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The Energy Talk - Storytellers of Africa's Energy Transition
We are the storytellers of Africa's energy transition, covering the perspectives of Financiers, Policymakers, and Operators dedicated to pushing the continent towards a sustainable energy future. The podcast is hosted by Olubunmi Olajide and produced by Chigozie Ubah. New episode every two weeks.
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The African Mini-Grid Program: Global Women in Clean Energy Episode 1
Valentina Guido, Senior Associate at RMI, joins as guest host on this episode of The Energy Talk podcast recorded in Kampala, Uganda during the Energy...
CAMCO’s $250M REPP 2 Fund: Building the African grid of the future
In this episode of The Energy Talk, we delve into the inner workings of the REPP 2 fund, a groundbreaking initiative managed by Camco, aimed at transf...
Accelerating Capital Deployment in Distributed Renewable Energy: Odyssey’s Product Market Fit
In this episode, we sit down with Emily McAteer, CEO and Co-founder of Odyssey Energy Solutions, one of the most influential startups in the climate t...
Direct Air Capture In Africa: Octavia Carbon’s Journey to a $5M Seed Round
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Blended Finance for Impact: How GreenMax Capital is Energizing Emerging Markets
In this episode, Ifechukwude 'Chude' Uwajeh, Managing Director of Blended Finance at GreenMax Capital Group, shares his professional journey from larg...
Meet The Team: Bonus Episode
Quick and casual check with the team behind the podcast on our plans for the year.
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The Earthbond Approach: Transforming Energy Access Through Innovation
In this episode of The Energy Talk, we sit down with the CEO of Earthbond, Chidalu Onyenso, to explore the company’s innovative approach to solving Ni...
Asset Financing: How Payhippo is making solar products affordable
Dami Olawoye joins us as we explore his remarkable career as a finance veteran turned clean energy champion and his role in revolutionizing solar ener...
The African Mini-Grid Program: Mobilizing Catalytic Finance Episode 2
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Investing Equity in African Infrastructure: InfraCo Africa’s $300M Journey
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InfraCo Africa is one of the few financier...
The African Mini-Grid Program: Mobilizing Catalytic Finance Episode 1
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State of The African Minigrid Business: INENSUS GmbH
Nico joins us this week to share from his two decades of experience deploying Decentralized Renewable Energy projects, consulting governments on off-g...
Creating an African Clean-Tech Unicorn: Arnergy Solar Company
Arnergy is a renewable energy company providing solar solutions to residential and commercial customers. Combined, Arnergy has raised $12M in a Series...
Empowering The Last Mile: SolarAid’s Unique Model to Scaling Energy Access.
In this episode, we explore SolarAid's visionary work under CEO John Keane, aiming to deliver sustainable energy solutions to remote African communiti...
The GridCrux Story: How one Energy Entrepreneur is Democratizing Energy Access in Nigeria
In this episode, we speak to Mojola Ola, a Nigerian-based energy entrepreneur about how his company, GridCrux, is channeling its core ethos of value-a...
De-risking Procurement and Financing to Accelerate Scale for Renewable Energy Companies in Nigeria
Doing business in Nigeria is often fraught with challenges, especially on an operational scale amidst business models that involve cross-border transa...
Funding Climate Impact with Persistent Capital
Climate venture building is a concept that is not very common within sub-Saharan Africa. In this episode, we interview Tobias and Wairimu from Persist...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 8: Rethinking Policy and Finance for Distributed Renewables
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...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 7: Distributed Cooling to Create and Capture Markets
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 D...
A $10M Partnership to Scale Energy Access: CrossBoundary and Mobile Power's Historic Deal
In this episode, we discuss the intricacies of the landmark $10M partnership between Crossboundary Access (CBA) and Mobile Power–a partnership that pr...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 6: Closing the Cooling Gap with Distributed Renewables
In the sixth episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Nirmita Chandrashekar a licensed architect and Senior...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 5: Delivering health justice through distributed renewables
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...
How Catalytic Financing is Powering Clean Energy: David Arinze
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 technolog...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 4: Distributed renewables transform rural health and healthcare
In the fourth episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Rachita Misra - Associate Director of Knowledge and A...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 3: Making Small-Hold Farmers ‘Risk-Ready’ in The Face of Climate Change
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...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 2: Energy and Efficiency Support Aspirations of Small Holder Farmers
In the second episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we are joined by Ganesh Neelam-Director of Collectives for Integrated...
Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 1: Practical Solutions, Political Action
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 S...
Funding Underserved African Energy Markets: Pete Joubert
How does an investment firm contribute to accelerating Sub-Saharan Africa's access to energy? In this episode, we talk to Pete Joubert, President and...
Free Online Learning For Climate Education: Eric Steinberger
Motivated by the lack of engaging and accessible resources on climate change, Eric Steinberger co-founded ClimateScience: a non-profit E-learning plat...
Pioneering Green (Fossil-Free) Steel: Niklas Wahlberg
Green steel is metal manufactured using a hybrid process powered by hydrogen, as opposed to fossil fuels. Mainstream adoption of green steel could be...
Policy-Driven Industry Decarbonization: Dr. Ulrike Lehr
Uli Lehr, Head of Socio-Economics at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), joins us this week to discuss the human costs of decarbonizing...
Sustainability in African Industries: Dr. Amy Jadesimi
Building low-carbon infrastructure and enabling industries to support their growth is becoming increasingly challenging globally. Lagos Deep Offshore...
Net Zero Needs Nuclear: Saralyn Thomas & Miguel Trenkel-Lopez
Saralyn Thomas & Miguel Trenkel-Lopez, members of the Nuclear Institute's Young Generation Network, join us to discuss the role of nuclear energy in t...
Turning Waste Heat to Power: Janice Tran
Heavy industries are responsible for about a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and re-imagining the physical infrastructure of energy is...
How Em-One Empowers Communities: Mir S. Islam
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 e...
Building Okra Solar: Afnan Hannan
Afnan is the CEO of Okra Solar, which aims to unlock the potential of villages and microentrepreneurs with Internet-of-Things controlled smart microgr...
Scaling Solar in West Africa: Doseke Akporiaye
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 in...
How These 2 RE Companies Raised $10.5M : Femi Adeyemo & Chuks Umezulora
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 foun...
Energy Solutions For Rural Communities: Habiba Ali
For every two hours, staying by a kerosene lantern is the equivalent of smoking two packs of cigarettes.
Building A Clean-Tech Ecosystem: Dr. Wiebe Boer
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'...