NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

James Wakaba is an engineer by profession with 20 years industry and management experience. He spent 10 years working with multinational organizations such as Unilever and Magadi Soda before joining the energy sector in 2001. James areas of interest are energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate change, and project finance. He has worked on energy projects ranging from community biomass substitution to power generation throughout Africa. Prior to joining GVEP, he was working on developing standards for energy efficiency in household appliances in Uganda.