Work Package 1 aims to enhance university delivery of masters’ curricula for SDG7. We support 30 partner universities across Africa, South Asia and the Indo-Pacific to deliver Masters’ curricula focused on clean energy access. The support includes funding as well as technical and marketing support. Additional support includes facilitating linkages and sharing of expertise between our partners, and facilitating guest lectures and trainings by energy companies.

By 2022, seven of our partner universities had launched new Masters’ programmes focused on energy access. In 2023, TEA-LP signed awards with 23 new partner universities to include newly designed Masters’ level energy access courses in their existing Masters’ programmes. Each course (of approximately 160 student hours) includes a variety of aspects such as technology, policy, business models and socio-economic aspects of energy access. The courses use a case study approach, highlighting best examples of global/regional solutions as well as local solutions.

TEA-LP thus aims to ensure that masters’ students will gain the high-level knowledge, skills and competencies to contribute effectively to the sustainable delivery of clean energy access in their countries.

Mini-Grids Training Workshop in Kigali, September 2024

TEA-LP partners at the TEA Forum, Kigali, March 2024

Course uptake workshop, Nairobi, June 2023

2nd Partner Workshop with 8 universities, Addis Ababa, Feb 2020

First Partner Workshop with 8 universities, Nairobi 2019

Here TEA-LP focuses on addressing the training and capacity building needs of companies and professionals in the sector to help support the growth of a highly skilled, innovative, and forward-thinking sector. This is achieved through the development of accredited Continued Professional Development (CPD) courses in collaboration with leading professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs from around the continent, offering specialised insights into the challenges, opportunities, and future of the energy landscape in Africa and the Global South, and the delivery of industry webinars, where guest speakers from within the TEA-LP network share their expertise to a wide audience.

Each of the CPD courses is informed by market research that identifies growing needs and knowledge gaps that exist within the sector. The courses include focus on end-user relevance and applicability, and are designed with the modern professional in mind, accommodating those who work full-time, have family responsibility, and other time commitments. UCT will provide an academic ‘homebase’ and the required certification of the CPD courses, which are fully accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). CPD points gained through these courses are transferrable to the participants’ home country.

The CPD courses are offered online every few months in a remote, asynchronous, and digital environment, making them accessible to candidates from all around Africa, South Asia and the Pacific Islands.

We are offering the following CPD courses:

IES

Integrated Energy System

IDEA

Integrated Data and Energy Analytics

CESET

Circular Economy & Sustainable Energy Transition

FFLE

Future Female Leaders in Energy

Integrated Energy Systems, a CPD course focused on Energy Security, Whole Systems Thinking in the context of the energy sector, Sustainability, and Energy Efficiency to equip professionals with a holistic understanding of the intricate facets of modern-day energy systems.

Integrated Data Energy Analytics, an 80-hour, ECSA-accredited CPD course that aims to bridge the gap between data science and energy systems, allowing a more efficiency and resilient sector to grow as data analytics, AI, machine learning, and smart grids are applied to energy systems to a greater extent.

Circular Economy and Sustainable Energy Transition that explores at the implications of integrating circularity principles into the energy and off-grid energy sectors, delivered in a systems thinking framework, so that a holistic, coherent understanding of the circular economy in this context is gained.

Future Female Leaders in Energy, a 6 month course that was developed in collaboration with the Africa Management Institute. This course aims to equip junior women in the energy sector in Africa to take on positions of leadership and management, while gaining a high-level technical overview of energy and off-grid energy systems.

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Integrated Energy Systems
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Integrated Energy Systems (IES) is another completely remote, self-paced, online CPD course aimed at intermediate-level employees working in the energy and off-grid energy sectors in Africa. The course was designed and developed by TEA-LP, with the support of four distinguished content experts from around the continent. Each content expert was responsible for developing one module of the course as follows:

  • Energy Security: Oghosa Erhahon (Nigeria)
  • Whole (Energy) Systems Thinking: Dr Karim Choukri (Morocco)
  • Sustainability: Dr Fenwicks Musonye (Kenya)
  • Energy Efficiency: Fana Fili Nurhussien (Ethiopia)

Each module runs over 2 weeks and consists of 20 hours, totalling 8 weeks (80 hours) of learning time. The course gives participants an in-depth understanding of energy systems, and how important aspects such as energy security, sustainability, and efficiency play a role in shaping modern energy systems.

The first cohort began in October 2023, and had 10 participants. The course is intended to be offered at least twice a year on a bi-annual basis until 2026. The next cohort is scheduled to start in February 2023, with additional 2024 cohorts starting in June and October.

The course is accredited by the UCT EBE CPD office and has been registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Upon completion, participants will gain 8 CPD points, which demonstrates that they have committed themselves to learning and developing themselves professionally. This can open the door to new opportunities, career development, and increased responsibilities.

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Integrated Data Energy Analytics
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Integrated Data Energy Analytics (IDEA) is the second online CPD course developed by TEA-LP that can be taken completely remotely. It is a self-paced learning journey, with modules developed in collaboration with industry-leading content experts from around the continent, offering valuable insights into some of the opportunities and challenges in the energy and off-grid energy sectors in Africa. Content experts were responsible for developing the following modules:

  • Introduction to Demand Assessment and Forecasting: Dr Karim Choukri (Morocco)
  • Data Collection and Preprocessing: Dr Karim Choukri (Morocco)
  • Energy Consumption Behaviour Analysis: Dr Fenwicks Musonye (Kenya)
  • Forecasting Techniques: Ing Addo Kwabena (Ghana)
  • Data Analytics for Operational Performance Evaluation: Dr Francis Xavier Ochieng (Kenya)
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Dr Francis Xavier Ochieng (Kenya)
  • Future Trends and Advanced Topic: Ing Adekoyejo Kuye (Nigeria)
  • Ethical and Privacy Considerations: Ms Gabriele James (South Africa)

Each module runs over one week and consists of 10 hours, totalling 8 weeks (80 hours) of learning time. The course gives participants an in-depth understanding of the nexus between energy systems and data analytics and science, bridging the gap between the two fields.

The first cohort began in October 2024, with more than 25 participants registering for the inaugural cohort. The course is intended to be offered at least twice a year on a bi-annual basis until 2026. The next cohort is scheduled to start in February 2024, with additional 2025 cohorts starting in June and October.

The course is accredited by the UCT EBE CPD office and has been registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Upon completion, participants will gain 8 CPD points, which demonstrates that they have committed themselves to learning and developing themselves professionally. This can open the door to new opportunities, career development, and increased responsibilities.

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Circular Economy and Sustainable Energy Transition (CESET)

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Circular Economy and Sustainable Energy Transition (CESET) is the third online CPD course developed by TEA-LP that can be taken completely remotely, in a fully asynchronous, digital environment.

CESET was designed with the modern professional in mind, offering a flexible, self-paced learning journey to make engaging with the course while juggling family and life responsibilities with relative ease. Each module was developed in collaboration with industry-leading content experts from around the continent, who offer unique insights into the challenges, opportunities, and future of the energy and off-grid energy sectors in Africa and the Global South.

Content experts were responsible for developing the following modules:

  • Environmental and Social Sustainability: Ms Nancy Mwari Murithi (Kenya)
  • Policy and Regulation: Mr Tumisang Ruda (Botswana)
  • Circularity and the Circular Economy: Mr Yame Nkgowe (Botswana)
  • Durability, Reusability, and Recycling: Ms Kinya Kimathi (Kenya)
  • Renewable Energy Supply Chains and Sustainable Resource Management: Mr Femi Adeniyi (Nigeria)
  • Finance and Business Models: Dr Jeffrey Baiden (Ghana)

Modules 1 and 3 run over two weeks and consists of 20 hours, while the remaining modules run over one week and consist of 10 hours each, totalling 8 weeks (80 hours) of learning time. The course gives participants a detailed understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the ciruclar economy and its scope for implementation in the renewable energy sector, covering a range of related topics to ensure that a systems-level perspective is gained.

The course is delivered through the UCT EBE CPD office and has been accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Upon successful completion of the course, participants will gain 8 CPD points (transferrable to their home country), which demonstrates that they have committed themselves to learning and developing themselves professionally, paving the way to to new opportunities, career development, and increased responsibilities in their work.

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Future Female Leaders in Energy Course

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Future Female Leaders in Energy is a remote, online CPD course that is aimed at junior women working in the energy and off-grid energy sectors in Africa. It was developed in collaboration with the African Management Institute (AMI), who developed 3 of the 6 modules, while UCT developed the remaining 3.

The module topics are as follows:

  • Introduction to the energy and off-grid energy sectors [UCT]
  • Leadership (Personal, Team, and Organisational) [UCT]
  • Risk Management [UCT]
  • Project Management [AMI]
  • Communication [AMI]
  • Financial Management [AMI]

Each module runs over 1 month, adding up to 6 months of learning in total. The course was designed such that participants would gain a set of practical skills, applicable knowledge, and valuable information that they could apply at their own organisation, and prepare them to be promoted to positions of leadership and management. Assessments (consisting of quizzes and projects) are used to guide the participants along the way so that they can track their progress and ensure that they are achieving the learning outcomes for the course.

The first cohort (which started in July 2023) consisted of 30 women from 12 different countries around the African continent, and the graduated in April 2024. To date, more than 300 women have successfully graduated from the course, many of whom have gone on to see impressive career growth, businesses launching, and numerous doors opening them up to an international career.

Testimonials

IES

IDEA

CESET

“I had been looking for a course with exactly this kind of content for quite some time and I was very happy to learn of this particular one and to be able to undertake it. I look forward to reviewing the material again and again – a real wealth of knowledge in there!”

“Several aspects of the TEA-LP CPD courses stood out as particularly valuable and unique. First, the content was exceptionally well-curated, offering a balanced blend of foundational theory and emerging trends within the sustainable energy transition. The way the courses linked circular economy principles, integrated system design, and data-driven decision-making created a cohesive learning experience that is not often found in standard CPDs.”

“I would like to extend my gratitude to you and entire team for giving me this wonderful opportunity to learn and grow in my career aspirations. Throughout the coursework, I have deeply gained a lot right from the energy security to efficiency which I would be grateful to apply both theoretical and practical sessions learned in the Energy metamorphosis. I really have no words to describe how supportive and encouraging your team has been but I’m much grateful everything done.”

The course provided a holistic understanding of energy systems, highlighting how every component is interconnected. As an electrical engineer, I gained practical insights into energy efficiency and renewable integration that I can directly apply in my work. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking to deepen their knowledge and make a tangible impact on sustainable energy practices.

This course provided a well-structured and insightful overview of integrated energy systems and their role in sustainable energy transitions. The use of practical case studies and relevant reference materials made complex concepts easier to grasp. I appreciated how the content linked theory to real-world applications. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to build strong knowledge in modern energy systems and sustainability.

“This has really been an exciting learning experience. Notwithstanding that all the lecturers in this course were excellent in their presentation, Ing. Addo Kwabena was absolutely brilliant in my opinion. Please relay my sentiments to him. You were very motivational and inspiring, in understanding the challenges of working professionals, for that, I salute you.”

“These courses strengthened my ability to assess energy solutions not only from a technical standpoint but also through economic, environmental, and lifecycle lenses. This has positioned me to contribute more strategically to energy projects, particularly those aiming to maximize resource efficiency, system integration, and long-term sustainability.”

The course offered a strong balance between technical analytics skills and the ethical considerations essential to working with data in the energy sector. The case studies and hands-on exercises made abstract concepts feel immediately applicable to real projects. i would recommend it to anyone working in energy analytics or data driving decision making who wants both practical tools and a solid ethical grounding. the structure made it easy to build knowledge progressively across modules.

This course gave me a practical framework for thinking through problems I face every day as an energy data analyst in Tanzania. The modules on data ethics, privacy, and algorithmic fairness were especially relevant and they connected directly to real decisions I make around customer data and smart meter analytics. The structure was clear, the case studies were grounded in real-world issues, and the workload was manageable alongside a full-time job. I would recommend this course to anyone working at the intersection of energy, data, and technology who wants to do their work more responsibly.

The course was a highly enriching experience that strengthened both my technical skills and practical understanding of the energy sector. The content was well-structured, relevant, and delivered in an engaging way. I particularly valued the hands-on approach, which made complex concepts easier to grasp. I would strongly recommend this programme to anyone looking to build or advance a career in energy and data analytics.

The Integrated Data & Energy Analytics course was a great learning experience. It enhanced my understanding of data analytics, AI, renewable energy, and smart energy systems.  It was motivating to learn how data-enabled solutions can solve Earth’s energy problems. I would like to recommend this course to everyone who is interested in energy & tech’s future.

This programme has been a masterclass in bridging the gap between raw data and high-level strategic decision-making in the renewable energy sector. The modules on end-user consumption behaviour, advanced forecasting techniques, and operational analytics provided the exact toolkit required to translate complex grid data into high-impact business insights. By mastering these analytical proficiencies, I can leverage predictive forecasting to perform sophisticated market due diligence and quantify technical performance to drive financial returns for institutional stakeholders.

“It’s been such a well-rounded learning experience, connecting ideas across policy, sustainability, and circular design. Every session has stretched my thinking about how we can build cleaner, fairer, and more regenerative energy systems.”

The course provided a practical and well-structured understanding of circular economy and sustainable energy transition. The content was highly relevant and enriched by real-world examples and case studies. I particularly appreciated the balance between technical concepts and their practical application. I would strongly recommend this programme to professionals and students seeking to build expertise in climate-resilient and sustainable energy solutions.

The course provides value for money. I did not expect it to cover such a variety of topics which are very relevant to circularity and JET. The amount I paid vs the content covered would make me recommend the course. The extra supplementary material was also appreciated.

The CESET course perfectly bridges the gap between circular economy principles and modern energy challenges. The practical frameworks and real-world case studies provided me with actionable tools that I can immediately apply to my professional work. I highly recommend this programme to any sustainability professional looking to build a systems-level understanding of equitable energy transitions.

The CESET course was an insightful and well-organized learning experience that provided valuable knowledge and practical skills. The content was relevant, engaging, and delivered by a knowledgeable facilitator. I especially appreciated the real-world applications covered in Lesson 5, which connected directly to my work. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to strengthen their understanding and gain practical insights in the field.

TEA-LP is in the process of building a strong network of professionals between the energy and off-grid energy sectors, higher education institutes, and research centres to facilitate the sharing of resources, expertise, and knowledge to support and grow the network and contribute to furthering the ecosystem of Southern expertise, in particular:

  • Expanding the TEA-LP network of institutions
  • Forging and strengthening beneficial collaborations between universities, researchers, and industry partners at a global level in the energy access sector
  • Provide ongoing support to TEA-LP network partners
  • Implement a strong communications and dissemination strategy
  • Broaden the scope of partnership activities including developing research activities

TEA-LP partners at the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) Energy Access Investment Forum (EAIF) 2025, hosted in Kampala, Uganda, from 8-10 April 2025.

TEA-LP partners at the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Education (SEED), July 2024

Two star Future Female Leaders in Energy graduates attending the “Women in Energy” event at Enlit Africa, 2024