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Africa’s Industrial Energy Sector Needs to Make Basic Layups Before 3-Pointers
In August, I was in Accra for the African Centre for Energy Policy’s Future of Energy Conference, which brought together policymakers, utility executives, and industrial operators from across West Africa.
Our team at the Energy for Growth...
The High Cost of Panic Procurement
BLUF: To respond to power outages, emerging economies often turn to emergency power procurement. The urgency creates opportunities for power producers to secure long-term, high-cost power purchase agreements (PPAs) that increase energy debt...
Tracking Poverty from Space, Building by Building
BLUF: For the first time, we can track poverty, energy access, income, and economic growth at the level of individual buildings, across entire continents, and update those estimates continuously. The result is not just better individual pro...
What a Recent Bribery Case Reveals About the Importance of Transparent Power Contracts
The recent conviction of former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko on bribery and money laundering charges linked to Aksa Enerji’s Ghana power project has understandably focused attention on public sector corruption. But the trial also raise...
From Death Spiral to Economic Engine
BLUF: Unreliable power supply in many African countries suppresses commerce, manufacturing, and employment. Firms reduce productivity, leave the grid for self-supply or invest in costly and redundant backup systems. Utilities, in turn, lose...
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Founder of the Energy for Growth Hub, policy nerd, writer, aspiring chicken farmer
all things energy, specifically nuclear and AI
I write about development finance, energy, and Africa.
Energy law scholar, government advisor, and contract transparency advocate focused on infrastructure financing, energy markets, and power project acceleration
Meron Tesfaye, Ph.D. is an Ethiopian-born engineer, energy expert, and innovation director at the Energy for Growth Hub. She focuses on advancing energy solutions and policies that deliver jobs and economic growth in emerging economies.
Science writer and editor. Communications lead at the Energy for Growth Hub.
Global policy Director @ Energy for Growth Hub. Interests: emerging economies, power markets, energy contracts and economic growth
I am an Energy Economist and Policy Advisor passionate about Africa's future. I write on electricity markets, power sector reform, industrialization, and economic development, drawing on research and practical experience to inform policy decisions..
I'm developing novel AI/machine learning systems to produce high-resolution geospatial maps of energy consumption and economic activity across countries and continents.
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