Short Bio:
Neerajha Krishna Kumar is Country Manager at Laterite Ethiopia, where she leads the firm’s country office and energy practice across offices. Her work focuses on impact evaluations, monitoring and evaluation systems, and strategy studies that support evidence-based decision making for governments, donors, and private sector partners. She has worked across sectors including energy access, agriculture, digital finance, gender, public health, and livelihoods. With a background in electrical engineering and social policy, she focuses on connecting technical energy systems with socio-economic outcomes.