Jasandra Nyker

Jasandra Nyker is a Tanzanian entrepreneur and former CEO of the South African developer of renewable energy sources and power plant operator, BioTherm Energy.[1]. She is a Managing Director of the International Power Fund at Denham Capital,[2] and a board member in the Emira Property Fund.[3]

Jasandra Nyker
NationalityTanzanian
Alma mater

Education

Nyker has a bachelor's degree in Business Science from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the London Business School, where she was a Merrill Lynch scholar.[4]

Career

After working from Brait SE, and being Senior Vice President at Pcg Asset Management LLC,[3] she became CEO of Biotherm Energy in 2011 and was named a World Economic Forum Young leader a year later.[5] She participated in renewable energy forums such as the World Economic Forum on Africa, held in Kigali, Rwanda in 2016,[6] and the 2017 Africa CEO Forum in Geneva.[7]

In 2019 she received the Outstanding Contribution Award in Power at the African Power, Energy and Water Awards[8] Later that year she became a Managing Director at Denham Capital, after the sale of Biotherm to Actis Capital.[9]

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References
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  4. Jasandra Nyker. World Economic Forum. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. Norbrook, Nicholas (2012-05-07). "Young Global Leaders: Cream of the crop at the World Economic Forum". The Africa Report.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  6. Mulupi, Dinfin (2016-06-03). "Seeing power generation as a business opportunity: African CEOs weigh in". How We Made It In Africa. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  7. "Can off-grid electricity power Africa?". How We Made It In Africa. 2017-05-28. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  8. Gordon, Philip (2019-05-22). "Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda and South Africa amongst winning projects and pioneers at African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards". Smart Energy International. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  9. "Denham Capital Announces Sale of African Renewable Power Company BioTherm Energy". Denham Capital. 2019-08-01. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  • World Economic Forum Presidential Briefing: Africa's Promise: Wind and Solar energy
  • World Economic Forum South Africa 2017 - Electrifying All of Africa
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