Cape Town, South Africa, August 28, 2020 --(PR.com)-- The Nigerian energy industry�s finest dominated the 2020 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards which were broadcast live on Tuesday and can still be viewed online. The seventh edition of the coveted African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards, honour the most remarkable and inspiring energy projects and power pioneers on the continent.

The awards gala dinner was to take place during the upcoming African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa conference and exhibition in Cape Town in November. However, as the live, in person event has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the organisers of the seventh edition of the awards made sure that the deserving nominees and winners were still celebrated in style.

During this year�s digital celebration, the winners were celebrated by their peers and the judging panel. Ifeoma Malo, of Clean Tech Hub Nigeria, Sanusi Ohiare of the Rural Electrification Fund, Sosai Renewable Energies Company and KEDCO � all Nigerian - walked away with top honours in their respective categories for their ground-breaking contributions to the industry.

The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Andrew Herscowitz, Former Coordinator of Power Africa, USAID�s programme to increase access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. His current position is Chief Development Officer at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.

The broadcast of the awards ceremony is now available online.

The 2020 Awards Categories and Winners Are: :

1. Power Industry Leader of the Year
Winner: Ifeoma Malo, Co-founder, Clean Tech Hub Nigeria

2. Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Andrew Herscowitz, Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and Former Coordinator, Power Africa, USAID

3. Young Leader of the Year Award
Winner: Sanusi Ohiare, Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund | Rural Electrification Agency (Nigeria)

4. Small Scale Power Project of the Year � determined by public vote
Winner: Sosai Renewable Energies Company

5. Transmission and Distribution Project of the Year � determined by public vote
Winner: KEDCO (Kano Electricity Distribution Company), Nigeria

Worthy nominees
The final selection of African Power & Energy Elites projects and leaders was made by an external advisory board composed of experienced industry figures from around the world. This list of outstanding energy ventures and experts automatically became eligible for the African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards.

While an independent panel once again performed the difficult task of determining the winner of the three different leadership awards, the industry was asked to participate and vote for their favourite project in the small-scale and T&D categories. Read more about all the worthy nominees as well as the criteria for the different categories on the event website.

All the shortlisted individuals and projects already have been featured in the African Power & Energy Elites 2020 publication.

Awards & Elites joined forces
Earlier this year, the two leading programmes celebrating excellence and innovation in the African power and energy sector, joined forces to honour the continent�s leading energy projects and pioneers. The African Power & Energy Elites publication and the African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards aligned their 2020 editions with a single nomination and selection process across a set of complementary categories.

The African Power & Energy Elites is an annual journal produced by ESI Africa in collaboration with the Clarion Power & Energy Series recognising industry achievements across the power and energy value chain.

African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa is the flagship energy event organised by Clarion Events Africa, a multi-award-winning Cape Town-based exhibition and conference producer across the continent in the energy, infrastructure and mining sectors. Other well-known events by Clarion Events Africa include Future Energy East Africa, Future Energy Nigeria, the Utility CEO Forums, Africa Mining Forum, Nigeria Mining Week and DRC Mining Week. Clarion Events Africa is part of the UK-based Clarion Events Group and African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa form part of Clarion Energy, which runs over 40 events that cover the oil, gas, power and energy sectors, making it one of Clarion Events� largest portfolios.

Nominations and partnership opportunities are now available for the 2021 edition of the African Power & Energy Elites and the African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards.