JustGESI team members Harshit Vallecha, Lorraine Howe, Mulualem Gebreslassie along with colleagues Joshua Kirshner and Long Seng To have published a new letter article in the journal of ‘Environmental Research: Energy'. The article examines the critical supply chain issues through accounts of practical challenges encountered by off-grid energy developers and service providers in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique.

The JustGESI has published its first newsletter of 2026, offering a snapshot of its growing momentum and expanding engagement with stakeholders and policy processes. The issue highlights progress across partner countries, alongside policy and academic engagements, fieldnotes, emerging insights, publications, and upcoming events.

Dr Guday Emirie and Dr Getachew Bekele of the JustGESI team participated in a policy dialogue roundtable on women’s advocacy priorities in Ethiopia’s informal energy sector, held in Addis Ababa. The event was convened by Ethiopian Women in Energy (EWiEn) in partnership with the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network. This article presents key insights and takeaways from the discussion.

JustGESI team members Estomih Sawe, Donata Didas, Mary Swai and Jensen Shuma from TaTEDO-SESO, Tanzania, supported by Serena Saligari (Loughborough University), present a report providing an overview of Tanzania's transition to modern cooking from a GESI perspective.

JustGESI institutional partner TaTEDO Sustainable Energy Services Organization (TaTEDO-SESO), in collaboration with Sustainable Energy Services Company Limited (SESCOM), hosted international participants from the JustGESI programme for a high-impact learning visit at its premises in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 22, 2026. JustGESI team members from TaTEDO-SESO share their reflections from the day.

Dr Rihab Khalid and Dr Serena Saligari report on the JustGESI’s Work Package 1 Learning Exchange in Tanzania, co-hosted by TaTEDO-SESO and centred around designing and implementing inclusive and sustainable energy delivery models.

JustGESI team members Solomon Teklemichael Bahta, Fana Filli Nurhusen, and Akatew Haile Mebrahtu from Mekelle University, Ethiopia, supported by Serena Saligari (Loughborough University), Mulualem Gebregiorgis (Sheffield Hallam University), and Yiheyis Eshetu (Ministry of Water and Energy, Ethiopia), present a report providing an overview of Ethiopia’s transition to modern cooking.

Dr Getachew Bekele, JustGESI team member and Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University, provides an overview of key energy sector events he attended in Ethiopia in February 2026, including the e‑cooking in humanitarian settings workshop, the Gender & Energy Technical Working Group (GE‑TWG) meeting, and the 78th Talk Energy Ahead (TEA) session.

Dr Sangita Thebe Limbu, Research Associate on the JustGESI Project, attended the Early Career Researchers (ECR) Net Zero Conference in Birmingham on 9-10 March 2026, where she presented a JustGESI research poster on Institutional Ethnography.

Dr Serena Saligari, Research Associate on the JustGESI project, shares her reflections and insights from recent fieldwork in Malawi. Dr Chrispin Gogoda, a member of the JustGESI team, also contributed to this piece.

JustGESI team members Dr Carlos Shenga and Lorraine Howe, from the Centre for Research on Governance and Development (CPGD), present a report that provides an overview of Mozambique’s energy policies and examines how they address issues of gender equality and social inclusion.

The JustGESI team has finalised its logic model that brings together the project’s interdisciplinary and international research team and local institutional partners in its mission to tackle the drivers of discrimination and oppression preventing the realisation of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in energy transition policies and practices in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

JustGESI Research Associates Dr  Serena Saligari and Dr Rihab Khalid of Loughborough University have been awarded funding from the ERA/C‑DICE Community Fund to deliver a participatory workshop on Gender Equity and Inclusive Practices for Just and Sustainable Energy Transitions. Applications are now open, and we warmly invite interested researchers to apply.

On 5 February 2026, Dr Serena Saligari and Dr Chrispin Gogoda delivered a presentation on the JustGESI project at Mzuzu University, bringing together university leaders, academics, and stakeholders to discuss pathways toward inclusive and equitable energy transitions.

Professor Vanesa Castán Broto, Principal Investigator for JustGESI, shares insights from the Global Environment Outlook 7 (GEO-7) Report, launched at the UN Environment Assembly in December 2025, and reflects on its implications for equitable energy transitions, community energy, clean cooking, and feminist energy perspectives rooted in justice and knowledge pluralities.

On October 22, 2025, the JustGESI project was officially launched at the University of Sheffield, hosted by the Urban Institute (UI) as part of its 10-year anniversary celebrations. The event provided a key platform to introduce JustGESI’s work on advancing gender equality and social inclusion Africa’s energy transition.

The JustGESI Malawi team participated in the 2025 Malawi National Energy Conference and joined a virtual side-event titled ‘Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the Energy Sector: Policy and Action.’ The team introduced the JustGESI initiative and engaged stakeholders in discussions on inclusive energy policies, gender disparities, and the role of energy entrepreneurship in advancing GESI.

Dr Getachew Bekele, Co-Investigator for the JustGESI project and Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University, shared insights on integrating GESI into clean cooking policies during a high-level dialogue organised by SNV and GE-TWG in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

We are thrilled to launch the JustGESI quarterly newsletter, highlighting the intersections of gender, inclusion, and just energy futures. Read our inaugural edition on Substack and subscribe for future updates.

The JustGESI team held its first in-person workshop in Cape Town from 6–9 October 2025, hosted by the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town. Our team of researchers and practitioners from six countries and diverse disciplines examined GESI policies in national energy strategies, identified policy-practice and data gaps, and reflected on what it takes to advance just, inclusive, and sustainable energy futures.