Francis Theuri Ndonga is an Associate in RMI’s Global South Program, where he works on supporting development of the minigrid sector in Ethiopia, focusing on solving access to the foreign exchange market for developers in the country. Francis also supports work establishing the market foundation for utility-enabled distributed energy resources in Sierra Leone.

Background

– Led government engagement on adoption of quality standards for tier 1–3 solar products in the East African region
– Led regional market surveillance programs
– Worked on sizing the potential solar market in 19 West African countries for the World Bank Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project

Education

B.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
B.Eng., Aeronautical Engineering, Trans-Eastern Airlines Aviation College