Women in African Power
A networking group promoting women leaders and
emerging women leaders in the African energy sector
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Mentoring with Lean In Energy
WiAP is excited to announce a partnership with the Women in Clean Energy community of Lean In Energy. Through this partnership, WiAP members will be able to access Lean In Energy’s Small Group Mentoring and Flash Mentoring programs. This six-month program provides entry-level professionals access to experienced mentors in the energy sector. It also provides established professionals the opportunity to serve as a mentor. Click here to register as a mentor or mentee. Click “Become a Member,” and select “Women in African Power–WiAP” under the “Organization” category. The registration deadline is March 26. For more questions, reach out to [email protected]
Join the Power Africa team!
Power Africa is now hiring for three fixed-term positions based in Washington, DC.
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)/ Program Analyst: support the MEL team by preparing reports, analyzing current procedures, and providing general support to Power Africa leadership. Apply here.
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Intranet and Knowledge Management Specialist: work with the Power Africa’s communications teams to provide support and technical direction on a variety of complex and technical communication issues. Apply here.
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Power Africa Tracking Tool Data Support (Program Assistant): support the team by searching, cleaning, and entering data into the Power Africa Tracking Tool (PATT). Apply here.
Solar Sisters - Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Solar Sister seeks a mission-driven, energetic M&E Specialist in Tanzania and Nigeria. The Monitoring & Evaluation Manager in Tanzania will provide technical support to program implementation teams and support business development opportunities. The Monitoring & Evaluation Manager in Nigeria will partner closely with the Nigeria team as well as the U.S.-based team to create and manage the M&E systems needed to support data-driven programming.
WiAP Member Survey: Vance International Justice Training Opportunity
The Vance Center for International Justice is partnering with WiAP to offer trainings taught by highly qualified African energy lawyers who took part in the Vance Fellows Program. The Fellows are offering legal trainings to WiAP members; adapting the content in line with WiAP members' areas of interest. Take this survey and let us know which trainings are of interest to you!
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Off Grid Energy Challenge Supports Women-Led SMEs
Power Africa partners, U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and All On, launched the Off-Grid Energy Challenge to support African energy entrepreneurs delivering energy solutions using solar, wind, hydro, and bioenergy technologies. Through the Off-Grid Energy Challenge, ICE Commercial Power, a renewable energy company that deploys stand-alone solar solutions for commercial and residential customers, connected 48 women-led medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to clean, reliable pay-as-you-go solar energy for productive use. Read here.
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Webinar: Fortifying Power Africa: Recommendations to Advance Core Economic, Development, and National Security Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 from 10:00-11:00 EST the Center for Strategic & International Studies Africa Program and the Energy for Growth Hub will host a joint public event to discuss key findings and recommendations from the report. Register here. Congratulations to Power Africa Alumni, Katie Auth and Kate Steel, who are panelists!
Webinar: Women as Catalysts of Energy Access
Congratulations to Power Africa Gender Advisor, and WiAP manager, Denise Mortimer for her participation in "Women as Catalysts of Energy Access", a webinar sponsored by Smart Power India, Rockefeller Foundation, and Power for All. Visit the recording on LinkedIn to hear about global efforts to accelerate women's participation in the energy sector.
Azuri Brighter Lives and Inspiring Women’s Awards
Power Africa partner, Azuri’s Brighter Lives Initiative builds quantifiable data to inform policies, enables women to take up solar and technology benefits, encourages women into solar employment and empowers them to inspire others along the way. Brighter Lives also works to ensure equal opportunities are actually equal, accounting for invisible work and social barriers which have to be mitigated before the start line. You can see more about Brighter Lives here: https://youtu.be/Lhxodpr6seg. Azuri’s Inspiring Women’s Awards celebrates the ten most influential women in their Kenyan solar agent and call-centre representative network based on peer nominations. You can find their press release here.
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Women in African Power Network and Resource Directory
The Women in African Power has compiled the profile of existing networks and programs, promote cross-network collaboration, and amplify the services offered by various women’s energy networks in Africa. Download here.
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Toolkit: Delivering Gender Equality: A Best Practices Framework for Male-Dominated Industries
In 2018, USAID’s Engendering Utilities program released Delivering Gender Equality: A Best Practices Framework for Male-Dominated Industries. This toolkit provides organizations with information and practical resources to help advance gender equality in the workplace. Engendering Utilities has updated and revised this toolkit, adding new best practices, hundreds of new resources, and two new chapters on intersectionality, diversity, inclusion, and gender equality during times of crisis. Spanish and French translations are also now available.
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Case Study: Gender-Smart Investing
Gender smart business practices contribute to productivity, profit, and de-risking of investments. Please download and read this case study on gender smart investing as a tool that can be used to address the gender gap in the off-grid energy sector in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Internship Programs for Women in Energy Sector
In recognition of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, USAID and Power Africa published highlights of three internship programs that are available to women in the energy sector in Africa.
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The Power Africa-supported Women in Rwandan Energy (WIRE) initiative is working with the Rwandan Government and the private sector to bring 1,400 women into the fast-growing Rwandan energy sector. To support that goal, WIRE started an apprenticeship program in 2020 and is collaborating with Rwandan energy companies to provide on-the-job training to 115 female graduates from universities and technical colleges through a three-month apprentice program. Read more here.
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NARUC Women in Energy Regulation Internship Program, funded by USAID and Power Africa, helps young women build knowledge in the area of energy regulation and gain the necessary technical skills and experience needed to pursue a career in the energy sector. Read more here. Internship opportunities can be viewed on the EPRA website.
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Power Africa launched an all-female internship program in Kenya in 2020 to enable young women to acquire practical experience in technical fields, and thus develop a pipeline of qualified young women in the East African energy sector. Read more here.
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Congratulations to WiAP member Jeanette Mwendwa Gitobu who was awarded the 2020 Power Gaga Award. The Power Gaga Award is given to women under the age of 30 who have made a mark in the energy space. She also received the 2020 McKinsey Women’s Achievement Award for being a woman leader improving her community. Jeanette is an alumna of the Young Women in African Power and YALI Power Africa. She currently works as a Project Developer focusing on renewable energy innovation for large scale utility projects.
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Congratulations to our WiAP member Monica Maduekwe who is featured as a panelist for Empower Women, Energize the World Side Event hosted by Denmark Mission to the United Nations during the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Monica, the founder of PUTTRU Technologies Limited, spoke about how PUTTRU is strategically positioned to attract investment into women-owned energy businesses in Africa. The concept note could be found here.
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Congratulations to the winners of the Power Africa supported Smart Communities Coalition Innovation Fund, including a special kudos to Yelekeni Farmer's Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCO), a majority-female savings and credit cooperative. Comprised of refugee and host community members, the consortium will launch a solar-powered poultry hatchery. A second shout out to the Moban SACCO, BiziSol and OffGridBox consortium who will deploy kiosks fully managed and operated by women refugees.
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Do you have any accomplishments, events or opportunities to share?
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