Outdoor Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance in Kenya

A physicist by training with postgraduate training in solid state physics, especially its application in solar energy systems. Been involved in various solar energy research projects of public importance, including investigation of the performance of dye-sensitized cells devices under field operating conditions in the tropics, and other solar energy technologies that promise affordable energy access for the poor. Served and still serves in various capacities either as a Principal Investigator, Project Director or Programme Coordinator as well as being a Committee/Board Member of various research projects and programmes. Been involved in the scale-up programmes for solar energy uptake, especially in remote areas in Kenya, and the piloting of a project to produce and enhance post-harvest value addition for orange-fleshed sweet potatoes using solar technology in collaboration with the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). For about eight (8) years since 2005, was the first andpioneer Director of the OAIC Education and Training Programme, which is a vibrant programme that targets hitherto educationally deprived children, young people and adults with Education for Work novelty