Previous Work & Resources

1. Co-DEC Project

This project was on Codesigning energy Communities with energy-poor women (Co-DEC) in informal urban settlements in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa.
The transdisciplinary project was conducted in three informal settlements, Mathare, Kasubi Kawaala, and Enkanini to provide an in-depth understanding of household energy needs, services and related health outcomes, with keen attention on gender responsiveness and economic viability in urban informal settlements, using the case studies of Mathare.

The CoDEC research project was supported by the Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA2030) program. LIRA2030 was a five-year program to support collaborative research projects led by early-career researchers across Africa. The program was implemented by the International Science Council (ISC), in partnership with the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

Ambole, A., Koranteng, K., Njoroge, P., & Luhangala, D. L. (2021). A Review of energy communities in Sub-Saharan Africa as a transition pathway to energy democracy. Sustainability, 13(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042128
Ambole, A., Musango, J. K., Buyana, K., Ogot, M., Anditi, C., Mwau, B., Kovacic, Z., Smit, S., Lwasa, S., Nsangi, G., Sseviiri, H., & Brent, A. C. (2019). Mediating household energy transitions through co-design in urban Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. Energy Research and Social Science, 55, 208–217. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.05.009
Ambole, A., Njoroge, P., Anditi, C., & Outa, G. (2020). A Case for Providing Electricity Subsidies In Urban Informal Settlements. Kenya Policy Briefs, 1(1), 21–22.
Njoroge, P., Ambole, A., Githira, D., & Outa, G. (2020). Steering energy transitions through landscape governance: Case of Mathare informal settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Land, 9(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9060206

The Gender Mainstreaming for Energy Security (GENS)Trilateral Research Chair, conducted in Kenya’s Mathare and South Africa’s Paarl informal settlements, was a collaboration funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and the Newton Fund through the British Council.

The overall objective of the GENS Trilateral Chair was to build research capacity and produce knowledge across Africa concerning gender-informed innovation and commercialisation opportunities in alternative energy technology and services.

Anditi, C., Musango, J. K., Smit, S., & Ceschin, F. (2022). Addressing gender dimensions in energy innovations: A gender analysis framework for informal urban settlements in Africa. Energy Research & Social Science, 88, 102476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102476
Luhangala, D. L., Ambole, A., Musango, J. K., Ceschin, F., & Dulo, S. (2022). Energy price modelling in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2(1), 015001.
Musango, J. K., Smit, S., Ceschin, F., Ambole, A., Batinge, B., Anditi, C., Petrulaityte, A., & Mukama, M. (2020). Mainstreaming gender to achieve security of energy services in poor urban environments. Energy Research and Social Science, 70. Scopus.
Petrulaityte, A., Ceschin, F., Musango, J. K., Mwiti, B. K., Anditi, C., & Njoroge, P. (2022). Supporting the Development of Gendered Energy Innovations for Informal Urban Settlements: GENS Codesign Toolkit for Multistakeholder Collaboration. Sustainability, 14(10), 6291.

We organize immersive learning journeys for groups that would like to have a raw experience and exposure to the contextual dynamics in Africa.

Morgner, C., Ambole, A., Anditi, C., & Githira, D. (2020). Exploring the dynamics of social networks in urban informal settlements: The case of Mathare Valley, Kenya. Urban Forum, 31, 489–512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-020-09389-2

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