Adekoyejo Kuye is a pioneering clean energy leader and social innovator dedicated to transforming food security and economic resilience in rural Nigeria. As Co-founder of KAMIM Technologies and the driving force behind CoolCycle, SoCool, and ColdGridX, Adekoyejo has spent the past decade addressing one of Africa’s most pressing challenges: post-harvest food loss. His work repurposes end-of-life generators into solar-powered cold storage solutions, enabling smallholder farmers to preserve food, reduce waste, and increase income. To date, his initiatives have directly benefited more than 3,000 farmers, with pilots scaling toward hundreds of thousands more across underserved communities.

 

Kuye’s leadership extends beyond technology to systemic change. He has spearheaded over 40 clean energy projects across Nigeria, collaborated with international bodies including the UN International Trade Centre, UK Aid, and the Alliance for Rural Electrification, and mobilized funding from institutions such as UK FCDO, UKaid, USADF, Innovate UK, and the Moonshot Platform. His innovative approach has been recognized globally, earning the Moonshot Platform Award in New York in 2024 and a Commonwealth Startup Fellowship at Imperial College London.

 

A passionate mentor, Adekoyejo has guided emerging energy leaders through Student Energy Guided Projects and contributes to global sustainability dialogues with organizations such as the United Nations, IEEE, IRENA, and the Africa Energy Forum. His academic foundation includes a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt and an MBA in Energy and Sustainability from the University of Cumbria.

 

For his Mountaintop Fellowship, Adekoyejo is expanding solar-powered cold storage networks to directly benefit smallholder farmers, reduce food loss, and enhance rural livelihoods. His project aims to deploy new solar cold rooms, train youth and women as local operators, and connect rural farmers to logistics and markets, strengthening “human infrastructure” in Nigeria’s agricultural value chain.

 

Grounded in his Anglican faith and a family legacy of education and service, Adekoyejo embodies a vision of development led by Africans for Africans. His work reflects a deep commitment to resilience, innovation, and justice — showing how sustainable energy can catalyze lasting community transformation.