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Spindle Communications - Enhancing corporate value through effective communications requires a real understanding of how the investment community views and values your business' potential to generate cash flows and dividends.My expertise lies in developing tailored investor relations strategies and implementing action plans that achieve demonstrable results and an enhanced return on investment.
The focus falls on sustained marketing of the value proposition in capital raising pitches, investor road shows, investor conferences, database communications (CRM), Internet outreach strategies, social media, and advertising campaigns in support of stakeholder and shareholder relations.
In essence, I assist publicly traded corporations to communicate with private client fund managers, institutional portfolio managers, stock brokers, traders and investment analysts at institutions who buy, sell or recommend exchange-listed securities.
I have extensive experience in program design, institutional investor targeting, market monitoring and analysis, investor meetings, & perception research. I have directed numerous investor relations programs that have resulted in millions of Rand of share value enhancement for both vendors and shareholders.
Employment
- Spindle Communications ccMember | 2010 - current
Education
- University of Johannesburg - CommunicationsMA (Communications) | 1992 - 1993
Viridis Africa 2013, 15 & 16 October, Killarney Country Club, Johannesburg
This October 15 & 16 will mark the third year Viridis Africa is to be held. It will be bigger, better, more defined and refined in achieving its stated goal of bringing together both investors and entrepreneurs from Africa to meet with their counterparts from around the world in order to pursue the objective of setting up clean technologies businesses in the continent holding commercial promise.
For African entrepreneurs and their businesses, the Johannesburg held event will prove most beneficial in a much as it will allow them to meet with potential global partners, both in technology and finance so as to evaluate and execute projects in renewable energy, provision of potable water, solid waste recycling, effluent treatment and other projects that aside of their commercial merits would have even greater socio-economic benefits and impact on the people and environment of the continent for years to come.
Much of the event this year would concentrate on adaptive and appropriate solutions for particular instances.
Some projects in the past, although technologically sound, could not be justified commercially, nor technically, as support infrastructure – human resource and even reliable energy supply - could not be sustained.
As Africa is now becoming the focus of the developed nations as far as inward investment into the continent, so as to “fire up” economic development, there is much anticipation that infrastructural development will ensue.
Thus, the provision of energy, water (for drinking, agricultural and industrial use) as well as other objectives such as road infrastructure and telecommunication will become a priority.
Therefore in Africa the concept of “clean technology” is more about the ability to answer to the said needs in a more independent manner, than what is currently possible - that is deploying energy generating capacity that is not reliant on massive infrastructural setup, but rather small scale and scalable solutions adapted to remote and rural regions within a country.
Similarly innovative solutions regarding water treatment and purification coupled with that of industrial effluents can also be deployed on the basis of small scale and scalable range of solutions, thereby commercially justified as per community/regions’ needs.
In summation, Viridis Africa showcasing Clean Technologies initiatives and innovative solutions is about appropriate technologies which balance commercial promise with cost affordability to users.
For more information, visit www.viridisafrica.com or contact the organiser, Spindle Communications on suza.adam@spindlecommunications.com
More information:
On the 15th & 16th October 2013 the third Clean Technology business and investment matchmaking conference for the African continent is to be held at the Killarney Country Club, Lower Houghton South Africa.
Called Viridis Africa, the event is dedicated to entrepreneurs and corporates who are seeking funding to introduce clean technology solutions and services.
Principals who would present their business opportunities at this event would have the audience of numerous local and foreign investors, stratified according to their interest and investment criteria.
Investors would include venture capital, private equity, project and corporate finance outfits and project developers dedicated to the cleantech sector. They would also include North American, European funding agencies, major Asian industrial conglomerates, technology specific investment funds and major companies who seek strategic alliance and acquisitions.
Entrepreneurs from all over Africa are invited to submit a business plan for inclusion in the program. Interested parties can mail their cleantech proposals to suza@viridisafrica.com
On the 16th and 17th of October 2012 the second Viridis Africa conference is to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event is dedicated to the introduction of clean technologies and associated business/investment opportunities. The intention of Viridis Africa is to bring together investors and entrepreneurs from Africa and rest of the world, to jointly explore commercial initiatives in green technologies. The program includes presentation of specific projects or business initiatives, ranging in size and scope and encompassing most of the priority areas such as bioenergy, hydro, wind power, green chemistry, recycling, water treatment, desalination, amongst others. According to conference organiser, Suza Adam, managing member of Spindle Communications, “principals who would present their business opportunities at this event would have the audience of numerous local and foreign investors. Investors would include venture capital, private equity, project and corporate finance outfits and others dedicated to the clean tech sector. Also included are major companies who seek strategic alliance and acquisitions.” Among the projects being presented is a bioethanol and a biomass production project in Mozambique, a biogas project in Kwa-Zulu Natal, 15 MW hydro projects in Kenya, a biofuel project in Malawi and RD Congo, and a plastic recycling operation in Nigeria. Other projects to be confirmed in the program line-up include solar, energy projects, waste management and water treatment innovative solutions. New technologies currently being developed by academic and research institutions will also have their opportunity so as to introduce potential business opportunities through the commercialization of the above. The event will have amongst its presenters leading financial institutions including the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Investec Limited, Nedbank, Threelawscapital, Lereko Metier, Inspired Evolution, as well as leading utilities in energy (Eskom) and water. “Additional business proposals are invited from clean tech sub-sectors including clean energy generation (wind, solar, hydro, biofuels, geothermal, clean coal technologies), storage (fuel cells, advanced batteries, hybrid systems), efficiency (smart grids, waste heat recovery), water & waste water (water treatment, water conservation, waste water treatment, desalination) and recycling and waste (recycling, waste treatment, organic matter, plastics) etc.” says Adam. The event will also introduce parties with complimentary technologies and business models to one another in order to explore mutually beneficial opportunities. “In the main the conference and its exhibition will endeavour to bring about a vibrant market trading place for entrepreneurs and corporates to propose and conclude investment deals with funders”, concludes Adam. Although the event is to be held once a year, it is designed to give the participants long term continuity vis a vis the provision of web-based interaction platforms, inducing social networks. For more information about the conference: please visit us at www.viridisafrica.com.
