In a quiet village in Western Kenya, where electricity was a luxury for the few, a young boy found himself captivated by the glow of a single solar panel—the only source of power in his area. That boy, Paul Simiyu, now 39, has grown into an accomplished engineer and advocate for sustainable energy.
“I grew up with no electricity,” recalls Mr Simiyu. “The only way we accessed clean energy at the time was through car batteries and rudimentary solar modules. That drove me to study mechanical engineering, with a focus on energy, to understand why energy is so expensive and inaccessible for ordinary people.”
