Botswana appoints Yoruba man to lead biggest Energy Company
By Omolade Adegbuyi
The Botswana Power Corporation has appointed a Yoruba energy expert Akinwale Omoboriowo as Vice Chairman of Board of Directors of the country-s energy sector.
According to the BPC official who confirmed the appointment the Botswana energy sector is ready to move to the highest level with stronger voice and clear vision.
Reports made available to Irohinoodua further states that Botswana is working towards improving on the continuous electric supply challenges and graduate to one of the countries with net exporter of clean energy.
Omoboriowo, a leading expert in power infrastructure and energy finance, brings over two decades of experience in utility-scale generation, project structuring, and cross-border energy development. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of GENESIS Energy Group, where he has led utility-scale generation projects of more than 780MW in operations, ongoing construction, and advanced development in Nigeria, South Africa, Benin Republic, Zambia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Mali and United Kingdom with a project development pipeline north of 4.5GW. His expertise spans conventional power infrastructure development, distributed energy deployments (both renewable and gas), natural gas commercialisation, energy markets reforms and specialised energy investment financing- capabilities that align with Botswana’s current reform priorities.
