ASADI VI Wraps Up in South Africa
The sixth annual ASADI conference, hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa, focused on improving energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighted by the release of a new report, Turning Science On. Next year’s conference will be held in Uganda.

Conference Theme
This year the ASADI conference theme is, "Improving Access to Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa." Access to energy, including electricity and heating and cooking fuel, is central to a country’s development and is fundamental to poverty reduction and economic transformation. The availability and use of energy will greatly influence how and whether African countries are able to increase their agricultural productivity, provide safe water, achieve higher levels of industrialisation, and use information and communications technologies to get integrated in the global economy. Read more about the theme here.

Agenda
An PDF agenda (177KB) is available here.