The Power Dialogue Podcast #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers: Recent Episodes
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Power lies at the heart of our everyday life and the backbone of every healthy economy.
Launched in 2021, The Power Dialogue is a bi-monthly power podcast that gives the mic to pioneers, innovators and outliers who make a lot possible through their professional contribution.
On #internationalwomensday, I had the the immense honour of sitting down with a special guest Eng. Norah Magero, who is without a doubt one among the most trailblazing women in technology globally. If the list of accolades she has to her name won't humble you, her plans for the near future definately would. Eng. Norah most recently became the first Kenyan and only the second woman to win the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation by the Royal Academy of Engineering! Cheers to Norah, and all women proving that leadership indeed knows no gender.E
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the matatu industry generates over Sh200 billion in annual revenue with about 70% of Kenyans relying on matatus.
Seeking to tap this market, Basigo, is a mobility startup revolutionizing Nairobi matatu culture while racing to clean public transport in Kenya and addressing the urgency of the climate crisis. Better yet, the company seeks to shore up demand of renewable energy sources by strategically charging its fleet at night so as to recharge with clean and renewable energy. Renewable energy sources account for nearly 90% of the electricity generation in Kenya and is sourced mostly from geothermal, wind and hydro modes of generation.
Courtesy of a Pay-As-You-Drive financing solution, 15 buses are set to hit the road in the next few weeks, Basigo has a target to have 100 buses on Kenyan roads by the end of the year and 1,000 buses operating by the end of 2025. In this episode, I speak to serial entrepreneur and Basigo’s Chief Revenue Officer Moses Nderitu on the case for emobility.The company is looking at Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania & Ethiopia for potential expansion. In our next video, we celebrate leading women in tech ! Stay tuned!
Change in administration and policy landscape are some of the factors shaping the power sector in Kenya at this time. Sustainability continues to take prominence in decision-making at all levels, in comes geothermal as the busload, soaring popularity of electric vehicles and bikes as well as retirement of thermal plants.
In this episode, we speak to Eric Mwangi, Financial Advisor to the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Energy and Eng. Isaac Ndereva of the Electricity Consumers Association.
In this episode we continue our conversation with KenGen PLC's MD & CEO Rebecca Miano. In the last of the four-part series, focus is on Rebecca Miano's leadership at the helm of KenGen with emphasis on a geothermal-led strategy as well as innovation. And, what next for the Iron Lady of the power sector in Kenya. #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers #SDG7 #EnergyTransition #WomenOfPower
In this episode we continue our conversation with KenGen PLC's MD & CEO Rebecca Miano. In the third of the four-part series, focus is on Rebecca Miano's truth and when exactly she made the decision to pursue the top job at KenGen. #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers #SDG7 #EnergyTransition
In this episode we continue our conversation with KenGen PLC's MD & CEO Rebecca Miano. In the second of the four-part series, focus is on KenGen's diversification strategy and winning amidst the pandemic. #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers #SDG7
In this episode we chat with Rebecca Miano, the first MD & CEO at KenGen since the inception of the company in 1954. This is the first in a four-part episode series of the Power Dialogue Podcast as we #BreakTheBias. #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers
How exactly is power generated from geothermal, wind, hydro and thermal sources of energy?
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Questions abound on the roles, importance and the ramifications of having an unbundled power sector in Kenya. Which are these entities and what do they do?
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What does climate change look like to you? More floods, more droughts, heatwaves or is it all of them
The world is now about 1.2C warmer than it was in the 19th Century - and the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen by 50%.
Climate change has different effects in different areas of the world. Some places will warm more than others, some will receive more rainfall and others will face more droughts. Many African nations are likely to suffer droughts and food shortages
To combat climate change, rich nations in 2019 promised they would send at least $100bn a year in climate finance to poorer countries by 2020. That understanding formed the basis of the 2015 Paris climate accord, which aims to limit global warming to well below 2C, ideally 1.5C.
From the Paris Agreement, we now are at COP26 in 2021. What exactly is COP26 and what should Africa expect from these climate talks?
To put these into perspective is Mr. Harun Kiogora from the UN Global Compact Network Kenya. #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers
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As majorly an engineering field, the power sector is mostly full of jargon that may be challenging to non-energy professionals seeking to understand the industry.
To shed light to some everyday terminologies, The Power Dialogue Podcast speaks to a seasoned power expert. #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers
According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, countries should work towards access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030 as an enabler to social economic transformation.
Despite concerted efforts through various initiatives, electricity access remains a challenge with more than 700 million people globally without access - majority of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.
Kenya is no exception with more than 20% of its population without electricity access. In recent years, the government has intensified its electrification efforts, growing access from 20% in 2013 to more than 70% currently. However, access to electricity is low in the 14 marginalized counties, which represent 72% of the country’s total land area. What is Kenya bridging the gap for underserved communities? #ThePowerDialogue #EnergyThatEmpowers
14,000 to 20,000 deaths annually in Kenya are attributed to unclean cooking.
The Finance Bill 2021 exposes market preference in Kenya’s market in favour of LPG and a booming charcoal sector. But how do we take off pressure from the environment, community and our economy and still move to cheaper more sustainable sources of energy?
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Have you ever wondered how power gets to your home? What deductions are factored in your power bill? Wonder no more as I have the answers to these questions and more from the sector's leading voices.
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Power lies at the heart of our everyday life and the backbone of every healthy economy.
Launched in August 2021, The Power Dialogue is a bi-monthly power podcast that gives the mic to pioneers, innovators and outliers who make a lot possible through their professional contribution.