Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, former UN
Under-Secretary-General has arrived in the UK in advance of a working visit to
the University of Oxford.
While in Oxford, the distinguished development economist and
global energy access advocate will deliver a lecture on ‘the role of the
international oil companies in achieving universal access to energy in
developing countries’.
Yumkella will speak at St. Catherine’s College as part of the
Thirty-Eight Oxford Energy Seminar series.
Yumkella is widely credited for creating and
leading the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) partnership that is
working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 7, as part of the
new 2015 Development agenda.
The empowerment of women is a
priority for the KKY Movement, especially with regards to the economic,
political and social development of Sierra Leone.
The KKYM Women’s Group in the UK will be hosting a social event
in London in honour of Dr & Mrs Yumkella, on Saturday, 24 September 2016,
at the Denmark Hill Community Centre, Blanchedowne Road, London SE5 8HL
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