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One of the highlights of this year for me was the number of opportunities I had to engage with student and youth groups. To me, this is one of the most important things I can do with my time – helping the generation right behind me figure out their space and ways of creating meaningful […]
Despite electric vehicles (EVs) gaining traction in many industrialized nations, their presence in Africa remains nascent. African cities are some of the fastest motorizing cities in the world, with major implications for the vehicle stock being adopted. While EVs are emerging as a critical solution for countries to achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions as part […]
This was a big year for Africa. Riding on the coat tails of last year’s Africa COP – COP27, held in Egypt, this year Africa proudly hosted several landmark events that many say heralded a new chapter for the continent’s climate agenda and climate leadership. Gabon hosted the One Forest Summit in March, Kenya hosted […]
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 […]
I come from a long line of teachers on both sides of my family, so I imagine there is something in the blood, but teaching is one of the things I’ve enjoyed doing most in life. This is the third year in a row that I’ve taught Integrated Energy Systems, a graduate electricial engineering course […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
