The Inaugural Africa Climate Summit

This month saw an important milestone – the first time that African Heads of State, through the auspices of the Africa Union convened themselves on the continent’s climate agenda. This has been a call for years, and so we hope it will be the first of many. The focus of this inaugural Africa Climate Summit […]

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk!

Here’s a question: If the need is so urgent, if the renewable resources are cheap and plentiful, then exactly why is Africa still so far behind from the clean energy potential we all rave about? It turns out, there’s more than meets the eye on explaining why international investment doesn’t seem to flow naturally to […]

A Focus Issue on Energy Transformations in Africa

Those of you who know me, know that I care deeply about amplifying the voices of fellow young southern scholars. So as soon as I was invited to sit on the founding editorial board of my first academic journal, Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability from the powerhouse IOP Publishing, I set out to create a […]

Youth and Women Leadership is Central to Just Energy Transitions

At the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in May, 2022 I had the opportunity to partake in a number of insightful events. One of my favorites was moderating the Sustainable Energy for Mobility panel session, hosted by Ampersand, where we got to learn about the latest innovation in electric mobility and the price tag for […]

Leading the First Youth Advocacy Clinic on African Energy Transitions

Over the past five years one of my key focus areas has been on youth engagement. I’ve produced some of the only research available on jobs opportunities and skills needs for African youth in energy and followed that up with graduate curriculum design and graduate teaching with the top Universities in East Africa. Most recently, […]