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Ademola Ogunbanjo, Executive Vice President, Oando Clean Energy

Ademola Ogunbanjo talks to Jon Marks about Oanda Clean Energy and its mandate to develop climate-friendly, bankable projects in Nigeria and across Africa. With sustainable transport and electric buses in Lagos planned to roll out across Nigeria by 2030, projects in hydrogen and geothermal, recycling, biomass, biogas, solar and wind and fuel cell projects are discussed, together with the need for local currency funding, reducing the cost of debt, investing in renewable energy, amplifying Africa’s voice in the renewable energy agenda – and how imperative it is to retain value on the continent.

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