Mbeo Ogeya

Mbeo Ogeya is a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) - Africa Center and a PhD fellow in Innovation and Sustainable Development. With a strong background in energy systems modeling, Mbeo joined SEI in 2016 to contribute to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus project in the Akagera basin in Rwanda. Throughout his career, he has actively participated in, led, and co-led numerous projects across Africa, focusing on energy, energy transition, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development. Prior to joining SEI, Mbeo played a key role in establishing transformative projects at the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute, including the Kenya Climate Innovation Center, frugal innovation and gasifier technology development, stove testing laboratory, and biogas research laboratory. Mbeo possesses expertise in energy systems and climate change mitigation modeling.

• African Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building System (AfricaLICs), Member
• Certified Intermediate Training-of-Trainers Course on Solar PV system, Shiota Method of Training (SMT), JICA and Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology, Kenya, 08/2016
• Basic Training-of-Trainers on Small Ultra-Low Head Micro Hydro Power, Tokyo Kenshu Center (TKC), the Overseas Human Resources and Industrial Resources and Industrial Development Association (HIDA) in Collaboration with UNIDO, Japan, 07/2015
• Association of Energy Professional East Africa (AEP-EA), Founder member and member of operations committee

• Global – Africa Stakeholders Engagement Lead: Land Use Based Mitigation for Resilient Climate Pathways (LANDMARC), 2021 – 2024, Is a 4-year EU funded project that will enhance understanding of the realistic potential of land-based negative emission solutions in agriculture, forestry, and other land use sectors., EU-H2020
• Kenya – National Lead (Kenya): An analysis of segment and scale of demand of cooling in Kenya, 2021 – 2022, The project sought to understand priority applications, market scale and socioeconomic impacts of cooling in Kenya., Innovate UK
• Kenya Long Term Low Emission Strategy to Net – Zero, 2021 – 2022, The LTS considers a longer time frame extending well beyond the horizon of the NDC, to 2050. It sets out a vision, objectives, and priority interventions for delivering economic growth whilst transitioning towards a carbon neutral economy., GIZ
• East Africa - East Africa Case study lead: The political economy of mini-grid electricity development in Kenya and Tanzania, 2021 – 2022, Funder: SIDA
• Regional – Africa. LEAP - Expert. African Regional Assessment, 2020 – 2021, Main objectives is to determine how development in Africa can proceed at the same time as limiting air pollution and its impact on health and agriculture, and to understand the potential to limit climate change, and its adaptation implications in Africa., CCAC
• Regional – West Africa. LEAP – Expert. Climate information for integrated renewable electricity generation in West Africa (CIREG), 2017 – 2021, The overarching goal is to influence decision that are taken in the energy sector today that will have long-term impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and energy prices., FORMAS
• Global. LEAP Expert. Low Emission Development Pathways (LED-P), 2017-2019, LED-P is SEI Initiative that purposes to fill the gap between the knowledge needs of decision makers and the often-limited information available to inform their emissions reduction planning., SEI
• National – The Union of Comoro. Project Lead. Development of Energy Balance Statistics and Energy systems model for the Union of Comoros, 2018, The research aimed at better understand energy demand and supply providing base year energy balance statistics and assessing future low carbon pathways scenarios for policy advisory., UNECA
• Global. Transitions pathways and risk analysis for climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies (TRANSrisk), 2015-2018, TRANSrisk aimed at creating a novel assessment framework for analyzing benefits of transition pathways that integrate well-established approaches to modelling the resilient, low-carbon pathways with a wider interdisciplinary approach including risk assessments and multilevel analysis., EU H2020
• Rwanda. Linking the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus and Nature Based Solutions in the Akagera Basin, 2015-2018, This project provides evidence-based policy guidance and promotes local actions to foster climate resilience and participatory sustainable development along the Akagera Watershed., FONERWA

• Staying put or pulling out? How mini-grid developers use business model innovation to overcome challenges and barriers in Kenya, Journal of Energy for Sustainable Development, Submitted, Mbeo Ogeya, Solomon Ogara, Margrethe Holm Andersen, 2024
• The political economy of mini-grid electricity development and innovation in Kenya, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, Published, Mbeo Ogeya, F. Lambe, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2024.100092
• Stakeholder-guided, model-based scenarios for a climate- and water-smart electricity transition in Ghana and Burkina Faso, Energy Strategy Reviews, Published, H. Hoff, Mbeo Ogeya, D. de Condappa, R. J. Brecha, M. A. Dahl Larsen, K. Halsnaes, S. Salack, S. Sanfo, S. Sterl, S. Liersch, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2023.101149
• Barriers to the institutionalization of industrial energy efficiency in Africa: A case study from Uganda, WIREs Energy and Environment, Published, M. Tesfamichael, E. Twinomujuni, Mbeo Ogeya, S. Ssebagala, Y. Mulugetta, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.427
• A comparative analysis of bioeconomy visions and pathways based on stakeholder dialogues in Colombia, Rwanda, Sweden, and Thailand, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, Published, F. X. Johnson, N. Canales, M. Fielding, G. Gladkykh, M. T. Aung, R. Bailis, Mbeo Ogeya, O. Olsson, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2022.2037412
• Challenges and opportunities for the expansion of renewable electrification in Kenya, Pathways to Sustainability: Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialization, Renewable Electrification in Developing Economies, Mbeo Ogeya, Anne Nyambane, Hannah Wanjiru, 2021, https://www.routledge.com/Building-Innovation-Capabilities-for-Sustainable-Industrialisation-Renewable/Lema-Andersen-Hanlin-Nzila/p/book/9780367516208#sup
• Assessing transition pathways to low-carbon electricity generation in Kenya: A hybrid approach using backcasting, socio-technical scenarios and energy system modelling, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, Published, A. G. Kehbila, R. K. Masumbuko, Mbeo Ogeya, P. Osano, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2021.100004
• Integrating user experiences into mini-grid business model design in rural Tanzania, Energy for Sustainable Development, Published, Mbeo Ogeya, C. Muhoza, O. W. Johnson, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2021.03.011
• An Expert Elicitation of Public Acceptance of Renewable Energy in Kenya, Journal of Challenges in Sustainability, Bob van der Zwaan, Francesco Dalla Longa, Helena de Boer, Francis Johnson, Oliver Johnson, Marieke van Klaveren, Jessanne Mastop, Mbeo Ogeya, Mari¨elle Rietkerk, Koen Straver, Hannah Wanjiru, 2019
• Risks and Uncertainties around low carbon energy pathways, Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions: Understanding Risks and Uncertainties, Oliver, J., Wanjiru, H., Johnson, X. F., Ogeya, M., 2019, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429458781
• Nordic Green to Scale for countries: Unlocking the potential of climate solutions in Kenya and Ethiopia, Mbeo Ogeya, Anne Nyambane, Hannah Wanjiru, 2018, http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1257849&dswid=4095

• Dr. Romanus Opiyo, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute, P.O Box 30677, Nairobi, 00100, romanus.opiyo@sei.org
• Ms. Ruth Nyamasege, Component Leader – NDC Assist Project, P.O Box 41607-00100 Nairobi, ruth.moraa@giz.de

Association of Energy Professionals East Africa (AEPEA)