Energy for Growth Hub

Fellow

Joel Nana

Project Manager

Sustainable Energy Africa


Areas of Expertise

Electric mobility, Energy modeling, Urban energy systems

Joel Nana is a Fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub and a Senior Manager at Sustainable Energy Africa. His Africa-focused work spans grid integration of distributed energy resources, urban energy profiling, city-wide energy-systems modeling, and electric mobility, with capacity-building for policymakers woven into every project. Joel holds a PhD with the Energy Systems Research Group at the University of Cape Town, an MSc in Applied Physics, and a BEng in Electrical Engineering.

Latest Insights

Who Decides Africa’s Net Zero Pathways? Five ways to fix how we model African energy transitions and why it matters for climate and development
Report Oct 17, 2022

Who Decides Africa’s Net Zero Pathways? Five ways to fix how we model African energy transitions and why it matters for climate and development

Summary To achieve an equitable global net zero future, lower-income and under-electrified countries must play a much bigger…

Shaping Energy Transitions