Prof Yacob Mulugetta is a Professor of Energy and Development Policy at the University College London. He is a founding member of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) based in Ethiopia, where he worked as a Senior Climate & Energy Specialist (2010-2013). He has 25 years of research, teaching and advisory experience in the links between energy infrastructure provision and human welfare. He is a Lead Author in the IPCC 6th Assessment Report (Demand, Services & Social Aspects of Mitigation). He recently led the chapter on Energy Transitions in UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report (2019). Yacob is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).

Dr Olumide Abimbola is the founder and director of APRI. His focus areas include economic informality, trade policy, regional integration and natural resources management. He has either conducted research or worked in Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo and Nigeria. He has also worked with high-level government officials in several other African countries. He previously worked on trade and regional integration at the African Development Bank.

Dr Lily Odarno is the Director of CATF’s Energy and Climate Innovation Program Africa. She leads CATF’s effort to address the dual need of expanding affordable energy in developing economies and building a global decarbonised energy system. Her work focuses on development-centric energy transition pathways, utility markets, and technology innovation for low-carbon energy development in Africa. She previously led the World Resources Institute Energy Access Initiative in East Africa. She has written extensively on topics at the intersection of energy and development in Africa. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Climate Policy Journal.

Dr Linda Ogallo is a climate change adaptation expert who has supported the region in climate proofing extension services and increasing the access of climate information to the last mile user. Linda Coordinates IGAD’s Climate Change Technical Working Group which whose aim is to strategically promote regional exchange of information and dialogue climate change in the region. Linda Ogallo holds a PhD in climate change and Adaptation from the University of Nairobi.

Dr Olufunso Somorin is a Regional Principal Officer at the African Development Bank. He leads the Bank’s work on climate change and green growth in the 13 countries of the Bank’s East African region. This includes supporting countries’ access to climate finance for implementing their climate actions and mainstreaming climate change in all Bank policies and programs. He holds a PhD in International Environmental Policy from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He gives guest lectures at King’s College London, African Leadership University (Rwanda) and Strathmore University (Kenya). Somorin is an Eisenhower Fellow.