Anibor Kragha
Executive Secretary, African Refiners & Distributors Association
Mr. Anibor Kragha is Executive Secretary of the African Refiners & Distributors Association (ARDA), a position he has held from April 2020 to date. He also served as ARDA President from March 2019 to March 2020. Prior to ARDA, Mr. Kragha served as Group General Manager, Treasury and Chief Operating Officer, Refining & Petrochemicals at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from September 2015 and July 2019.
Before NNPC, Mr. Kragha spent over ten years working for Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), culminating in serving as Upstream Treasurer for ExxonMobil (EM) Affiliates in Nigeria from 2012 to 2015. He also held various roles in EM Upstream Africa Audit, MPN’s Commercial and Treasurer’s groups, EM Development Company and HQ Corporate Affiliate Finance in Nigeria and the USA.
Mr. Kragha holds a B.S. Chemical Engineering (University of Minnesota), M.S. Plastics Engineering (University of Massachusetts-Lowell) and Masters degrees (M.S. Chemical Engineering and MBA) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Anibor Kragha
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Anibor Kragha
4:55 pm-5:55 pm
Breakout Room A
LPG for Clean Cooking: Pursuing a Just Transition and Climate Gains
Developing countries bear the least responsibility for climate change and yet they are disproportionately impacted. As the world works to set itself on a path to Net Zero emissions by 2050, many stakeholders treat any expansion of fossil fuel use as a no-go in all contexts. This stance is at odds with development goals like SDG 7, universal energy access, and the goals of a Just Transition. When it comes to delivering clean cooking to the 2.4 billion people who lack it, LPG represents an affordable, feasible, and quickly scalable solutions. What’s more, providing LPG for cooking is in fact a climate win when transitioning households away from solid and polluting fuels.
This session will highlight recent research findings that show that transitioning households to LPG from polluting fuels for cooking produce net-positive climate impacts. Meanwhile, innovative business models are making clean cooking solutions more affordable and accessible than ever before. A vibrant market, paired with supportive policies from governments, and adequate financing are needed to set the world on a path to limit global temperate rise to 1.5°C.
Speakers
Sheila Addo
Director for Policy Coordination, National Petroleum Authority
Rob Bailis
Senior Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Anibor Kragha
Executive Secretary, African Refiners & Distributors Association
Elizabeth Muchiri
Director, East Africa, Global LPG Partnership
Louis De Muylder
Head, Bboxx Cook
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Anibor Kragha
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Anibor Kragha
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Anibor Kragha
Sessions by Anibor Kragha
Sessions by Anibor Kragha
4:55 pm-5:55 pm
Breakout Room A
LPG for Clean Cooking: Pursuing a Just Transition and Climate Gains
Developing countries bear the least responsibility for climate change and yet they are disproportionately impacted. As the world works to set itself on a path to Net Zero emissions by 2050, many stakeholders treat any expansion of fossil fuel use as a no-go in all contexts. This stance is at odds with development goals like SDG 7, universal energy access, and the goals of a Just Transition. When it comes to delivering clean cooking to the 2.4 billion people who lack it, LPG represents an affordable, feasible, and quickly scalable solutions. What’s more, providing LPG for cooking is in fact a climate win when transitioning households away from solid and polluting fuels.
This session will highlight recent research findings that show that transitioning households to LPG from polluting fuels for cooking produce net-positive climate impacts. Meanwhile, innovative business models are making clean cooking solutions more affordable and accessible than ever before. A vibrant market, paired with supportive policies from governments, and adequate financing are needed to set the world on a path to limit global temperate rise to 1.5°C.
Speakers
Sheila Addo
Director for Policy Coordination, National Petroleum Authority
Rob Bailis
Senior Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Anibor Kragha
Executive Secretary, African Refiners & Distributors Association
Elizabeth Muchiri
Director, East Africa, Global LPG Partnership
Louis De Muylder
Head, Bboxx Cook