{"id":2948,"date":"2015-04-03T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T09:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2015-04-03T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T09:20:59","slug":"victron-energy-in-africa-march-2015-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/03\/victron-energy-in-africa-march-2015-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Victron Energy in Africa: March 2015 news roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March was a busy month in Africa for Victron Energy staff and distributors alike. Not only was there the 18th Annual Solar Show Africa, from 24 March to 25 March, but there was also a great opportunity for Victron Energy Distributors to meet up with Victron staff and their peers, as you can see in the group photo above.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>SOLAR AFRICA 2015<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This annual trade show, fair and exhibition was hosted in the Sandton Convention Centre in\u00a0Johannesburg, attracting around 5,000 participants. Focusing on Solar Energy, Renewable Energies and Energy Storage this was an ideal platform for Victron Energy to display their energy and power solutions, particularly as <a title=\"Load Shedding\" href=\"http:\/\/loadshedding.eskom.co.za\/LoadShedding\/Description\" target=\"_blank\">load shedding<\/a> continues to be experienced in <a title=\"South Africa Rolling Blackout\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolling_blackout#South_Africa\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a>. Here&#8217;s Andre du Rand (Sales Manager for South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia) explaining the benefits and solutions to joburgtoday.tv<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andre.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andre.jpg\" alt=\"Andre du Rand\" width=\"730\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Andre.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Andre-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see the interview go to around 6 minutes 12 seconds at:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"joburgtoday.tv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2q4UE_Uq5Nc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2q4UE_Uq5Nc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Energy solutions on display at Solar Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Stand.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Stand.jpg\" alt=\"Stand\" width=\"730\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Stand.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Stand-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Distributors meeting and awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The happy faces from left to right are: Matthijs Vader (MD Victron Energy), Jan Klumpenaar (Sales Manager Africa, Asia, Brazil and Argentina) and Andre du Rand once more &#8211; looking a little less serious this time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_1.jpg\" alt=\"Awards_1\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ettienne van der Westhuizen &#8211; Managing Director of <a title=\"Current Automation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rectifier.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Current Automation<\/a>, South Africa &#8211; Award for Excellent Sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_2.jpg\" alt=\"Awards_2\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_2.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andre Friend &#8211; Managing Director of <a title=\"Telecom Techniques\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teltec.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Telecom Techniques<\/a>, South Africa &#8211; Award for Excellent Sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_3.jpg\" alt=\"Awards_3\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_3.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gerd Roessler &#8211; Managing Director of Radio Electronic CC, Namibia &#8211; Award for Excellent Sales and Long Standing Achievement, as the oldest Distributor in Africa for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awards_4.jpg\" alt=\"Awards_4\" width=\"730\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_4.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/04\/Awards_4-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We wish all Distriubtors in Africa every success for the coming year and congratulate those above on their awards.<\/p>\n<p>John Rushworth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March was a busy month in Africa for Victron Energy staff and distributors alike. 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