LCEDN webinar: Women and energy entrepreneurship: Business models for off-grid energy and social impact, Part II
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Join the webinar here.
Women are central to successful business models for off-grid energy in developing countries – whether they are founding micro enterprises, building small, medium, and large businesses, or are the consumers choosing the best energy sources for their household.
In this webinar, you’ll hear from women working on the frontlines of energy entrepreneurship. They will reflect on their experiences, including working with women across Indonesia to meet their energy needs and boost women’s incomes, developing leadership and empowerment programmes for women in rural areas, or working themselves as leaders in the field of rural energy in developing countries.
Our webinar series is a little different: each expert will speak for less than 10 minutes and will focus on their on-the-ground experience using photos to tell their story.
Speakers:
Fatima Ademoh, Ajima Farms Ltd. Nigeria
Ify Malo, Power for All
Sergina Loncle, Kopernik
Olasimbo Sojinrin, Solar Sister
About the Low Carbon Energy for Development Network
The Low Carbon Energy for Development Network (LCEDN) brings together researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from across the United Kingdom to expand research capacity around low-carbon development in the countries of the Global South.
It links existing expertise in international development, renewable energy transitions and science and technology studies in order to enhance and support interdisciplinary research, learning and policy-formation for this increasingly important and rapidly changing field.
The LCEDN comprises internationally-renowned universities and thriving energy research institutes, alongside partnerships with the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and expanding worldwide associations. This enables a unique environment for dialogue, discussion and the generation of ideas for funding.
The Smart Villages Initiative is a global initiative that aims to provide policymakers, donors, and development agencies concerned with rural energy access across the Global South with new insights on the real barriers to energy access in villages in developing countries – technological, financial and political – and how they can be overcome. We are have chosen to focus on remote off-grid villages, where local solutions (home- or institution-based systems, and mini-grids) are both more realistic and cheaper than national grid extension. Our concern is to ensure that energy access results in development and the creation of ‘smart villages’ in which rural communities have access to healthcare, education, clean water, ICT, and livelihoods. See our recent publications and workshop reports here.