The Energy Talk - Storytellers of Africa's Energy Transition

Joining us this week on the podcast is Dr. Victoria Nalule from Uganda she is a lawyer that specializes in the energy and mining industries of Africa and she is an avid advocate for women’s issues and infrastructural and economic developments in African communities.

Jake Corley, CEO, and Co-founder of Wellhub, managing partner of Digital Wildcatters which among other things produces the "oil and gas start-up podcasts", which He co-hosts with his partner Collin. Jake also, owns and operates his own oil-field and from what you'll hear from our conversation, he might be the most natural entrepreneur I've ever spoken to.

It is also my pleasure to introduce Jennifer as a new member of The Energy Talk team.

Light Up The World (LUTW) is a Canadian non-profit organization focused on the principle that access to energy changes lives. The organization works in communities that don’t have access to electricity; now focusing operation in Peru. Joining us on this episode from Lima, Peru is Ruairi McLoughlin, the social enterprise manager of LUTW, Peru.

Laura Dafov joins the energy conversation this week to share about her current role in BP, finding large deposits of Natural Gas Hydrates, which is a cleaner-burning and abundant fuel source that could play a significant role in the global energy mix of the future.

Helena joins the conversation this week from London, UK; and we have a very interesting conversation about climate change, renewable energy, and environmental policy.

Mark LaCour is an Oil and gas expert, in our conversation, we dive into the complex Geo-politics surrounding the petroleum industry, specification the dynamic relationship between OPEC, Russia, and the USA.

Thank you to everyone who reads these descriptions, you're all awesome.  Don't forget to rate and subscribe wherever you're listening to the podcast.  There is a link in the description you can use to send voice messages, all voice messages will be played on the next episode (unless they're personal). Have a great week and look forward for the next episode!  ___________________ Special thanks to J...

In 2013, a barrel of crude traded at an average of US$112/bbl. In early 2016, the price of oil hit an historic low of $26/bbl.

Tobi is a young energy data analyst that brings data to life, he is currently developing his technical and entrepreneurial skills in Lagos, Nigeria.

Joining us from beautiful Lobitos, Peru is Andres Bustamante; the first guest of the show and one of the founding partners of an NGO called ECOSWELL.

Welcome to the first episode of the energy talk, here we start off with the story of Prometheus and his gift of fire to mankind.

Welcome to the Energy Talk Podcast