The Solar Path made perfect for customers: Heart to heart with Vincent Maposa, CEO...
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Even as we are optimistic about the flattening of the covid-19 curve while maintaining social distancing, we continued to reached out to top...
Meet Odion Okojie, the eclectic Power Utilities Consultant chasing Absolute Freedom
Over the last few weeks, we had mouth watering conversations with several guests whom we can't wait to reveal to you. Today, we are...
“Olou, the Ivy League man working to increase the quality of life through Electric...
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Tony sat with Olou Koucoi, the Founder and Managing Director of Sakpata Motors, a West African company locally manufacturing electric bikes in Benin....
Renewables should lead the charge for Africa post-Covid recovery, says Principal at Kearney
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We may have been in lockdown but RiA has kept busy all along. Engaging with industry leaders and capture valuable insights to help...
Investing in Renewables and Flexible Gas is Key for Decarbonisation, says Wartsila VP
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In this thrilling podcast interview, we spoke to Kenneth Engblom. In the rich conversation we had, we cover multiple topics of great importance...
Bino And Fino: The Hit Cartoon That Makes You Love Renewables And African Culture
Black Panther and Wakanda made adults dream, Bino and Fino make kids smarter. How? The popular cartoon made in Nigeria combines education and entertainment...
Africa Infrastructure Investments and Trade – AEF 2019 CEO Interview: Samaila Zubairu from AFC
In this Interview, RiA has been talking to Mr. Samaila Zubairu, CEO of Africa Finance Corporation
The Solar Path made perfect for Investors: Why you should back us? CEO at...
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After a short break, we continued our discourse with Vincent Maposa, the CEO at Wetility. The second part of Wetility interview highlights the...
Sakpata Motors Developing Electric Bikes in West Africa. Conversations with Olou Kucoi – Part...
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Conversion of ICE bikes to electric bikesThe name SAKPATAMission and Vision of SAKPATA MotorsEntrepreneurial experience
Podcast
Tony: Welcome back we are very pleased to have...
The Circular Economy eliminates Waste and drives Business – Prashaen Reddy, Partner at Kearney
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After our first interview, we've caught up again with Prashaen Reddy, Partner at Kearney, to discuss about the circular economy concept and the...
John Lewis, Aggreko Africa MD: “We get Best Results by deploying Local Talents”
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On the back of Africa Energy Forum, I caught up with John Lewis, Managing Director for Africa of Aggreko and had a very...
Can Africa Green Bonds be the future of funding? Climate Bonds Initiative Expert tells...
The Bond Market and especially the African Green Bond Market
is a topic that is attracting a lot attention and also lots of questions. We’ve
talked...
Tackling Africa Energy Trends with Shirley Webber from ABSA
This year at Africa Energy Forum 2021, I caught up with a key figure of ABSA, the South African Bank: Shirley Webber, the Head...
Seed Funding and Digitalisation of Africa Distributed Energy Market: A conversation with AMMP co-Founders...
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From the early stages of your organization, Point Nine, a listed investor is ready to walk with you especially for potentially scalable businesses....
African Energy Trends & Financing with THEUNS EHLERS from ABSA
Happy and Prosperous New year! It is a pleasure doing business with you. Thank you for all the trust and work on us, we are...
Jeanine Mabunda: “In the fight against Climate Change, Africa is the Swinging Factor.”
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In this thrilling podcast interview, we spoke to Jeanine Mabunda, Former speaker of the National Assembly of DRC. In the rich conversation we...
“Dealing with and financing Transmission Projects is Essential” says Partner Jason Parker
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On the back to AEF22, we were lucky enough to talk to one the partners of Hunton Andrews Kurth, Jason Parker.
We talked about:
Their...
Feeling the breeze and Exploring the huge benefits of Wind Power – An interview...
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We had the distinguished pleasure to catch up with one of the key players of the Wind Industry in Africa,
Kilian Hagermann, Managing...
From Africa to Africa, meet Aenergy Exceptional Founder and CEO:Ricardo Machado
Following the great interview we had with Samaila Zubairu, CEO of African Finance Corporation, we are continuing this week with another exclusive and...
How to invest with confidence in Africa? A discussion with AIIM Trailblazing Head of...
At the AEF 2019, we had great conversations with leaders of the industry, talking to Samaila Zubairu from AFC, Ricardo Machado from Aenergy and...
Is Energy Storage the Silver Bullet to Africa Power Challenges? – A Chat with...
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The Sola Group HistoryWhy Storage is Important for AfricaEnergy Storage TechnologiesEnergy Storage CostsAdvice for countries on Regulation
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Interview with Olivier Drücke: Solar is changing the game in Africa
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In this article, RiA is very honoured to interview a key individual in charge of german initiatives in Africa.
Olivier Drücke works as independent...
100% Renewables baseload strategy is possible, says Wale Yusuff, Wärtsilä MD in Nigeria
On the margin of Future
Energy Nigeria in November this year, we took some time to discuss with
Wärtsilä Managing Director. We asked few questions about:
His...
What about Corporate PPAs in Africa? An interview with Baker Mckenzie Senior Associate
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Last year, we had the pleasure to catch up with Mike Webb, Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie, discussing about the paper he published...
Positive Mind will help us overcome Coronavirus Outbreak says JA Solar Africa Top Executive
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In a particular
singular time the whole World is currently going through, we were fortunate to
catch with Hadyr Koumakpai, Africa Sales Director of JA...
Jumeme Solar Mini Grids Transforming Lives in Tanzania
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We were delighted to have a tête-à-tête with Leo Schiefermuller, Co-founder and Director of Jumeme, who shared wisdom on the solar industry. Knowledgeable...
Scoring BIG! Ex-Man U Star Quinton Fortune advocates for more Solar in Africa
RiA is presenting here the last interview we conducted at the AEF 2019. After Samaila Zubairu from AFC, Ricardo Machado from Aenergy, Romain Py from AIIM, Grant Henderson and...
AfCFTA: A Historic Opportunity for Africa?An interview with Special Counsel Christophe Bondy.
After a great conversation with the Exceptional Ricardo Machado of Aenergy, we wanted to discuss a very IMPORTANT topic for Africa, the AfCFTA:...
Discovering Allsola, the New Solar all in one device, with Kenya Green Supply Co-Founders
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We were pleased to converse with the Co-Founders of the Kenya Green Supply Limited who shared a lot about their organization. The article...
“Domestic Manufacturing is KEY to avoid Clean Energy Colonialism in Africa” – Dan Kammen...
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This year at AEF2022 in Brussels, Our CEO, Tony had a conversation with Dan Kammen, a distinguished Professor of Sustainability at California, Berkeley...
Digitalising Solar Training in Africa – A conversation with Niveshen Govender, SAPVIA COO
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We hosted Niveshen Govender, the COO at South African photovoltaic Association who enlightened us on the following:
Journey to SAPVIARole and...
