Jasandra Nyker
| Jasandra Nyker | |
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| 🏳️ Nationality | Tanzanian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | *University of Cape Town |
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Jasandra Nyker is a Tanzanian entrepreneur and former CEO of the South African developer of renewable energy sources and power plant operator, BioTherm Energy.[1] She is a managing director of the International Power Fund at Denham Capital,[2] and a board member in the Emira Property Fund.[3]
Education[edit]
Nyker has a bachelor's degree in business science from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the London Business School, where she was a Merrill Lynch scholar.[4]
Career[edit]
After working from Brait SE, and being senior vice president at PCG Asset Management LLC,[3][5] she became CEO of Biotherm Energy in 2011. She has participated in renewable energy forums such as the World Economic Forum on Africa, held in Kigali, Rwanda in 2016,[6] and the 2017 Africa CEO Forum in Geneva.[7]
In 2019 she became a managing director at Denham Capital, after the sale of Biotherm to Actis Capital.[8][9] She also serves as an independent nonexecutive Director of the Emira Property Fund.[10]
She has supported business school students and young entrepreneurs by chairing the judges' panel for the 2012 Anzisha Prize,[11][12] and participating in the Odgers Berndtson CEOx1Day programme in 2017.[13]
Views[edit]
Nyker has advocated for the importance of renewable energy in Africa as a way to combat poverty,[14] given the abundance of solar and wind natural resources in the continent.[15] In order for power projects to succeed she has emphasized the need for certainty and consistency in government energy policy,[16][17] and advocated for partnerships between government and the private sector,[18] warning about state capture and failings of utility companies, such as South Africa's Eskom.[19] She has said that the independent power producers help improve power grids run by state utility companies, and that more African countries would benefit from this type of collaboration.[20]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Nyker was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2012.[21]
She was included in the "Fifty Changemakers Advancing Gender Equality in South Africa" list, on the occasion of the first 50/50 Day in 2017.[22]
In 2019 she received the Outstanding Contribution Award in Power at the African Power, Energy and Water Awards.[23] [24]
References[edit]
- ↑ "BioTherm Energy Pty Ltd". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Jasandra Nyker". Denham Capital. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jasandra Nyker". www.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jasandra Nyker. World Economic Forum. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Saathoff, Sandra (28 April 2008). "ReliOn Secures "C" Round Financing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Mulupi, Dinfin (2016-06-03). "Seeing power generation as a business opportunity: African CEOs weigh in". How We Made It In Africa. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Can off-grid electricity power Africa?". How We Made It In Africa. 2017-05-28. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Denham Capital Announces Sale of African Renewable Power Company BioTherm Energy". Denham Capital. 2019-08-01. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Actis acquires South African renewables company BioTherm Energy". 2 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Officer Profile". in.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Andrew Mupuya named as 2012 Anzisha Grand Prize Winner". African Leadership Academy. 2012-08-30. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Nsehe, Mfonobong (5 September 2012). "Three Young Prize-Winning African Entrepreneurs To Watch". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "CEO for a Day South Africa - Participating CEOs". www.odgersberndtson.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Nyker, Jasandra (15 May 2014). "Why Renewables are the Way Forward for Africa | GE News". General Electric News. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Building renewable power in South Africa". BBC News. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Burkhardt, Paul (2018-02-01). "How to Wreck the World's Fastest-Growing Renewables Program". Bloomberg NEF. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Africa Energy Forum, London: Progress Takes Time But Quick Action is Needed". Renewable Energy World. 2016-07-11. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Creamer, Terence (6 November 2019). "Infrastructure Fund project pipeline stands as R700bn, DBSA reports". www.engineeringnews.co.za. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Nyker, Jasandra (2019-02-06). "Op-Ed: All the eggs are in Eskom's basket: It is time to diversify the energy sector". Daily Maverick. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ McGroarty, Patrick (2015-09-14). "South Africa Pushes to Expand Renewable Energy". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Norbrook, Nicholas (2012-05-07). "Young Global Leaders: Cream of the crop at the World Economic Forum". The Africa Report.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Mathews, Charlie. "Fifty Changemakers Advancing Gender Equality in SA". Treeshake. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gordon, Philip (2019-05-22). "Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda and South Africa amongst winning projects and pioneers at African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards". Smart Energy International. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Theron, Ashley (2019-11-25). "Outstanding Contribution Award 2019: Power". African Energy Elites. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-18. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- World Economic Forum Presidential Briefing: Africa's Promise: Wind and Solar energy [1]
- World Economic Forum South Africa 2017 - Electrifying All of Africa [2]
- Power People: Jasandra Nyker (interview in Soundcloud) [3]
- Interview by Engerati [4]
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