Mini-grids, or localised renewable energy systems, are increasing energy accessibility for people across Africa, says Tombo Banda, a clean energy access innovator. And with 500 million people still lacking access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, relying instead on highly polluting materials like diesel and firewood, this climate solution will create better lives for millions of people, quickly! Tombo Banda joins TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious to break down how many countries are successfully leapfrogging to green energy solutions.
Learn more about the mini-grid innovation lab: https://www.crossboundary.com/labs/
Check out Tombo’s research at CrossBoundary: https://www.crossboundary.com/labs/our-research/
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Maryam is the Director and Curator of TEDxLondonWomen and TEDxLondon, co-host of ‘Climate Curious’ podcast and has been working on TEDx events since 2011. The world is full of fascinating ideas, knowledge and theories, but they are too often complex, abstract or hidden away. Maryam wants to give these ideas the chance to change the world. Through her company, X Equals, she works with organisations and individuals to give life to their ideas through storytelling, pitch coaching and events design and curation. Maryam is also a Visiting Fellow at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford.
