Marie Blanche Ting has nine years working experience in areas related to sustainable development, energy, climate change and science policy. She has worked in the academic, private and government sectors. Saliem Fakir is the Head of the Policy and Futures Unit at the World Wide Fund for Nature, South Africa. Manisha Gulatiis an Energy Economist with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa. Simone Haysom is an independent researcher.Lynn Krieger Mytelka is former Director of UNU-INTECH, the Netherlands, and Director of the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, UNCTAD, Geneva.Dr Velaphi Msimang is the former Chief Director: Hydrogen and Energy Subprogram at the Department of Science and Technology.Lyndall Mujakachi has experience in policy development, environmental management, local economic development and disaster management and has worked in the SADC region.Edison Muzenda is a Full Professor and Head of the Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Department at Botswana International University of Science and Technology.Radhika Perrot is a Senior Researcher in the Knowledge Economy and Scientific Advancement (KESA) Faculty at the the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in Johannesburg, South Africa.T. J. Pilusa holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg. Louise Scholtzhas an MBA, an M.Phil. in Sustainable Development and Planning, and is Manager in the Living Planet Unit at WWF-SA.Ogundiran Soumonni is a Senior Lecturer in Innovation Studies at the Wits Business School in Johannesburg, and a South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChi) Research Associate at the Tshwane University of Technology.Fumani Mthembi is the founding member of the Pele Energy Group, an energy utility research and development organization.