulating professional
standards in quantity surveying
for the advancement of the
profession,” says Brooke-Smith.
The mutual recognition of
qualifications means that
registered members of SACQSP
may become full members of RICS,
while qualified quantity surveying
members of RICS may be
registered as professional quantity
surveyors with SACQSP.
Surveying Profession Act 2000
may become full members
following satisfactory completion
of the mandatory Ethics module
assessment.
RICS is recognised as the world’s
leading qualification regarding
professional standards in land,
property and construction,
and attaining RICS status is the
recognised mark of property
professionalism. The RICS
qualif ication is recognised
worldwide, enabling members to
work across markets.
SACQSP is a regulatory authority
mandated to provide for the
registration of professionals,
In qualifying for RICS membership, candidates and specified
categories in the quantity
those registered with the
surveying profession. AD
SACQSP in terms of the Quantity
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