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Wornu Chizom Uchechukwu

Wornu Chizom Uchechukwu

Entreprenuer

Chizom Wornu is the founder of Ryder Energy, tackling post-harvest food losses in Nigeria through innovative solar cold storage. With a strong background in electrical engineering, Chizom specializes in power electronics, advanced control systems, and renewable energy simulation.

At Ryder Energy, he develops accessible solar cooling solutions for smallholder farmers in off-grid communities. His research focuses on designing ultra-efficient, modular cold storage that integrates intelligent power management and hybrid thermal energy storage, drastically reducing battery dependence and overall system costs.

As a Solar Innovators Research Fellow, Chizom is committed to advancing decentralized, productive-use solar technologies. By optimizing these systems for West African climates, he aims to deliver clean energy solutions that enhance regional food security and drive rural economic empowerment.

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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