Host Ms. Maggie Mutesi speaks with Fatoumata Diarrassouba, a strategic consultant, and the CEO and Co-Founder of Afrik’Energy Connect. The mission of Afrik’Energy Connect is to increase energy access and its productive uses in rural and urban areas of West Africa by providing affordable, climate-smart technologies to communities not connected to the grid.

During this inspiring discussion, Fatoumata Diarrassouba shares the factors that motivated her to start Afrik’Energy, how the organization empowers local communities, how she acquired financing, and the challenges she faces every day in growing an innovative, clean-energy business.

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