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Teddy Gichuhi Mbugua

Teddy Gichuhi Mbugua

Graduate Electrical and Electronics Engineer

Teddy Gichuhi Mbugua is an Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate (Power Systems) from Strathmore University, Nairobi, currently awaiting graduation. His interests focus on renewable energy integration, power system protection, and improving grid reliability in developing regions. He has gained practical experience through internships with Kenya Power and the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, where he supported electrical infrastructure projects, substation monitoring, and fault diagnosis. Teddy has worked on modelling a solar–diesel hybrid mini-grid based on the Mageta Island system, where he developed an adaptive overcurrent protection scheme to improve fault detection under different operating modes. He was also a semi-finalist in the 2024 Switch Energy Alliance Competition. He is passionate about advancing sustainable energy solutions that improve electricity access and system reliability 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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