Kakembo Galabuzi
Founder, Weye Clean Energy; Board of Directors, Student Energy
Kakembo Galabuzi Brian is a social entrepreneur, whose green business is empowering over 700 youth and women in Uganda to create sustainable and affordable clean energy solutions. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Student Energy, a global youth-led organization empowering the next generation of leaders who are accelerating the transition to a sustainable, equitable energy future.
Kakembo Galabuzi Brian has an MBA in Energy and Sustainability from Catholic University of Murcia in Spain. For his work, he is a recipient of iF Social Impact Prize in 2017 by iF Design Foundation in Germany; Greenpreneurs Achievement Award 2018 by the Global Green Growth Institute in South Korea; the 2020 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year Award for excellence in development work and he was listed in the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 class of 2021.
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
1:45 pm-2:45 pm
Breakout Room B
Changemakers of Today: Youth Advancing Sustainable Action
The role and influence of youth in climate, energy, and development efforts has grown in recent years. Youth have a vital role in achieving universal access to clean cooking, contributing to the cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future that young people need to thrive. Ninety percent of the world’s 1.8 billion youth live in developing countries where 2.4 billion people still rely on polluting fuels and stoves to cook their food. The negative impact of traditional cooking on young people is substantial, both in terms of the size of the youth population affected and the cross-cutting nature of the adverse impacts on youth.
This session will be comprised of youth who are leading on clean cooking and sustainable energy to demonstrate why equitable decision-making with the inclusion of young people in the clean cooking sector is essential for sustainable progress. The panel discussion will showcase what young entrepreneurs and innovators are doing to tackle clean cooking challenges and what support youth leaders need to scale their efforts.
Speakers
Carine Buma
Professional Officer, Climate Change, Energy & Resilience, ICLEI
Kakembo Galabuzi
Founder, Weye Clean Energy; Board of Directors, Student Energy
Ben Odongo
Youth Fellow in Energy, UpEnergy and Climate Champions
Patience Alifo
Co-Founder, Econexus Ventures
Richard Matey
Director, Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities
Samira Saidi
Investment Manager and E&S Lead, BIX Capital
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
Sessions by Kakembo Galabuzi
1:45 pm-2:45 pm
Breakout Room B
Changemakers of Today: Youth Advancing Sustainable Action
The role and influence of youth in climate, energy, and development efforts has grown in recent years. Youth have a vital role in achieving universal access to clean cooking, contributing to the cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future that young people need to thrive. Ninety percent of the world’s 1.8 billion youth live in developing countries where 2.4 billion people still rely on polluting fuels and stoves to cook their food. The negative impact of traditional cooking on young people is substantial, both in terms of the size of the youth population affected and the cross-cutting nature of the adverse impacts on youth.
This session will be comprised of youth who are leading on clean cooking and sustainable energy to demonstrate why equitable decision-making with the inclusion of young people in the clean cooking sector is essential for sustainable progress. The panel discussion will showcase what young entrepreneurs and innovators are doing to tackle clean cooking challenges and what support youth leaders need to scale their efforts.
Speakers
Carine Buma
Professional Officer, Climate Change, Energy & Resilience, ICLEI
Kakembo Galabuzi
Founder, Weye Clean Energy; Board of Directors, Student Energy
Ben Odongo
Youth Fellow in Energy, UpEnergy and Climate Champions
Patience Alifo
Co-Founder, Econexus Ventures
Richard Matey
Director, Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities
Samira Saidi
Investment Manager and E&S Lead, BIX Capital