Highly motivated and results-oriented professional with over 15 years of experience in sustainable finance, development finance and climate finance. Proven ability to build partnerships, mobilise resources, and implement programs that align financial practices with sustainable development goals. I am passionate about environmental sustainability and committed to promoting green innovations to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring that Africa's future growth is both profitable and sustainable by integrating economic, environmental, and social values.
The network plays a vital role in promoting gender diversity and inclusion within the green hydrogen sector. It drives innovation and empowers women to influence the future of sustainable energy.
Dr Winnie Thebuho is a Researcher who has worked as a Consultant on Energy and Climate finance projects. She is also a part-time Lecturer at both the University of Namibia (UNAM) and Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) in the financial services discipline. Dr Thebuho holds a PhD in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
Her thesis explored financial globalisation, energy consumption, and environmental sustainability. She is particularly interested in sustainable development, climate finance, energy finance and climate change adaptation.
Dr Thebuho’s recent work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. She is also a recipient of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) scholarship, which is a German Academic Exchange Service in cooperation with Stellenbosch University In-Region scholarships.
Her current projects investigate the effect of renewable energy consumption on income inequality in Namibia and Energy transition, economic diversification and sustainability, which are all the broader impacts of Namibia’s National Development Plan (NDP6) and Green Industrial Revolution theme.
Winnie Thebuho, The asymmetry effect of financial development on energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), 14-16 September 2021, Virtual.https://app.conftools.co.za/schedule/338/
Winnie Thebuho,“The effect of foreign direct investment and energy consumption on environmental pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Global Development Finance Conference (GDFC), 16-17 November 2021, Virtual. https://www.africagrowth.com/GDFC_conference_abstracts.pdf
Winnie Thebuho, “The effect of financial openness on environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Global Development Finance Conference (GDFC), Cape Town, 16-17 November 2022. https://www.globalcidef.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GDFC_speakers_2022-1.pdf
Winnie Thebuho, “The effect of financial openness on environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Emerging Countries International Conference on Business, Finance and Economics. University of Mauritius, 05-07 December 2023. https://www.uom.ac.mu/images/FILES/Events/2023/ECIC2023/ECIC2023Programme.pdf
Thebuho, W., Opperman, P., & Steenkamp, L.-A. (2022). The asymmetric effect of financial development on
energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa. Cogent Economics & Finance, 10(1).
https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2022.2095770
Steenkamp, L.-A., & Thebuho, W. (2022). Understanding Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to
Climate Change. In Climate Change and Agriculture (pp. 443–464). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119789789.ch18
de Beer, J, & Thebuho, W. (2024). Climate finance and the role of GPI
In Namibia. Global public investment. Namibia Technical Note. https://devinit-prodstatic.
ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/documents/Global_Public_Investment_Climate_Finance_and_th
e_Role_of_GPI_in_Namibia.pdf
Thebuho, W., Opperman, P., & Steenkamp, L.-A. (2024). The effect of foreign direct investment inflows and energy
consumption on environmental pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa. Review of Development Finance Journal, 14(1).
https://journals.co.za/doi/full/10.10520/ejc-rdfin_v14_n1_a5