By Tony Ojobo
After years of working as a telecommunications regulator, driving policy, regulation, and market development in that sector, I have made an intentional transition into climate change and climate finance.
I’m pleased to share my appointment as Chief Business Development Officer at GreenPlinth Africa Limited, where I lead strategy, partnerships, and business development across our climate and sustainability initiatives.
In telecoms, the radio spectrum is an invisible, finite, and regulated asset—yet it drives enormous economic value. In the climate economy, carbon plays a similar role: intangible, measurable, regulated, and capable of unlocking investment when governed effectively.
That systems-thinking shaped my work at the Nigerian Communications Commission, and it now informs my approach to climate strategy.
Climate change is no longer only an environmental issue. It is a developmental, economic, and competitiveness challenge, especially for Africa. Addressing it requires practical, scalable, and finance-ready solutions.
At GreenPlinth Africa, we are translating climate ambition into measurable outcomes through clean cooking, nature-based solutions, carbon finance, and corporate decarbonisation.
This transition is not a departure but a continuation—applying experience from one regulated, asset-driven sector to another that is shaping the future of global development.
