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ABS E19 Uwana Energy: Creating an Online Solar Marketplace
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We had a conversation with Natasha Ibori, the Co-founder of Uwana Energy, a clean energy management platform and marketplace, to help people seamlessly transition to clean, affordable energy.
Uwana Energy is an impact-driven entrepreneur committed to giving more people the freedom to do whatever they want.
Having worked in climate and finance across 4 continents, she is experienced in building holistic solutions. Natasha has assisted Growald Climate Fund in allocating $1bn in aligned funding for energy transition projects globally and has executed award-winning development initiatives with Access Bank Plc and PwC Nigeria.
We cover the following topics on this episode:
- An insight into Uwana Energy's pivot away from the provision of hardware products to the creation of an online solar marketplace.
- The need to understand the nuances in doing business across multiple parts of Nigeria e.g. the need for a physical office space.
- The realities of being an entrepreneur including the need to constantly learn new skills network and raise funding.
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