Herta von Stiegel
Founder & CEO of Ariya Capital Group, specializing in clean energy and infrastructure investments in sub-Saharan Africa, with 25+ years of international finance experience.
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Jul 3, 2026
Herta von StiegelGUEST
You should not outsource your energy security, your water security, these fundamentals that we need for any civilization, any continent, any country to thrive.
Herta von StiegelGUEST
As long as we continue to outsource those critical elements, We are basically at the mercy, by definition, at the mercy of somebody else.
Herta von StiegelGUEST
And with all the goodwill in the world, I mean, one of the businesses we started, we started with a grant that was administered by USAID.
Herta von StiegelGUEST
As a firm, we are beneficiaries of this type of capital, of development capital.
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Chipo MuwowoHOST
reason for optimism as you think about your work, Africa's energy infrastructure needs and that whole market? And one reason for caution?