In this episode, I speak to Riccardo Ridolfi, Founder, and CEO of Equatorial Power. Riccardo also serves on the board of Umeme Ltd., a leading electricity Corp in Uganda.

Its areas of focus are 1. Beyond the grid holistic rural service delivery starting from productive power 2. Grid-connected renewable energy 3. Industrial captive power. 

Riccardo talks about:

1) What is the biggest challenges and barriers in building renewable energy infrastructure in Uganda and Africa

2) Challenges in fundraising and scaling the business. 

3)  Equatorial Power's business model 

4)  How he dealt with mistakes and pivot the business 

5) His long term vision for Equatorial Power