TEAM
With a track record spanning Sub-Saharan Africa and abroad, our team combines global best practices with target-market experience, ensuring impactful and context-driven clean utility investments. We have a combined average of 18 years’ of professional experience working across, energy, real estate, finance, and social impact.  With this unique blend of experience, our team has developed deep-rooted networks and an in-depth understanding of public sector priorities and private sector demand for inclusive sustainability projects.
FUND

Jackline Okeyo

CEO & Founder

  • MPA in International Economic Policy, and Urban & Social Policy - Columbia University, USA
  • BSc (Honours) in Property Studies - University of Cape Town
  • Chartered Real Estate Surveyor (MRICS) - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Bongani T Sibisi

CIO & Co-Founder

  • MBA - University of Cape Town
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Finance Management Practice - University of Cape Town
  • BSc Property Studies - University of Cape Town

Umar Taiwo Salman

CTO & Co-Founder

  • PhD Candidate in Earth and Environmental Engineering - University of Connecticut, USA
  • MSc in Electrical Engineering King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia - Columbia University, USA
  • BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering - University of Lagos

Gauta Mofokeng

Project Director

  • National Diploma in Accounting - University of Johannesburg
  • Certified Solar PV Feasibility Analyst - Terra Firma Academy, South Africa.
  • Over 12 years’ experience in residential utility management
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Mpho Sedibe

Programme Director

  • Chartered Accountant (South Africa) BCom Accounting (Honours) - University of Johannesburg
  • Postgraduate in Organisational and Business Psychology - University of Liverpool, UK
  • Certified Expert in ESG & Impact Investing - Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Dr. Tiffany Henshall

Programme Manager

  • PhD in Anthropology, Archaeology, Political Science, and Environmental Sciences - University of the Witwatersrand
  • MSc in Archaeology - University of the Witwatersrand
  • BSc Honours in Archaeology - University of the Witwatersrand

Hubert Ruzibiza

Board member

  • BA in International Business & Finance - Temple University, USA
  • Master’s in International Affairs - Tufts University, USA
  • Executive Education - Said Business School Oxford University, UK
INDEPENDENT INVESTMENT COMMITEE

Philip LaRocco

Committee Chairperson

  • Founder of E+Co - Energy investment NPO operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia
  • Sustainability Management lecturer - Columbia University
  • Author of Money Management for Energy Enterprises

Caroline Ochieng

Committee Member

  • PhD in Public Health and Policy - University of London, UK
  • MSc in Sustainable Finance - Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  • BA in Environmental Studies - Kenyatta University, Kenya.