Tony Tiyou  is the Director and Founder of Renewables in Africa, which has 2 main activities with a vision to transform Africa and the lives of Africans by leveraging the Power of Renewable Energy.
Renewables in Africa (RiA) the Media platform. The vision is to transform Africa and African Lives by leveraging the Power of Renewable Energy. The ambition is to Raise the Technical Awareness about Renewable Energy and Energy Management in the African Continent and disseminate the information. As much as helping businesses primarily, it is also about getting the civil society understanding what they need, what they buy and to some extent as well, how to better use this energy.
Renewables in Africa  is as well clean Energy Engineering Consultancy providing services in Renewable energy and Energy Management to project developers and investors. RiA is primarily focusing in projects in Africa but will also advice clients for projects in other emerging markets.
Tony previously worked for a decade as Development Engineer, Project Manager, Lead Consultant and Business Development Manager in several companies in the Automotive and the Renewables Industries.
In December 2017, Tony joined KWHCoin as an advisor and business partner. KWHCoin is a renewable energy blockchain company that is working to develop peer to peer energy trading system and with a social impact mission to improve the lives of 1.2 billion people without access to affordable, sustainable and reliable energy.
Tony holds a triple master’s degree from Cranfield University (UK), Ecole Centrale de Lille (France) and Faculte Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium). He is also recognized as a Renewable Energy expert from the European Energy Centre (UK) and a member of the Energy Manager Association (EMA). 
Tony is the author of ‘The Wind Industry Outlook in Africa’, released in November 2017 and has won the same year an Award for African Leadership Impact Investing.
Tony is also a director of Reach Society, a Queen’s Voluntary Award winner social enterprise that is aiming to encourage, motivate and inspire young black people in the UK.

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Tony Tiyou - Renewables In Africa

Established in 2015, Jollof Box is a limited company founded by a mother and son duo. Mother Sade is a renowned Caterer with over 40 years experience in the food and retail industry and Son Matthew is a Digital Product Consultant with over 12 years in business transformation.
We are a Gourmet African Cuisine company specialising in a Grab and Go Offering as well as a Caterer of Special Events with a Home made chill sauce product and an African Cooking school. We have 4 trademarks, 2 registered domain names and a large social media presence via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
Our aim is to sell delicious, celebratory and authentic cuisine of the West African diaspora to the all communities in our unique boxes as well as educate all on the health benefits and heritage of West African Food. 
We are the first hot African food business to have recently appeared on Dragons Den!!

Jollof Box - Gourmet African Cuisine

#SUPAFOUNDR: Gwendolyn Myers was born 12th September, 1990 in Liberia. She has over ten years of experience working in Peace and non- violence education among in and out of school youth.
Recently featured in Time Magazine as one of the Top Eight Young Reformers Across the Globe Shaping the World.  Recognized as one of six worthy Africa’s Young Achievers in quarterly magazine; Africa Renewal published by the UN Department of Public Information, New York, April- July 2018. 2018 Top 10 Young African Change Makers by Youth Hub Africa in celebration of International Youth Day 2018. 
She serves as Founder& Executive Director of a non-profit; Messengers of Peace (MOP) Liberia Inc with major responsibilities for programme formulation and execution as well as managing the day-to-day operations of the organization. Gwen has extensive experience in managing & evaluating peacebuilding & gender programmes, especially for young men and women through a well-established coaching and mentoring programme initiated in poor communities in and around Monrovia and work with ex-combatants as mediator.
Her non-profit; Messengers of Peace-Liberia Inc (MOP) is the first recipient of H. E. President George Manneh Weah National Peace Prize Award 2018 in celebration of the 15 years of unbroken peace in Liberia since the Accra Peace Accord 18th August.
Recognized by UN Deputy Secretary General, Madam Amina J. Mohammed as “Youth for Peace” in an article posted on CNN of her visit to celebrate a new era in Liberia’s history and recognized the strong desire for youths to be at the helm of transforming a prosperous future for Liberians. 
Ms. Myers is a Global Shaper of the Global Shapers Community/World Economic Forum. She serves as Global Youth Representative for the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding & Statebuilding (CSPPS) with focus on sustaining peace using the New Deal Principles in g7+ countries to achieve agenda 2030 in The Hague, Netherlands.
Gwen has recently been elected as member of the Global Shapers Community Advisory Council on Governance & Accountability at the World Economic Forum-Geneva, Switzerland as well nominated as Expert in Human Rights by the World Economic Forum joining more than 5,000 world leading experts engaged by the Forum to help shape the global agenda.

Gwendolyn Myers

Messengers Of Peace

Im a storyteller exploring innovative culture and start-up eco-systems in Africa.

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