Chinedu Nevo

Research Student

Chinedu Nevo is affiliated with Department of Accounting and Finance.

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Biography

Chinedu is a young sustainability enthusiast with research interests in development economics, energy financing, climate change, gender and strategic management.

He holds both BSc and MSc degrees in Economics from the University of Nigeria, and a second MSc degree in Energy Policy from the Pan-African University of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES), Algeria. He is currently a Doctoral Researcher in Accounting and Finance at the Open University, UK. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management with knowledge and experience in Project Management, Economic and Financial Management.

Owing to his passion for Africa’s development, Chinedu has co-founded a social entrepreneurship project – SoCool – which is designing a solar-powered refrigeration and water filtration system for rural African communities. This project has won the first place prize of the Pan-African University (PAU) Innovation Challenge in 2021 and has emerged as a finalist project in both the Stanford Design Challenge 2020 and the World Bank Utility of the Future Challenge 2021. The project has also enjoyed further support from GIZ, African Union, African Development Bank and Conoscope (Germany).

Chinedu has six peer-reviewed journal publications cutting across Economics, Gender, Energy and Climate Change. He has attended a few international conferences, summits and summer schools, some of which include the Student Energy Summit 2019 (London, UK), 2019 Summer School of the Hamburg School of Business Administration (Germany), European Forum Alpbach 2019 (Austria) and the 16^th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth – COY16 (Glasgow, UK).

His key skills include Econometric Analysis, Financial Analysis, Project Management and Energy Modelling.

Current Research

New frontiers on the rise: Dynamics and trends of renewable energy entrepreneurship in Africa

This study seeks to examine how renewable energy startups of diverse African origins and configurations adapt their dynamic capabilities (DCs) to the rapid institutional changes and complexities in many African emerging markets and/or develop new ones. It will also investigate why some of these startups perform better than others in adapting to various African contexts, especially the unfavourable institutional frameworks.

It is expected that the study will contribute to the emerging knowledge base surrounding renewable energy use in African countries and beyond. The research also aims to provide support to the understanding of the foundational theories within the context of African emerging markets.