On 8 and 9 November 2021 the South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE) presented a symposium on the Engineering Considerations of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the SADC region. The symposium was presented in hybrid mode from the auditorium in the Engineering4 building on the Hillcrest campus of the University of Pretoria. The symposium was attended online by persons from all SADC countries and from the UK and China. Recordings of the symposium on 8 and 9 November are available at:
8 November
9 November
The aims of the symposium were to provide an opportunity
for members of the engineering professions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to meet, get to know each other more closely, and to focus ideas on growing and strengthening the institutional arrangements in the engineering professions in these countries; and
for the strategic nexus between water, energy and food to be described with a view to identifying the contributions that the engineering profession must make to ensure sustainability and socio-economic development in the SADC region.
The keynote speakers were Neil Macleod and Prof Mike Muller of SAAE, Andrew Etzinger of Eskom, Dr Jonathan Denison, Water Resources and Irrigation Development Specialist, and Dirk Hanekom of Afri All Africa. The following persons did presentations on the water-energy-food nexus and the institutional arrangements in the engineering professions in their respective countries:
Dr Oagile Kanyeto of Botswana,
Eng Bakatuamba Olivier and Prof Pierre Kalala of the DRC
Dr. Mcebisi Mkhwanazi of Eswatini
Mr Harinaivo Ramanantoanina of Madagascar
Mr Damodar Doseeah of Mauritius
Prof Alberto Tsamba of Mocambique
President Eng. Sayed R. Qadri of Tanzania
Eng Linus Chanda and Eng Malama Mukonge of Zambia
Dr Sanzan Diarra of Zimbabwe