Chidalu Onyenso is Making Energy Affordable with Earthbond

Chidalu Onyenso is the founder and CEO of Earthbond, an organisation that uses climate data and analytics to make energy affordable for Africans. She has worked in various fields such as marketing, operations, consulting, and more. 

We talked about:

• Chidalu’s career

• What inspired her to start Earthbond

• The energy challenges faced by businesses in Nigeria

• How Earthbond helps businesses save money or make money 

• Getting businesses to adopt renewable energy

You can watch the full video on Youtube here.

Key takeaways:

1. Africa has an energy problem

2. There is a HUGE lending gap for African business owners

3. Businesses here spend a bulk of their money/loans on energy and inventory

4. Earthbond is committed to helping businesses reduce energy costs

5. Earthbond focuses on businesses because of the value they provide to society

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chidaluonyenso/ 

Find Iwalola

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iwalolaa/ 

• Twitter: twitter.com/IwalolaSobowale

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In this episode we cover:

0:00 Intro

01:44 More about Chidalu

02:41 Icebreaker

05:25 Chidalu's career highlights

08:50 The energy problem in Africa 

11:30 What businesses are spending loans on

13:34 Deciding where Earthbond should operate 

17:30 How Earthbond got into the market

20:42 Why Earthbond focuses on solar energy

22:56 How Nigeria's natural gas influenced Earthbond 

25:26 Earthbond's success stories 

27:13 Challenges Chidalu and Earthbond have faced

36:13 Financing Earthbond 

37:15 How to reach Earthbond

37:54 Why businesses use Earthbond 

39:51 Earthbond's proudest achievements

40:47 Places with the best opportunities for solar energy in Nigeria 

42:20 Raising funds for the business 

46:11 Lessons from the Earthbond journey

49:23 Earthbond's North Star 

50:21 The future of Earthbond

51:54 Final words 

52:24 Outro

We referenced:

Earthbond

BBC Podcast: Focus on Africa

IBM

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2. Bootstrapped: Evans Akanno on Building Vzy

Until next time, stay curious!

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