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About the Awards

Biggest 2020

Africa Queen of Energy Awards.

Our Conference at a glance​

We are thrilled to unveil  the 1st Pan African Award  referred ‘Africa Queen of Energy awards 2020’ with the  clear objective is  to inspire, recognize and reward women who have made strides in the energy sector across Africa .

This is a scale up from East Africa women in energy awards that has been running for five years in Eastern Africa. The conference and awards are convened by Brands and Beyond Ltd, energy advocacy and communication firm in partnership with the Private sector and various government ministries is the convener of this premier award having hosted the last four awards in Kenya and Uganda .

We seek to continue to  develop an authentic community of women who are putting the best foot forward and going above their call of duty to influence the landscape of the energy sector in Africa.

We have reached over 5,000 women and stakeholders in the energy sector
Over 400 nominations in the last four years
Spread to East Africa with awards in Uganda, South Sudan
Speakers we have had over 300 speakers and panelist
70 moderators from across the region
18 countries have participated
Key Objectives

Africa Queen of Energy awards 2020 is a pan –African Dream to:

  • To inspire, recognize and reward women who have careers in the energy sector and businesses through competitive awards
  • Identify opportunities for economic empowerment through Energy solutions
  • Align gender strategy with SDG goals in the energy sector
  • To create awareness of impact of 50% of population left out in the energy discussion
  • To share experiences in the energy journey across Africa
  • Establish a mentorship network across Africa.
  • To showcase successful stories across Africa
Milestones

Largest gathering of women in the in the energy space in Africa​

  • The low involvement in the energy value chain has left women vulnerable to climate change challenges with very low knowledge of the science behind.
  • More women CEOs have been appointed since the programme started with more coming in
  • Dramatic Increase in 25% of women doing business in the energy sector value chain with the from 5% to 14 % in 3 years of women 2015 to 2019 trading in the energy sector.
  • Dramatic increase in STEM participation has helped reduce skills gap ,Increase employment and productivity of women.
  • Launch of the first Energy Gender policy in the world in the energy sector
Opportunities/Partnership

There exists an opportunity to partner in this noble quest by various institutions. Benefits to be derived from such partnerships include:
  • Provide an opportunity to lead in the intellectual discussion as well as
  • Opportunity for mentorship and learning from your network which will in turn create a favorable association with your institution among beneficiaries and other stakeholders
  • Energy is a product that interacts every day with all customers hence any activities to address existing gaps will have a significant impression on any brand
  • To create awareness, new segments and funding opportunities for women entrepreneurs
  • As conflicts continue to escalate across the country on energy projects we could create an opportunity to identify sources and solution to these conflicts keeping in mind the woman is left out in the discussion.

AWARDS

NOMINATIONS

KEY

SPEAKERS

Nazi Kivutha
Nazi Kivutha
First lady Makueni County, Chair First Ladies Association
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