The EEP Africa Team is headed by a fund management unit at NDF in Helsinki, Finland, and operates out of regional hubs in Nairobi, Kenya and Harare, Zimbabwe. The team is comprised of a diverse group of staff and consultants with multi-sectoral profiles and extensive regional expertise in energy access, clean energy financing, energy policy and partnerships, portfolio management, and monitoring and evaluation.
Chiedza Mazaiwana
Portfolio Manager, Harare
Portfolio Monitoring, focal point on Productive Uses of Energy (lead)
Chris Browne
Head of Insights and Learning, Madrid
Leads MEL and knowledge generation across the portfolio
Christian Maguchu
Portfolio Manager, Harare
Portfolio Monitoring, focal point on Productive Uses of Energy
Christina Chigwenembe
Portfolio Manager, Lilongwe
Portfolio Monitoring, focal point on Residential Electricity
Jussi Viding
Team Leader, Helsinki
Overall Fund Management, Donor Relations, and Strategic Partnerships
Karlijn Groen
Portfolio Manager, Nairobi
Portfolio Monitoring, focal point on Clean Cooking
Kenneth Nyange
Portfolio Manager, Nairobi
Portfolio Monitoring, focal point on Mini-grids & Power Generation
Maria Talari
Fund Management Officer, Helsinki
Fund Management Support
Maryanne Wanjiru
MEL Officer, Nairobi
Miguel Oliveira
Graphic Designer
Noel Amoit
Portfolio Manager, Nairobi
Portfolio Monitoring, focal point on Mobility
Tamara Kalunda
Business Development Expert, Nairobi
Business Development Support and Investment Facilitation
EEP Africa is hosted and managed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF). As the fund manager, NDF oversees the overall strategy, management, administration, and performance of EEP Africa throughout its lifecycle. To deliver high-quality services across all programme activities, NDF works with a group of specialised implementation support partners. The current service providers include:
- 60 Decibels – impact performance reports for EEP Africa grantees
- Adalia – SmartME project management platform
- Open Capital – technical assistance and investment facilitation support
- Shortlist – fractional leadership support for EEP Africa grantees
- SNV – implementation support across most EEP Africa activities
