Women in Clean Cooking Mentoring Program: Meet Our New Cohort

It is our pleasure to introduce the participants of this year’s Women in Clean Cooking (WICC) mentorship program. Now in its fourth edition, this initiative features 63 inspiring mentees from Africa, Asia, and Haiti. We are excited to watch these rising leaders in the clean cooking sector as they progress through the program!

GWNET is proud to run the WICC mentoring program in partnership with Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). Building on the success of previous years, the initiative not only pairs each participant with their own individual mentor, but also offers professional skills development for these women drive meaningful change in sustainable energy.

Here are the brilliant women taking part in this year’s edition of the WICC mentoring program:

• Agu Anwie Nadège, Director, Agile Research Consortium and Energy Resource (ARCER), Cameroon

• Aina Razafimandimby, Founder and CEO, KETRIKA72, Madagascar

• Aisha Mahamah, Energy Investment Strategist, African Development Bank, Ghana

• Aissatou Dieng, Community Led Development Facilitator, CorpsAfrica Ghana, Ghana

• Anh Hong Vu, Program Manager, EBG Science and Technology Company Limited, Vietnam

• Anna Mary Atwani, Program Manager Africa, Likano, Rwanda

• Annahstacia Mwikali Kasyima, Project Engineer / Stove Testing Technician, Strathmore University, Kenya

• Aqeela Mughal, Project Coordinator, Revive Environment Pvt. Ltd., Pakistan

• Asmaa Abdelrasol Abdalla Mohamed, Volunteer, Association of Refugee Women in Uganda, Uganda

• Bariduduune Lilian Mbagha, Operations and Maintenance Officer, Genesis Energy, Nigeria

• Benadette Tuso, CEO and Founder, Green Orange Renewable Power Technologies, Zimbabwe

• Bereketua Dele Guja, Senior Stove Project Officer, Vita / RTI, Ethiopia

• Beth Wangui, Agronomic and Climate Resilience Advisor, Root Capital, Kenya

• Brenda Wanjira Kaganjo, Senior Accountant, KOKO Networks Limited, Kenya

• Chewe Sekele, Senior Planner (Energy Policy and Planning), Ministry of Energy, Zambia

• Chibuzor Chigozie Mgbeokwere, Founder / Lead Researcher, SheConsults 4 ImpactSphere Ltd., Nigeria

• Christine Kagendo, Renewable Energy Assistant, REREC, Kenya

• Cynthia Mutanu Pius, Technician, KOKO Networks, Kenya

• Cynthia Nekesa, Energy Educator, Renew Watts, Kenya

• Cynthia Ongaro, Organizing Secretary, Youth for Sustainable Energy, Kenya

• Damaris Auma Opillu, Program Coordinator, Green Oasis Lens (GOAL), Kenya

• Deborah Sena Amewugah, Administrator, Prep and Pave LBG, Ghana

• Dorothy Kerubo Nyankira, Marketing Director, Ecobora Company, Kenya

• Elka Jennifer Camacho Cambe, Researcher in Renewables, GreenLight Africa, Mozambique

• Esther Manohar, Project Officer, WWF-India, India

• Eunice Wangari Kamau, Quality Assurance Engineer, Kenya Bureau of Standards, Kenya

• Fenny Chepkemoi, Energy and Environment Intern, County Government of Kericho, Kenya

• Fydess Khundi-Mkomba, Lecturer, LUANAR, Malawi

• Irene David-Arinze, [Position not specified], Sustafrik, Nigeria

• Joy Chinyere Uchenabo, Founder / CEO, Greenshift Tech, Nigeria

• Joylene Jepkemoi Kanyaris, Founder / CEO, Ekodada Enterprises Ltd, Kenya

• Ketaki Kokil, Director, Ecosense Appliances Pvt Ltd, India

• Kizza Maureen Lugolobi, PhD Student in Energy Economics and Governance / Part-Time Lecturer, Makerere University Business School / Kyambogo University, Uganda

• Lalanirina Rasoloarimanga, Manager and Founder, MI-ARINA, Madagascar

• Lucy Wangui, Supervisor, Facilities – Administration, KOKO Networks Limited, Kenya

• Margaret Robert Bahati, Zonal Key Account Officer, Oryx Gas Tanzania Limited, Tanzania

• Margaret Y. Mansaray, Founder / CEO, Women in Energy Sierra Leone Limited, Sierra Leone

• Mariama Jalloh, STEM Trainee, Sustainable Energy for All, Sierra Leone

• Marie Louise Schmidt Rasoamanahirana, General Director, Biogasikara Energy, Madagascar

• Mercy Mutavi, Environmental Consultant, Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V. (ADH), Kenya

• Meron Alemu Abate, Energy Advisor, GIZ Ethiopia and Djibouti, Ethiopia

• Modester Alfred Nanyunga, Master Student, Pan African University of Water and Energy Science, Tanzania

• Muvunyi Consolee Niyogisubizo, Partnership Officer, Last Mile Climate, Kenya

• Mwaka Mwape, Commercial Products Specialist, ENGIE Energy Access Zambia, Zambia

• Naomi Mafwiri Rhubera, CEO & Founder, Marvel General Traders Tanzania Limited, Tanzania

• Natukunda Amanda Ethol, Managing Director, EcoErudites Uganda, Uganda

• Nour Boukhris, Bioengineering Student, INSAT, Tunisia

• Olivia Lee, Sales Manager, AgreatE, China

• Prudence Lihabi, CEO, Youth for Sustainable Energy, Kenya

• Risko Assefa, Community-led Learning Center Leader, Vita-RTI Ethiopia, Ethiopia

• Ruby Damenshie-Brown, PhD Student, Women for Sustainability Africa (Co-founder), Ghana

• Ruth Dalyop Joseph, Business Development Manager, Solar Sister Nigeria, Nigeria

• Sally Njeri Muriithi, Technical Facilities Supervisor, KOKO Networks, Kenya

• Salma Emmanuel, PhD Student in Energy Economics and Governance, Makerere University Business School, Uganda

• Sarita Karki, Managing Director, Sustainable Prosperity Initiative Nepal, Nepal

• Sharon Natukunda, Team Lead, SWEDO Innovations Limited, Uganda

• Susan Naddamba, Professional Officer: Climate Change, Energy and Resilience, ICLEI – Africa, Uganda

• Taonga Chanda, CEO / Founder, Eco-Africa Energies Limited, Zambia

• Teresia Wanja Wangai, Founder and CEO, Something Beautiful Limited, Kenya

• Tigist Elias Haile, PhD Candidate, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

• Towela N. Mbewe, Senior Sales and After-Sales Manager, Emerging Cooking Solutions, Zambia

• Veronika Kimario, Project Officer – Renewable Energy, Climate Action Network Tanzania, Tanzania

• Zaida Domingos Matavele Botão, Chief Sales, Marketing & Gender Officer, Mozambique Carbon Initiatives (MozCarbon), Mozambique