Focal area: Womens economic empowerment
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Event: Enabling policy and market environments to support women entrepreneurship in the clean energy sector
Date: July 29, 2021 Time: 9.30 am WAT Location: Virtual event Registration: Please register here. Background Women are a key part of the solution to scaling up energy access. This is especially true in underserved communities across Nigeria. As household energy managers, distributors, entrepreneurs, trainers and technicians – women are in a unique position…
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ENERGIA supports the Africa-Europe Foundation Clean Cooking Manifesto
ENERGIA is pleased to support the Africa-Europe Foundation Clean Cooking Manifesto. This is a collective action agenda for achieving universal access to clean cooking by 2030. The Clean Cooking Manifesto, signed by over 65 high-level personalities and organisations from across Africa and Europe, urges governments, development partners and the private sector to adopt a…
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Persistence, Passion, and Grit Define The Journey
Solar Sister Entrepreneur Onyinye Onye Ndimele will be the first to tell you that reliable energy is cause for celebration in the bustling market town of Awka in the Igbo heartland of southeast Nigeria where she lives with her husband and three children. Electricity was available before, but, without warning, it would go off for…
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Bringing Light To Her Community
Patricia Shayo waves her arm over the 200 orange trees she planted on her new plot of land, purchased with her earnings from Solar Sister. Patricia’s glossy black hair is drawn back in fashionable flat twists. Kanga cloth of orange, turquoise, white, and deep blue drapes over her shoulder, bringing out the warm tones in…
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‘We must deliver gender justice’
by Silvia Sartori, Women’s Economic Empowerment Program Manager, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy | This article was originally published on The Guide – Season 3 | 2021 by Enlit The just energy transition represents two core sustainable development goals as formulated by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs:…
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ENERGIA discusses gender inclusion during Ministerial-level Thematic Forums
UN Member States, NGOs, civil society, youth organizations and practitioners gathered last week for the Ministerial-level Thematic Forums, to discuss actions to promote and advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 7 and the Paris Agreement on climate change. The event offered an opportunity to outline challenges and encourage dialogue by bringing to the…
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Sheila Oparaocha awarded the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy’s Carnot Prize
Our International Coordinator and Program Manager, Sheila Oparaocha, has won the Sixth Annual Carnot Prize issued by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania for her distinguished contributions to energy policy. The Carnot Prize is named in memory of the French scientist and father of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot, who recognized that…
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Women at the heart of energy access: ENERGIA calls for gender inclusion and equality in the energy sector
This International Women’s Day, ENERGIA and partners celebrate all the women working in the energy sector and stress once more why it is so important to include them in the energy conversation and action. Globally, 789 million people live without access to electricity and 2.8 billion lack access to clean cooking. Women are disproportionately impacted…
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Never give up!
“Last year my oil factory and paper production businesses were going very well but the outbreak of COVID-19 forced me to halt my business. However, the situation did not scare me off. I started growing and selling vegetables with the support of my daughters and still managed to have good earnings.” In Nepal, a country-wide…
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Sanu Maya’s entrepreneurship skills helped her to keep her business running
During the first lockdown in Nepal, no one was ready to sell chickens in the Bhardev area. However, Sanu Maya, a young owner of a poultry farm, planned her business ahead. She was able to sell all her chickens at a very competitive price. In addition, she was able to sell milk from her milk…
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Women can be agents of change!
Chini Maya is an ambitious and experienced entrepreneur, owner of a paper production company. She strongly believes that with the proper knowledge and skills, anyone can become an entrepreneur. If they try, women can do anything. They’ve become drivers of change. It’s all up to you. My goal is to ensure that all women in…
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Bouncing Back in Business Amidst a Pandemic
For most families in Kenya, the holiday season in December is devoted to traveling upcountry to spend time with loved ones and extended family members. However, for Rebecca Aseyo, the last time she recounts visiting her relatives in the village during the December holidays was way before she ventured into the solar installation business. “December…