University of Ibadan & University of Sunderland
Head, Sustainable Energy Access at the Nigerian Energy Support Programme
Olumide Fatoki with 13+ years Decentralised Energy System Expertise, and at the forefront of evolution in Africa is the Senior Technical Advisor/Deputy Unit Head at Sustainable Energy Access Unit of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme. He oversees the Mini-Grid Market Acceleration on framework/policy development, project implementation, high-level stakeholder's management, promotions, and M&E.
A clean energy expert with a vision to see 2million Nigerians electrified in three years, he was responsible for implementing six pilot projects providing electricity to more than 15,000 beneficiaries and advised the government on scaling, adding 40 mini-grid projects to benefit 175,000 people.
He has been involved in international development programmes across Nigeria and Sub-Sahara Africa (especially in the power sector) and supported successful implementation of major energy programmes like WB-NEP, AFDB, UNDP, GEAPP etc.