Edore Onamakpome, Regional Infrastructure Portfolio Manager at International Finance Corporation
Edore Onamakpome is a 2022 Eisenhower Fellow and the Regional Infrastructure Portfolio Manager for International Finance Corporation (IFC). Edore’s 20-year energy & infrastructure finance career has spanned several African countries, with stints in the UK and US. Most recently, Edore oversaw IFC’s +$5bn Africa Infrastructure Portfolio, which covered 16 countries. Edore now manages a +$1bn South Asia Infrastructure portfolio.
Edore shares her passion for joining the FDCE ’23 program: “The pandemic has exacerbated the already significant number of the global population that are excluded from access to electricity, healthcare, and technology; with most of the affected living in sub–Saharan Africa. As the world transitions towards clean energy, it is critical that Africa is part of an equitable solution – which focuses on energy security and affordability. I am looking to unlock the challenges to scaling and commercially funding mini-grids and using clean energy to increase rural electrification access to improve delivery of social services, specifically primary health care and education. The Yale Financing and Deploying Clean Energy course draws on all these aspects in my research and is aligned with my viewpoint that adopting a holistic approach to mini-grid development and stimulating the productive use of energy, will promote sustainable and scalable development of mini-grids.”