Beryl Onjala
Researcher
Beryl Onjala was a researcher within the Nuvoni Centre for Innovation Research. Her research interests were primarily in energy access, with a focus on modern cooking services, along with the sustainability, inclusiveness, and governance of mini grids in Sub-Saharan Africa. She was also interested in the trade sector.
She has Master of Arts in Economics degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and has previously worked at the Consumer Unity and Trust Society as a programme officer. She has also been a researcher at the Institute for Research in Economic Development.
Projects at Nuvoni
Publications
• Byrne, R., Onjala, B., Todd, J. F., Onsongo, E., Chengo, V., Ockwell, D., and Atela, J. (2020). Electric Cooking in Rwanda: an Actor-network Map and Analysis of a Nascent Socio-technical innovation System. Loughborough: Modern Energy Cooking Services.
• Byrne, R., Onsongo, E., Onjala, B., Chengo, V., Todd, J. F., Ockwell, D., and Atela, J. (2020). Electric Cooking in Kenya: an Actor-network Map and Analysis of a Nascent Socio-technical Innovation System. Loughborough: Modern Energy Cooking Services.
• Byrne, R., Onsongo, E., Onjala, B., Todd, J. F., Chengo, V., Ockwell, D., and Atela, J. (2020). Electric Cooking in Tanzania: an Actor-network Map and Analysis of a Nascent Sociotechnical Innovation System. Loughborough: Modern Energy Cooking Services.
• Owino, B. & Onjala. B. (2017). Making Buy Kenya, Build Kenya Strategy Work for Local Agro-processors. Switzerland: CUTS, Geneva.
Perspectives
• Opportunities for Electric Cooking in Mini-grids.
• Safeguarding Regional Trade Integration in the Buy Kenya, Build Kenya Strategy.
• How can Trade Help Agro-Processing Development in East Africa?