Part 2! Chloe Coral & Adam Mwangaila! How can young people work to accelerate the Africa’s energy transition towards a sustainable energy future? The answer? Sustainable Energy Education and Fostering Mutual Growth. This month’s podcast showcases the experiences of three students, Christina Merkai (Part 1) and Chloe Coral (Part 2) from Engineers Wi…

Part 1! How can young people work to accelerate the Africa’s energy transition towards a sustainable energy future? The answer? Sustainable Energy Education and Fostering Mutual Growth. This month’s podcast showcases the experiences of three students, Christina Merkai (Part 1) and Chloe Coral (Part 2) from Engineers Without Borders (KTH), Sweden an…

So what do entrepreneurs and clean energy have in common? Well we actually do not know, which is why are hosting this podcast!, so today’s podcast was actually very interesting, we had an initial view into energy from an investor’s perspective, however Tony Tiyou Founder of a 2 in 1 company Renewables in Africa who joins us today gave an alternativ…

The drive to improve energy access in many areas in Sub-Saharan Africa and the growth in investment in renewable energy technology has fueled the conversation on how electricity can be used as a tool for change and impact.Rachel Kyte, CEO of SEforALL, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All in her openi…

We are excited to be launching part 2 of our podcast which follows up on our previous exciting podcast (Precision Agriculture: building climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa) with Dr. Kassim where we learnt about Precision Agriculture and also talked about the challenges faced by small scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. On part 2 of the podcas…

Welcome to another podcast on our Sustainable Sundays series. This month we are joined by Dr Dènes Csala a Data scientist, energy expert and a lecturer at Lancaster University. In this podcast Dr Csala speaks about how to use energy data to find better ways of teaching people about energy and sustainability. He shares details on a project he is cur…

Offgrid electricity solutions are coming into cities? What?!!! We are so excited about this month’s podcast. Today we are engaging an energy entrepreneur Morwesi Ramonyai where talk about the future of energy in African cities. We had a chat around off-grid electrification in cities and asked ourselves, why is this strange trend is being observed? …

We are excited to talk to Michael O’Brien-Onyeka! We begin by talking about Michael's career and his journey on becoming the Senior Vice President of the Africa field division at Conservation International. We also talk about the benefits and challenges facing partnerships specifically between the private sector, government and civil society, and M…

Welcome to another Sustainable Sunday brought to you by The Africa Green Collar Project. On this podcast, we speak to Dr. Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa, a development professional and researcher at the Institute for Environmental studies in Amsterdam. Our conversation focuses on sustainable energy transitions in developing countries more specifically in Su…

Our first ever podcast is ready! We hope you are as excited as we are at #greencollarafrica. To kick off our Podcasts, we introduce to you Brian Kakembo(IG: @travelfreak256); the champion of the Waste to Energy Youth Initiative in Uganda (WEYI). His project involves the production of eco-friendly briquettes which are produced from agrowaste. He has…

We are back with part 2 of the Teach Me about Solar PV Energy! In our conversation with Adam Wincukiewicz and Enrique Castolo, we explore and discuss the application of PV cells as well as available opportunities in this sector ! Enrique gives a general perspective on solar energy for the developing world in which he touches on costs and how crucia…

This week, we bring the first of a two-part conversation on solar PV energy. We chat with Adam Wincukiewicz, a Nanostructural Engineering student from Poland and Enrique Castolo, an Energy Consultant from Mexico, where we talk about photovoltaic cells (solar cells). Adam shares a brief history on the origins of these cells and we also explore the i…