Africa-EU Renewable Energy Research and Innovation Symposium 2018 (RERIS 2018)

Grid Connected Renewable Energy.- Decentralised Renewable and Household Energy Solutions.- Energy Socio-Economics (policy, economics, legal, regulatory and social issues).- Power Generation.- Energy Research, Innovation, Education and Entrepreneurship.- Energy Resource Mapping and Planning.

Moeketsi Mpholo is the leader of the Energy Research Centre (ERC) at the National University of Lesotho (NUL). He is the chair of the 2nd Africa-EU Renewable Energy Research & Innovation Symposium (RERIS 2018) Scientific Committee. He served in the executive management of NUL as a Director of ICT before leading the ERC. He obtained his PhD from Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He co-founded a Cambridge Lab on Chip start-up company based on PhD research in Cambridge, UK. He received a Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award in 2005 for being the best candidate in Lesotho in a Physics related discipline. He has been featured in Marques Who's Who In Science and Engineering in America since 2011. He has organised a number of national workshops on energy and climate change related matters on behalf of both the academic institutions and the private sector. He has published widely on energy matters primarily on Solar and Wind Resources. He continuously works with a number of institutions, companies and development partners on energy projects. He is currently working in the Cost of Service Study in collaboration with MRC Group of Companies for the electricity regulator (Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority). Moreover, he collaborates on research projects and teaching programs with a number of regional universities (University of Botswana, Namibia University of Science and Technology, etc.) and a number of international universities (University of Pennsylvania (USA), Case Western Reserve University (USA), Hochschule Darmstadt - University of Applied Sciences (Germany).
Tonny Kukeera is an energy engineer and researcher with experience in energy systems and bio processing. Tonny holds an MSc. in energy engineering from the Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES), and a BSc. in agricultural engineering from Makerere University. He has previously worked with R20 ¬¬- Regions for Climate Action and