Senior Government Officials

Arc. Chris Pobee Abbey holds a Bachelor of Science and Post Graduate Diploma in Architecture from KNUST, Kumasi, and a master’s in urban planning from Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. He also earned a Certificate in Performance-Based Contracting from IHE (Delft), Netherlands, and has participated in numerous housing and urban-related conferences and seminars worldwide. 

Abderrahmen Mahfoudhi is an Energy Efficiency Expert and Industrial Engineer with over ten years of experience in managing national and international projects focused on energy efficiency, renewable energies, and sustainable development. He holds a National Engineering Diploma in Industrial Engineering from the National Engineering School of Tunis.

Oliver Chinganya is Chairperson of the Board of Directors at the Zambia Statistical Agency and Co-Chair of the Advisory Board for Digital Earth Africa. He was recently appointed as Senior Advisor at the International Growth Center (IGC) at London School of Economics (LSE). Until January 2025, he served as Director of the African Centre for Statistics and Chief Statistician at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and until October 2025, he was Vice President of the International Statistical Institute.

Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi is the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN). He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering, and has over 14 years of experience in Nigeria’s energy sector, particularly within the oil and gas industry. He spent a significant part of his career at the Department of Petroleum Resources (now the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission – NUPRC), contributing to regulatory policy, energy systems management, and sustainability initiatives. 

Hubert Zan doubles as the Assistant Manager in charge of Energy Efficiency Regulation, a unit under the Renewables and Energy Efficiency Directorate (REEE) of the Ghana Energy Commission and an Energy Transformation expert. He has efficiently and effectively worked for over a decade enforcing national regulations on Energy Efficiency and environmental regulations on Phasing out CFC based and now HCFC based refrigerators and air conditioners respectively in Ghana as well as phasing-down HFC.

Mr. Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, MBS, OGW is the Director General of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), Kenya’s single sector regulator responsible for both technical and economic regulation for the electricity, renewable energy and
petroleum.

Dr. Eng. Fenwicks S. Musonye, P.E., CEM®., CMVP®., CREP®., PMP® holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nairobi, an MSc and PhD degrees in Energy Technology, from JKUAT, and a post graduate diploma in Project Management from KIM. He currently works for EPRA as a Deputy Director Energy Efficiency; Strathmore University as an adjunct faculty member; Africa School of Regulations as a Course Director for Energy Efficiency and an international consultant in Energy Systems Engineering.

Eng. Willy Ciza, born on June 16, 1979, in Gahongore, Bubanza, is an industrial engineer in electromechanics specialized in the energy sector. With more than sixteen years of experience in the design and construction of power plants and electricity transmission lines, as well as six years in project planning related to clean cooking, hydropower, and solar energy, he has established himself as a key player in the energy development of Burundi.