FUNMI OGBUE: African energy poverty, an opportunity for the global climate crisis

Funmi-new-image (2) FOUNDER & CEO | ZIGMA Funmi Ogbue is an energy advisor with expertise in public sector transformation, founder of several ventures and President of the Women in Energy Network. Previously, she worked at numerous start-up phase 3 E&P firms and has hands-on experience in Nigeria’s oil and gas regulatory reform. Challenging preconceived notions, Ogbue believes Africa can proactively contribute and play a vital role in the global climate crisis. To stress this belief, if the UNFCCC Secretariat invited her to take the stage at COP27, her presentation title would be African Energy Poverty, an Opportunity for the Global Climate Crisis . “Choosing the right transition fuel and model of industrialisation is critical to solving the global climate crisis and delivering on Africa’s industrialisation and worldwide prosperity,” she said. “There are policies, technologies and project case studies we can share with the world to achieve critical mass.” As an award-winning professional, she speaks from experience with an invaluable skill set in leadership, organisational behaviour, change management, sociology, human resources, organisational development, public policy and sector security. These skills are a testament to her appointment in 2012 as the head of human resources for the newly privatised Ibadan Electricity […]

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