In this episode of our “Fin-Erth Women in Climate” series, Linda-Eling Lee, head of the Institute, speaks with Ana Hajduka, founder and CEO of Africa GreenCo, which is working to increase generation and growth of renewable energy markets across Southern Africa.

Ana and her team have partnered with the Zambian utility ZESCO and local industry to address the country’s energy crisis—securing private financing for critical electricity imports from South Africa and bringing power to homes, hospitals, schools and businesses. More recently, GreenCo played a key role in unlocking commercial financing for the largest grid-connected solar development in Zambia’s history.

“The private sector really has to step in to bring onboard much-required power generation,” Ana told us. “That is the key issue that we are trying to overcome in the Southern African context, in collaboration with the public sector itself.”