SADC statement on Energy Investment Conference

A two-day SADC Energy Investment Conference takes place in Frankfurt, Germany on March 04 and 05 in an effort to address the prevailing power shortfalls in the SADC Region and the adverse impact it has on socio economic growth.

Organised by Ambassadors of SADC Member States to Germany in collaboration with the SADC Secretariat and the Southern African Initiative of German Business over the last eighteen months, the Conference is also a follow up to the visit to the SADC Secretariat by the German President, His Excellency Horst Kohler, who was hosted by the SADC Executive Secretary in May, 2006, at which SADC made a case for investment by German Business.

The Conference seeks to afford SADC an opportunity to promote investment in the power sector as well as other renewable sources of energy within SADC Region through direct engagement with German investors under the umbrella of the German Chamber of Commerce with the following as part of its key objectives:

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