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Oghenefegor Favour Ugbine

Oghenefegor Favour Ugbine

Mechanical Engineer

Oghenefegor Favour Ugbine is an engineer and researcher with a background in advanced manufacturing, computational modelling, and sustainable energy. He holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s in Manufacturing 4.0, where he developed strong skills in Python, simulation, optimization, and data-driven engineering. His work has focused on solving practical industrial problems through research, including modelling, validation, and performance improvement under real operating conditions. Oghenefegor is passionate about clean energy access in Africa and is especially interested in solar manufacturing, system reliability, and technologies that can improve long-term performance in local environments. He is committed to bridging research and practical application by developing solutions that are useful, scalable, and relevant to industry and communities. Through SIRF, he hopes to deepen his knowledge, collaborate with other innovators, and contribute to research that supports stronger solar adoption and sustainable development across Africa.

SIRF is delivered by the Renewable Energy Technology Training Institute (RETTI) with support from the WOCEWA (Women and Clean Energy in West Africa) small grant framework, a program of ECOWAS implemented by ECREEE.

This support strengthens SIRF’s mission to advance women-led clean energy enterprises and research-driven solar manufacturing capacity in West Africa.

SIRF forms part of a broader renewable energy capacity-building framework supported under the WOCEWA initiative. While SIRF delivers virtual research training across Africa, a separate Solar Panel Assembly Training program will provide hands-on solar assembly training to 20 Nigerian women in Lagos.

Selected practical insights from SIRF research may inform aspects of the demonstration assembly process. Both initiatives contribute to strengthening local solar manufacturing capacity.

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