My thoughts on energy finance and Africa.

Nigeria's energy poverty: Insights and implications for smart policies and framework towards a smart Nigeria electricity network

Monyei, C.G.; Adewumi, A.O.; Obolo, M.O.; Sajou, B.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | Elsevier | 2018

Examines energy poverty in Nigeria in relation to household income and infrastructure failure, and argues for distributed generation as a foundation for economic diversification.

Catalysing Nigeria's industrial development through decentralised off-grid systems

Premium Times | 29 May 2023

Decentralised energy is not just an electrification strategy — it is an industrial policy. The countries that get this right will define the next decade of African manufacturing.

Growing Nigeria's Agrarian Productive Use through Off-Grid Solutions

LinkedIn Pulse | 11 September 2023

How off-grid solar irrigation and processing systems are reshaping the unit economics of Nigerian agriculture — and what that means for rural finance.

What Nigeria needs to prioritize at COP28

LinkedIn Pulse | December 2023

A practitioner's read on the deliverables Nigeria should pursue at COP28: blended-finance facilities, off-grid pipeline visibility, and credible just-transition pathways.

Africa's Journey in Renewable Energy Financing

LinkedIn | 2023

The arc from concessional pilots to commercial scale — what worked, what stalled, and where DFIs need to evolve to remain relevant.

Private Sector Financing for Renewable Energy

LinkedIn | 2023

Why mobilising private capital for African renewables is a structuring problem more than an appetite problem — and the instruments that are starting to bridge it.