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Listen "EP 5: The COP27 Sharm -El-Sheikh Series: Koaile Monaheng on energy access in Lesotho"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome to the fifth episode of the COP27 Mini Series for Hali Hewa Podcast with your host Abigael Kima.
Throughout COP27, we will be doing a mini-series interviewing people from across the globe on issues that matter to them as the negotiations progress.
Koaile Monaheng is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the University of Cape Town (UCT) through the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI). He is a director of solar company Khantsa Energy
and a 2020 Mandela-Rhodes Foundation scholar .He is a compassionate person who has earned respect and admiration from his peers and those around him through his exemplary leadership and integrity. His various accolades include: SRC Presidency at Machabeng International College, Dean of Students Leadership Award, Calata House Warden, a Vice-Chancellor’s appointment to the Student Disciplinary Committee, winner of the Investec Top 100 Awards, Assistant Lecturer and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University. He regarded this placement ideal to go beyond the global effort of climate change negotiations and instead focus more on the scientific basis of the climate crisis here at home in Africa, recognizing the homegrown transdisciplinary effort required for our very survival.
In this episode, he shares his passion for energy and what he is doing back at home in Lesotho to ensure the communities have access to energy through Khantsa Energy. He also shared gems of what a just energy transition should look like in Africa highlighting that often times we use bottom down approach to create change in communities while we completely ignore the systems that already exist in society and building on that. He insists that community involvement and consideration of community specific needs is crucial if we want to see actual change.
Enjoy the show!
Follow Khantsa Energy - https://www.instagram.com/khantsaenergy/?hl=en
Throughout COP27, we will be doing a mini-series interviewing people from across the globe on issues that matter to them as the negotiations progress.
Koaile Monaheng is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the University of Cape Town (UCT) through the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI). He is a director of solar company Khantsa Energy
and a 2020 Mandela-Rhodes Foundation scholar .He is a compassionate person who has earned respect and admiration from his peers and those around him through his exemplary leadership and integrity. His various accolades include: SRC Presidency at Machabeng International College, Dean of Students Leadership Award, Calata House Warden, a Vice-Chancellor’s appointment to the Student Disciplinary Committee, winner of the Investec Top 100 Awards, Assistant Lecturer and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University. He regarded this placement ideal to go beyond the global effort of climate change negotiations and instead focus more on the scientific basis of the climate crisis here at home in Africa, recognizing the homegrown transdisciplinary effort required for our very survival.
In this episode, he shares his passion for energy and what he is doing back at home in Lesotho to ensure the communities have access to energy through Khantsa Energy. He also shared gems of what a just energy transition should look like in Africa highlighting that often times we use bottom down approach to create change in communities while we completely ignore the systems that already exist in society and building on that. He insists that community involvement and consideration of community specific needs is crucial if we want to see actual change.
Enjoy the show!
Follow Khantsa Energy - https://www.instagram.com/khantsaenergy/?hl=en
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