The next big conflicts in Africa will be on water usage. This prediction was made earlier this year by the late Dr Lawrence Musaba of the Southern African Power Pool and last year’s recipient of the African Utility Week Lifetime Achievement Award.

In Dr Musaba’s words: “The food-energy-water nexus is becoming a challenge for Africa and African energy pioneers should find a way of how to deal with this dilemma as the population of Africa keeps growing. The demand for water and food is growing, but at the same time we need electricity from hydropower stations to power the industry and as a result, the scramble for water is becoming a huge challenge.”