Africa Renewable Energy Awards, “The Oscars of Energy”
linkedin.com/alicengatia , Date: 2024 In 2024 I was invited as a guest speaker and award presenter at the Africa Renewable Energy Awards, known across the continent as “the Oscars of Energy.” It’s less a ceremony than a proof point: a room full of the people actually building Africa’s renewable energy transition, gathered in Nairobi to […]
Developing Strong Sustainable Marketing Practices
linkedin.com/alicengatia , Date: February, 2024 Indeed, sustainable marketing is a thing. In recent years, businesses have made a deliberate effort to align their efforts towards sustainable marketing practices because it builds good public relations for the organization, its products, and services. Furthermore, adopting sustainable marketing has a positive social and environmental impact, and this creates […]
Sustainability Outreach, Ruai Primary School
linkedin.com/alicengatia , Date: 2024 Through Schneider Electric, I volunteered to teach mid-primary school children at Ruai Primary School about sustainability; what it means, why it matters, and the small, concrete ways they can already take care of their environment. What struck me most was how much they already knew. I choose to bring the company’s […]
Communicating for Impact
Published: LinkedIn (standout4growth) , Date: May 29, 2023 Have you ever heard the saying, “You are who you hang around”? It may sound cliché, but there’s a profound truth hidden within those words. The people we surround ourselves with have a profound influence on our thoughts, actions, and words. Many times we are forced to […]
Africa Climate School, University of Nairobi
linkedin.com/alicengatia , 2023 – present The Africa Climate School is an annual programme hosted by the University of Nairobi, bringing together students, researchers and industry to talk climate action in an African context. Since 2023, I’ve spoken each year about the sustainability efforts of an organisation like Schneider Electric, because platforms like this are where […]
Mind Your Perspective
Published: LinkedIn (standout4growth), Date:December 17, 2022 My birthday is around the corner, and one thing I remember feeling about having my birthday in this season is that it was a scam! As a child, it always felt like no one, other than family of course, seemed to remember that Christmas Day was also my day, […]
Sunflower School, Kibera
linkedin.com/alicengatia , Date: 2022/2023 Between 2022 and 2003 I volunteered as a counsellor at Sunflower School in Kibera, working with children on confidence and life skills outside the classroom. These are kids growing up in one of Nairobi’s more vulnerable communities, and sometimes the most useful thing you can give them is just by showing […]
Enactus Mentorship Partnership
linkedin.com/alicengatia , 2022 – present Schneider Electric partners with Enactus to put experienced professionals alongside students building their own careers and ventures. There’s no fixed subject I’m there to teach, rather, my role is much simpler than that: being a steady, honest presence for people a few steps behind, someone who’s been through the same […]
The Ying Yang of Gender Equality
linkedin.com/alicengatia, Date:March 2022 This month we celebrate International Women’s Day, the theme being ‘Break The Bias. This has been a very important topic for society that has dominated the airwaves for such a long time. Infact nowadays, everywhere you look, you will see a host of very accomplished and empowered women doing great things. And […]
The Color of Love
linkedin.com/alicengatia, Date:February 2022 I was at the supermarket this past weekend and I noticed a little red corner stacked with nice looking goodies. Everything in this corner was either red or white. And I don’t know if you have ever wondered why red is viewed as the color of love? Red signifies fire, danger, power, […]