Chris Miao

Data & Marketing Operations Assistant, EnergyNet

Chris has been part of the EnergyNet team since April 2025 as a Data & Marketing Operations Assistant. With a strong focus on data and efficiency, He enjoys analysing data, streamlining processes behind the scenes, and finding innovative ways to make marketing more effective.

Outside of work, Chris brings the same energy to sports. As a sports enthusiast, he particularly enjoys football and basketball. Chris also loves traveling the world. He loves visiting new countries, embracing different cultures through the food, traditions, or the people he meets along the way.

Latest news

West Africa’s Major Energy Stakeholders to lead West Africa’s Clean Energy Conversation

ACCRA, Ghana, Oct. 9, 2025, ENN: Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has been confirmed as patron of the West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit (WAECS), to be held in Accra from 2–3 December 2025. The Summit brings together regional government leaders, investors, and industry partners to showcase investment opportunities and regional energy integration developments […]

Global electricity access stalls as Africa’s progress slows

PARIS, October 9, 2025, ENN: Nearly 730 million people worldwide still lacked access to electricity in 2024, according to new data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), underscoring a slowdown in global electrification efforts since the pandemic. The figure represents a decline of only 11 million from 2023, well below the annual progress achieved before […]

Africa urged to seize role in US critical minerals supply

WASHINGTON, October 9, 2025, ENN: African nations should position themselves as key partners for the United States in securing supplies of critical minerals essential to modern industries, according to a new report from the Washington DC-based Brookings Institution. The report, Leveraging US–Africa Critical Mineral Opportunities: Strategies for Success, argues that Africa’s mineral wealth and improving […]

Transmission & Distribution

SAPP pushes deeper power integration across Southern Africa

Harare, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Stephen Dihwa, executive director of the Southern African Power Pool Coordination Centre in Harare, oversees regional planning, operations, environmental management, and power trading across 12 SADC member states. With over 30 years in the sector, he has held senior roles at ZESA, EdM, and NamPower, and advised the African Development […]

AI’s energy appetite could stress power grids, Bain warns

Johannesburg, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Scaling up AI over the next decade will require up to $2 trillion in new revenue and could consume an additional 200 gigawatts of electricity by 2030, roughly the output of 200 large power plants, according to Bain & Company’s 6th Annual Global Technology Report. The consultancy warns that while […]

Sustainable Energy

Africa’s solar imports soar in clean energy push

LONDON, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Renewable energy became the world’s largest source of electricity in the first half of this year, surpassing coal for the first time, according to new data from London-based energy think tank, Ember. The report highlighted how African countries are rapidly increasing solar panel imports as part of efforts to expand […]

Sustainable Energy

Zambia, Uganda startups win clean energy awards

Two African startups have earned global recognition for pioneering clean energy solutions that empower farmers and reduce food waste. Zambia’s Netagrow and Uganda’s ClimaVault Africa received the Rising Star awards from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Netagrow uses AI-powered agricultural tools to help more than 10,000 smallholder farmers in Zambia boost crop yields by up […]

EU commits €545m to Africa’s green future

The European Commission is investing €545m ($640m) in projects across Africa, seeking to fast-track Africa’s clean energy transition, aiming to power millions and create green jobs. The initiative, unveiled by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is part of the ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa’ campaign and will mobilize public and private investment to […]