Kwasi Owusu Gyeabour

Kwasi Gyeabour has five years of experience in international sales, business development, and management. He currently works at Barefoot Power, an Australian social enterprise working to provide rural and off grid communities with affordable solar lighting and phone charging solutions through innovative business models. He manages operations across 23 countries in the West and Central Africa region. Kwasi Owusu Gyeabour is an expert and has spoken at international conferences on the topics of green economy, sustainable development, and renewable energy. He has also won notable local and international awards including the prestigious World Bank international essay competition in 2009, AIESEC international writing award in 2011, and is a past winner of the Ghana national debate championship. Upon his return from the Washington Fellowship, Kwasi intends to develop sales and distribution models that deliver ownership of solar lighting solutions to off-grid communities across West Africa.