Mukabanji Mutanuka is a renewable energy and development economist with over 8 years extensive experience in the offgrid energy field. Based in Lusaka Zambia, she is responsible for Business Development of Minigrid innovations across Southern African. Prior to this, she has been responsible for the technical, financial and environmental design and development of off grid innovations in Zambia under the White House Led initiative- Power Africa Offgrid Energy Challenge, where she had direct oversight of development and risk management of a solar micro grid, micro-hybrid systems and distribution of solar home systems. She has recently assisted in consultancy work in the offgrid sector under the EU and is a Board Member of Zambia Renewable Energy Association (ZARENA), and the African Minigirds Developers Association (AMDA), and an Administrator of the Association of Power Companies (APC). Mukabanji strongly believes in the power of integrated energy policy frameworks and off grid innovations as a means to revolutionize sustainable access for majority of rural communities