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Asset Financing: How Payhippo is making solar products affordable 38:51

13d ago38:51

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Subscribe to our Clean Energy Africa newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/dc168bd41a97/sign-up-here Dami Olawoye joins us as we explore his remarkable career as a finance veteran turned clean energy champion and his role in revolutionizing solar energy financing in Nigeria as the CEO of Payhippo. From a big four-chartered accountant to leading a startup,…

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The African Mini-Grid Program: Mobilizing Catalytic Finance Episode 2 36:06

27d ago36:06

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Subscribe to our Clean Energy Africa newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/dc168bd41a97/sign-up-here Recorded live during the Energy Access Investment Forum in May, this 2 part mini-series covers the African Mini-Grid Program (AMP). The AMP is a USD 50 million country-led technical assistance program designed to stimulate the solar-battery mini-grids mark…

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Investing Equity in African Infrastructure: InfraCo Africa’s $300M Journey 33:26

2M ago33:26

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Subscribe to our Clean Energy Africa newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/dc168bd41a97/sign-up-here InfraCo Africa is one of the few financiers that provides equity investments in large-scale infrastructure projects in Africa. Typically investing in projects in the early stages of their development, all the way through construction and operational stages…

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The African Mini-Grid Program: Mobilizing Catalytic Finance Episode 1 40:15

2M ago40:15

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Subscribe to our Clean Energy Africa newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/dc168bd41a97/sign-up-here Recorded live during the Energy Access Investment Forum in May, this 2 part mini-series covers the African Mini-Grid Program (AMP). The AMP is a USD 50 million country-led technical assistance program designed to stimulate the solar-battery mini-grids mark…

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State of The African Minigrid Business: INENSUS GmbH 36:19

3M ago36:19

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Nico joins us this week to share from his two decades of experience deploying Decentralized Renewable Energy projects, consulting governments on off-grid electrification policy, and what the emerging trends mean for financiers looking into Sub-Saharan Africa. This episode has already been published on "The Mini-Grid Business" podcast hosted by Nico…

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Creating an African Clean-Tech Unicorn: Arnergy Solar Company 48:32

4M ago48:32

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Arnergy is a renewable energy company providing solar solutions to residential and commercial customers. Combined, Arnergy has raised $12M in a Series A and bridge round and is now gearing up for a big Series B fundraiser. In this episode, we speak with the company's CFO, James Fabola Jr., about operating in a difficult market and exciting growth o…

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Eureka moments and new directions 21:22

6M ago21:22

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In this last episode of Permission to Fail we ask ourselves - what now? Over the past five episodes we’ve been on a journey together, exploring the topic of failure and learning. We’ve listened to anecdotes from the people who have been there from the start, explored stories of both difficult times, and success. This episode is about new directions…

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Empowering The Last Mile: SolarAid’s Unique Model to Scaling Energy Access. 38:57

6M ago38:57

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SolarAid is an international development charity working alongside communities in the most rural and hard-to-reach areas of sub-Saharan Africa to tackle poverty and the climate crisis through access to clean, safe solar lights. Aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 7, which advocates for universal access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable…

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The GridCrux Story: How one Energy Entrepreneur is Democratizing Energy Access in Nigeria 38:53

8M ago38:53

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GridCrux is a technology and power infrastrucure company that develops, engineers, finances and deploys alternative energy solutions to the unserved and underserved segments of the African continent. The company's solutions leverage existing technology, primarily multiple energy management systems, as a means of delivering optimized energy solution…

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De-risking Procurement and Financing to Accelerate Scale for Renewable Energy Companies in Nigeria 29:46

9M ago29:46

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Odyssey's mission is to accelerate the clean energy transition in emerging markets. The Odyssey platform connects financiers, solar companies and equipment suppliers in one place to facilitate transactions, streamline processes and scale investment into distributed renewable energy. Financiers use Odyssey to source and manage deals, solar companies…

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Funding Climate Impact with Persistent Capital 1:01:17

9M ago1:01:17

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Founded in 2010, Persistent Energy is Africa’s Climate Venture Builder and a leading investor. The company provides essential support including finance, strategic guidance, governance, technical and legal expertise to early-stage companies committed to creating sustainable impact. They have developed and deployed an interesting venture building mod…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 8: Rethinking Policy and Finance for Distributed Renewables 1:01:37

11M ago1:01:37

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In the eighth and final episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Henok Assefa - Founder and Managing Partner at PRECISE, and Dr. Paul Yillia - COO and Technical Advisor, TENN to find out how policy design and finance go hand-hand in ensuring that farmers in rural communities can afford their energy needs fo…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 7: Distributed Cooling to Create and Capture Markets 42:37

11M ago42:37

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In the seventh episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Anshul Ojha - Founder and Principal anchor for the Desert Resource Center, and Ralph Roothaert - Principal Investigator of – Veggies 4 Planet & People (V4P&P) Project and Country Director – of Kenya Eastern and Southern Africa. This series is hosted by…

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A $10M Partnership to Scale Energy Access: CrossBoundary and Mobile Power's Historic Deal 38:10

11M ago38:10

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In this episode, we discuss the intricacies of the landmark $10M partnership between Crossboundary Access (CBA) and Mobile Power–a partnership that promises to unlock energy access for over 300,000 people within Nigeria. CrossBoundary is an investment firm focused on unlocking capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets…

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Domino effects and rural repairs 16:49

12M ago16:49

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What can failure, learning and success look like when designing a new programme? Do we, as development organisations recognise the domino effects that our well meaning interventions can have on rural communities and the environment? And when recognising these, how can we turn them into opportunities? This is a case study of that. In this episode ho…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 6: Closing the Cooling Gap with Distributed Renewables 34:15

1y ago34:15

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In the sixth episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Nirmita Chandrashekar a licensed architect and Senior Program Manager with SELCO Foundation in India, and Bijal Brahmbatt from the Mahila Housing Trust or MHT, a non-profit that was selected as a Women Changemakers India Fellow by Womanity Foundation. In…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 5: Delivering health justice through distributed renewables 32:46

1y ago32:46

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In the fifth episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we continue our conversation from the last episode of the series joined by Shweta Narayan from the India-based NGO "Health Care Without Harm", and Shri Ram Kumar S, IAS - Project Director of the Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening Project (MEGHSSP). This series is hos…

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How Catalytic Financing is Powering Clean Energy: David Arinze 44:04

1y ago44:04

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Donor-funded catalytic capital has been an integral part of the growth of the off-grid energy sector in Sub-Saharan Africa by de-risking new technologies and business models. David Arinze joins us in this episode to discuss the ecosystem impact and growth of projects funded by catalytic capital and how it is allowing organizations to scale enough t…

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Changing the narrative in storytelling 23:41

1y ago23:41

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Images and stories are fundamental for charities to spread awareness about the problem they are trying to solve, to harness support and show impact of the funds they are receiving. These images and stories are being used for campaigning, fundraising and advocacy. But with charities operating in complex environments, and often with people in vulnera…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 4: Distributed renewables transform rural health and healthcare 39:11

1y ago39:11

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In the fourth episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Rachita Misra - Associate Director of Knowledge and Advocacy with SELCO Foundation in India, and Heather Adair-Rohani - Acting Head of Air Quality, Energy and Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss the energy and health nexus. Focusing…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 3: Making Small-Hold Farmers ‘Risk-Ready’ in The Face of Climate Change 31:50

1+ y ago31:50

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In the third episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Supriya Gowda - Project Manager of Agriculture for the SELCO Foundation, and Makena Ireri - former Director of Clean Energy Access Research at CLASP to discuss distributed energy for agriculture in the Global South, focusing on small-hold farmers in Indi…

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Funding with permission to fail 20:55

1+ y ago20:55

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Is restrictive funding holding back innovation for sustainable development? What is high risk philantropy? And can funding with permission to fail work hand-in-hand with accountability? In the third episode of Permission to Fail, host Kirsty Adams together with Dr. Ewan Kirk (technology entrepreneur and philantropist), John Keane (SolarAid CEO) and…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 2: Energy and Efficiency Support Aspirations of Small Holder Farmers 36:14

1+ y ago36:14

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In the second episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Ganesh Neelam-Director of Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) and Huda Jaffer-Director of SELCO Foundation to discuss how improving access to clean affordable energy and energy efficient equipment & services is critical for small an…

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What does it mean to truly listen? 32:07

1+ y ago32:07

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In the second episode of Permission to Fail, host Kirsty Adams together with Tokozile Ngwenya (Monitoring and Evaluation specialist in Zambia) and Kat Harrison (Director at 60dB) explore what is means for non-profit organisations to really listen to the people and communities they work with on the ground as they innovate to drive change. What are s…

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Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 1: Practical Solutions, Political Action 30:36

1+ y ago30:36

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In the first episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Harish Hande: founder of SELCO Foundation, and Gauri Singh: Deputy Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to discuss the important role that policy and innovation plays in ensuring equitable outcomes in the push towards SDG…

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Setting a Big Hairy Audacious Goal 28:02

1+ y ago28:02

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In the first episode of six, host Kirsty Adams, together with guests from SolarAid, John Keane (CEO), Richard Turner (Director of Fundraising) and Brave Mhonie, (General Manager in Malawi), explores setting big ambitions and daring to fail. John, Richard and Brave make some interesting points on: The importance of setting ‘Big, Hairy, Audacious, Go…

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Permission To Fail 1:12

1+ y ago1:12

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Is the charity sector a place for true disruption and can embracing failure help tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues? What is the difference between organisations which learn from failure and those which don’t? Permission to fail shines a light on setting crazy ambitions, failing and rising from the ashes, to then succeeding. It tells t…

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Funding Underserved African Energy Markets: Pete Joubert 20:12

2+ y ago20:12

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CrossBoundary is an investment firm focused on unlocking capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. Identifying Africa as one of the critically underserved markets a decade ago, CrossBoundary began its operations on the continent as an investment advisory for businesses and projects. A few years later, the firm identi…

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Free Online Learning For Climate Education: Eric Steinberger 40:27

2+ y ago40:27

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In 2019, Eric Steinberger acted upon the frustrations he encountered when searching for digestible, entry-point resources on climate change and its solutions. Together with Isabel Key, he founded ClimateScience--a platform that took its first steps on Instagram. A couple of months after launch, the ClimateScience page went from a few hundred follow…

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Pioneering Green (Fossil-Free) Steel: Niklas Wahlberg 24:46

3y ago24:46

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Green steel is metal manufactured using a hybrid process powered by hydrogen, as opposed to fossil fuels. Mainstream adoption of green steel could be as far as 2026 and will significantly decarbonize heavy industries. Niklas Wahlberg, Vice-President of Societal Changes and Solutions at the Volvo Group, joins us this week to discuss the development …

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Policy-Driven Industry Decarbonization: Dr. Ulrike Lehr 26:57

3y ago26:57

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Uli Lehr, Head of Socio-Economics at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), joins us this week to discuss the human costs of decarbonizing heavy industries and the role governments and multi-national organizations need to play in the push for a just and equitable transition in the industry sector. Recommended Reading World Energy Transi…

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Sustainability in African Industries: Dr. Amy Jadesimi 43:39

3y ago43:39

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Building low-carbon infrastructure and enabling industries to support their growth is becoming increasingly challenging. Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), a free trade zone in Nigeria with a world-class integrated logistics base, is at the center of this challenge in West Africa. In this episode we're joined by Dr. Amy Jadesimi, LADOL's C…

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Net Zero Needs Nuclear: Saralyn Thomas & Miguel Trenkel-Lopez 22:00

3y ago22:00

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Saralyn Thomas & Miguel Trenkel-Lopez, members of the Nuclear Institute's Young Generation Network, join us to discuss the role of nuclear energy in the energy transition and their plans for COP26 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) in Glasgow, Scotland this November. _ Learn more about Net Zero Needs Nuclear Connect with Saralyn & Miguel on…

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Turning Waste Heat to Power: Janice Tran 33:57

3y ago33:57

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Heavy industries are responsible for about a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and re-imagining of the physical infrastructure of energy is the challenge that Kanin Energy aims to solve through its 'hardware-as-a-service' business model. Janice Tran, CEO of Kanin Energy, joins us to discuss the challenges and opportunities her company…

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How Em-One Empowers Communities: Mir S. Islam 31:34

3y ago31:34

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Enabling economic growth and development through access to energy is at the heart of Em-One Energy Solutions' work. Since it was founded, Em-One has electrified rural healthcare centers and communities, government offices, schools, and much more. Mir S. Islam, CEO at Em-One, joins us this week to discuss their most recent project: a 1.5 MW / 2.28 M…

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Building Okra Solar: Afnan Hannan 34:55

3y ago34:55

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Afnan is the CEO of Okra Solar, which aims to unlock the potential of villages and microentrepreneurs with Internet-of-Things controlled smart microgrids. While other companies looked to ride out the pandemic conservatively, Afnan took a 3 week trip to Nigeria to partner with local companies and attract investments to Okra. Recommended Reading Schn…

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Scaling Solar in West Africa: Doseke Akporiaye 34:22

3+ y ago34:22

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Oolu Solar raised an $8.5 million Series B funding round in 2020 led by RP Global and including All On, Doseke Akporiaye is leading their expansion into Nigeria. Recommended Reading West African solar startup secures $8.5-million RP Global And OOLU Solar Partner To Launch Westa.Solar, A New Commercial & Industrial Solar Venture In West Africa Guest…

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How These 2 RE Companies Raised $10.5M : Femi Adeyemo & Chuks Umezulora 25:14

3+ y ago25:14

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Arnergy and Auxano Solar have raised a combined total of $10.5 million in funding to build renewable businesses. In this episode, we speak to the founders of the 2 companies to understand the unique challenges of building and scaling renewable energy businesses in Africa. Femi Adeyemo is the Founder and CEO of Arnergy, in June 2019 the company rais…

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Energy Solutions For Rural Communities: Habiba Ali 20:03

3+ y ago20:03

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For every two hours, staying by a kerosene lantern is the equivalent of smoking two packs of cigarettes. When Habiba discovered this fact, she searched for solutions to solving the problem of indoor air pollution. That search led her to start Sosai Renewable Energies, which provides clean cooking stoves, mini-grids, and solar home systems to rural …

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Building A Clean-Tech Ecosystem: Dr. Wiebe Boer 42:04

3+ y ago42:04

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With about 80 million Nigerians completely off-grid and another 40 million with less than four hours of power a day the estimated cost to fix Nigeria's power problems today is $200 billion. This week we're joined by Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO of All On - an impact investing firm that was founded and funded by Shell, focused on Nigeria's off-grid energy se…

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Investing in Africa's Minigrids: Humphrey Wireko 33:19

3+ y ago33:19

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"Achieving universal access to electricity by 2030 is estimated to require an investment of USD 187 billion (EUR 163bn) in mini-grids globally, and sub-Saharan Africa is the main destination." Humphrey Wireko, Associate Principal at CrossBoundary - an investment firm focused on unlocking capital in underserved markets - joins us this week to discus…

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Hydrogen Economy: Jared Moore Ph.D. 35:11

3+ y ago35:11

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Hydrogen's role in the energy transition has gained popularity as new use cases (and markets) open up, but concerns around distribution and storage have affected its real-world applications. Jared Moore joins us this week to discuss the potential for the hydrogen economy and the challenges it faces. Hydrogen is an energy carrier, not an energy sour…

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Overcoming Career Challenges: Mervin Azeta 32:11

3+ y ago32:11

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Careers in energy along with other industries have many challenges, this week we speak with Mervin Azeta who started her career as a field engineer at Schlumberger. A highly technical field that has very low female participation. Support Indian organizations working on Covid relief (Special thanks to Isha Kulkarni for help putting together this lis…

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Career Planning: Dr. Amanda Rico 28:36

3+ y ago28:36

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The job market has never been so competitive and the energy sector is no exception, how can you stand out in an ever-growing pool of applicants? Dr. Amanda Rico is a career expert that specializes in helping experienced oil and gas workers transition into other sectors, mostly renewables and tech. She joins us this week to share advice and best pra…

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Achieving Universal Energy Access: Damilola Ogunbiyi 31:21

3+ y ago31:21

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Sustainable Development Goal 7 is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals that aims to "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all" by 2030. About 800 million people worldwide do not have access to energy, the majority of which live in Sub-Saharan African countries. With a rapidly growing population and a huge fin…

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Walking With Energy: Dr. Aimee Ambrose 19:16

3+ y ago19:16

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Energy is a vital part of our lives but most times appears invisible to us, in large parts because we are disconnected from the key infrastructures and processes that are responsible for generating energy and delivering it to our home. Dr. Aimee Ambrose joins us this week to explain how the concept of 'energy invisibility' inspired her research int…

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Global Youth Energy Outlook: Bonus Episode 10:59

3+ y ago10:59

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The Global Youth Energy Outlook (GYEO) is an initiative from Student Energy, this week we are joined by two of the program's regional coordinators to discuss the aim of the initiative and how you can get involved. Paola Flores Carvajal is from Bolivia and currently serving as the regional coordinator for Latin America, and her colleague Syed Faisal…

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Oil & Gas in Transition: Jim Claunch 35:36

3+ y ago35:36

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Jim joins us this week to discuss the role oil & gas companies will play in the energy transition, and how this will affect the workforce especially young people as large companies race to decarbonize and digitize their global operations. We are organizing a Q&A session as a follow-up to this episode, where you can ask Jim (or other Bain experts) y…

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Rhodes Scholar: Godwin Nwangele 23:57

3+ y ago23:57

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The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the most competitive international postgraduate awards for students to study at the University of Oxford. Joining us this week is Godwin Nwangele who will share his story of being awarded the scholarship after a last-minute submission and how he started a renewable company prior to this award while in the final year…

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Generation 2050: Sinead Obeng 24:28

3+ y ago24:28

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Generation 2050 is an initiative by the Energy Institute that aims to create space for young professionals in the energy sector to call for governments and energy leaders to take more decisive action on both universal energy access and climate change mitigation. This week, Sinéad Obeng - Chair of the Energy's Institute Young Professional Council an…

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