The A2EI welcomes Ify Malo as an advisory board member

We are honored to welcome Ify Malo, CEO of Clean Tech Hub and the Energy Innovation Center in Abuja, Nigeria, as an advisory board member. We are thrilled to be able to draw from her extensive knowledge in the energy access sphere of Sub Saharan Africa and Nigeria in particular. Ify’s simultaneously well-calibrated academically, and yet her down-to-earth and hands-on approach greatly positions her ideally to support the A2EI’s mission to develop data-backed solar-powered solutions and appliances to boost economic growth and socioeconomic development of communities and businesses across the continent.

As the CEO of the Clean Tech Hub and the Energy Innovation Center, Ify heads a prominent social enterprise and an energy access incubator for new ideas, technologies and business models across Sub Saharan Africa. She is also the Country Campaign Director for Power For All in Nigeria, where she leads the Nigerian campaign to promote distributed renewable energy as the fastest and most cost effective means to universal energy access.

One of Africa’s principal energy access experts, Ify has initiated, lead and implemented several initiatives and programs in regards to delivering energy access to communities in Nigeria, and provided market entry and business support services to a multitude of companies. An experienced growth market entrepreneur and design thinking expert, she draws from extended experience within senior government and policy level positions, and has worked extensively on issues surrounding energy access and climate change, tech innovation, poverty alleviation, gender mainstreaming and stakeholder partnership initiatives.

Ify has, amongst others, previously consulted for the European Union, DFID, USAID, GOGLA, Practical Action, WoMIN, and the World Bank. She currently serves as a member on several boards, including Greenpeace International, Norrenberger Financial Services, Extractive 360 and the UNEP GEO for business Advidory Council. Ify is an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow and seats on the programme nomination and selection committees. She is also an Eisenhower Fellow and a Global Leadership Academy Fellow.

We warmly welcome Ify as our advisory board member – and we are eager to jointly discuss the further development of our “Solar Killed the Generator Star” project in Nigeria, our #StopGuessing approach to data gathering and analysis, as well as the testing and development of a range of solar-powered cooking solutions, agricultural machines and productive use appliances.

Learn more about the members of our advisory board here.