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RTI International - Empower East and Central Africa (EECA)

Maxwell Ngala

Senior Technical Specialist

Voted one of the Top 40 Under 40 Emerging Energy Leaders in Middle East and Africa by Solar Quarter, Maxwell Ngala is a dynamic renewable energy specialist, energy access thought leader and speaker.

With a background in Renewable Energy Technologies and Management and Power Systems, his career expands over the public and private sectors.
Maxwell has designed, developed and implemented several grid connected and decentralized and distributed renewable energy systems and provided business focused, on-demand technical assistance on new and emerging energy access enabling technologies across Sub Saharan Africa.
Maxwell is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), chartered professional engineer (PE), a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), Fellow of the International Solar Alliance and Open Africa Power.
He is passionate about building innovative partnerships to leverage resources and influence from governments, development partners, private sector players and research institutions to ensure universal access to electricity by 2030 and to catalyze sustainable development in the continent.

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