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Anne Wacera Wambugu, microgrids expert
Anne Wacera Wambugu
Head of Electrification
UNESCO Chair for Climate Change Resilience and Sustainability
Strathmore University

Anne Wacera Wambugu is the Head of Electrification and Electricity Access for the UNESCO Chair for Climate Change Resilience and Sustainability at Strathmore University. She is a graduate student in the Masters of Sustainable Energy Transitions and an electrical engineer with 8+ years' experience in the energy access sector. Her engineering work focuses on capacity building, demand side energy issues including quality, standardization and conformity assessment of electrical energy systems i.e. direct current systems such as solar photovoltaics (pico to grid scale), and household electrical appliances. Her research work focuses on the interaction of: electrical systems and appliances; engineers (including technicians) of those systems and; end users. Other themes in her work are the gender mainstreaming of renewable energy technologies, the use of electrical technologies to improve health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa, energy data science and modelling.

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