On July 4, 2025, the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) hosted a meeting with the national Gender and Energy Technical Working Group (GE-TWG)—a collective initiative to ensure gender equality is meaningfully integrated into Ethiopia’s energy sector. The event…
7 Day Campaign: Celebrating Women in Energy Enas is the Ethiopia Country lead for the The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), where she works closely with the government of Ethiopia to accelerate off-grid energy access and strengthen…
The 4th Annual Women in Energy 2024 Event held by EWiEn On December 5, 2024, theEthiopian Women in Energy Association (EWiEn), in collaboration with GIZEnergizing Development (Endev), held its 4th Annual Women in Energy 2024 Eventat the Ethiopian Skylight…
Mizan Welderufael Massa – Productive Use of Energy (PUE) Manager at Energicity, in Sierra Leone, Benin, and Liberia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjpYFDzPIwE&t=1s Mizan was born and raised in Adigrat, Tigray, with a mom who wanted her to be an engineer and a dad…
Blen Genene – COO at APCON Enterprises Limited “Nobody is going to pull you a chair if you want to sit at the big table, you have to pull your own chair. And then if they don’t listen to…
Bezawit Mekonnen Getahun – Project Manager- (ADELE on grid -Ten towns project,WB)- EEU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYB1Y-Pil4&t=2s Growing up most of her childhood (8 years) in a single-mother household alongside four siblings, Bezawit developed a resilient spirit from an early age. Despite being…
Lemlem Mesganaw: Empowering Communities Through Energy Access Lemlem Mesganaw: Empowering Communities Through Energy AccessShe is one of the awardees of the influential Women in Energy Award of the influential women in Energy award of the year 2022. She is…
Amsal Barega- Founder of Lem Betret Alternative Energy Technology Amsal Barega: The Entrepreneur Behind Lem Betret Alternative Energy Technology Manufacturing She is one of the awardees of the influential Women in Energy Award of the influential women in Energy award…
Aster Taye Asfaw – Founder and CEO of Amarach Energy Technology Enterprise Aster Taye’s Journey: Empowering Communities and Redefining Gender Norms She is one of the awardees of the influential Women in Energy Award of the influential women in Energy…
Influential women in energy recognition awards Adey Getachew, EWiEn president said in her opening speech. Speeches from the Ministry of Water and energy, Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, and GIZ Ethiopian-German Energy cooperation were delivered by Kaleb Tadesse Energy…
