A native of the Togolese Republic, Fally Titikpina sees clean energy as a way to both empower people and address poverty. Without reliable access to clean energy, lower-income communities struggle to attain stable livelihoods and face more pollution and health risks. 

Titikpina, who received her doctorate at the National Engineering School of Metz in France, has worked for the past nine years as an energy project manager and energy data analyst in Africa and France with a focus on clean energy transition. 

She enrolled in the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy online certificate program for three reasons. First, she wanted a better grasp on the novel technologies available for supporting the transition to a renewable energy future. Second, she wanted to deepen her understanding of the policies that affect the deployment of these technologies. Third, she wanted to learn about creative financing tools in this sector.

“Two of the most pressing issues in the Global South are global warming and poverty, and several countries in this region are grossly undersupplied in energy,” she says. “The sustainable energy transition presents several opportunities as energy is an ideal tool to empower people. Energy insecurity and poverty are issues that could be mutually resolved in this transition, and I am eager to tackle both challenges.”