Joyce is the Team Leader of the DFID/AFD Green Mini-Grid Facility Kenya.  As a consultant for Innovation Energie Developpement, she leads the managing entity’s day-to-day operations of the programme including development of terms of reference, managing technical assistance programmes, development of selection criteria, evaluation of concepts and due diligence in awarding grants to developers, and contributions to sector wide stakeholder initiatives.

Joyce settled in East Africa in 2009, and has worked in the renewable energy sector in multiple countries across Africa.  She worked for an international NGO –  leading improved cook stove, biogas, and picoPV programmes – and at a social energy enterprise, where she was accountable for creative micro energy sales and marketing programs, developing distributor partnerships, and successfully scaling the business. Her experience and philosophy focuses on collaboration with private companies, investors, NGOs, and public sector organisations to create sustainable business models that provide the most impact for developing communities.

Joyce is a panellist at our Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi meeting, which will be held on 3-4 October