Locally Led Action and Equitable Partnerships for Clean Energy Access

Overview:

This webinar will explore approaches to locally led action and equitable partnerships in clean energy access across the Ayrton Fund.

This event will feature a panel of experts sharing their insights, knowledge and experience on locally led action and equitable partnerships in clean energy innovation. We will discuss how these approaches can create impact, how to overcome challenges and barriers, and provide practical examples from Ayrton Fund projects which can be applied across innovation programmes in the clean energy access sector.

Speakers:

  • Steven Hunt, Senior Energy Innovation Adviser, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • Mariama Kamara, Founder/Director, Smiling Through Light
  • Samuel Bunnya, Project Coordinator, African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR)
  • Biraj Gautam, CEO, People, Energy & Environment Development Association (PEEDA)
  • Professor Jairo Quiros-Tortos, Deputy Director of the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) Programme, and Professor of Practice – Sustainable Transitions at Loughborough University
  • Lucy Fellingham, Senior Innovation Associate, The Carbon Trust

Location: Virtual

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025

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