Jessica Stephens 2023 Speaker

Director of Business Development , Persistent Energy

Jessica is the Director of Business Development at Persistent. She is an entrepreneur, renewable energy and off-grid policy expert with more than 15 years of experience working across Africa, establishing and running businesses. Previously Jessica held the role of CEO of the African Minigrid Developers Association, which she co-founded after working for 2 different minigrid start-ups. Before working on the Energy Transition she co-founded two companies in East Africa.