In conjunction with APUA and Power Pools Conference held in April at UNECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa, dVentus hosted an AFRICAN SMART GRID - FREE HANDS-ON WORKSHOP, TOUR AND LIVE DEMO On the 25th of April, 2018 at its head quarters. Top African utility leaders from across 30 African utilities were present at this event where dVentus was able to showcase and discuss key issues such as:

• Key challenges of the current African power grid system and setting an African Specific Smart Metering Standards.

• Hands-on workshop on Smart Electric meter, technology, meter data management, grid monitoring system, system architecture and enterprise solution.

• Pilot and full scale implementation process, challenges and lessons learnt, etc… with.

• Live demonstration of smart meter, communication system and utility back office management system.