Congratulations to Oluchi Obinegbo, who presented her research at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026 in Vienna, Austria. Her presentation, titled "Beyond Access Frameworks: Mechanisms of Lived Energy Deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa," examined how energy-access burdens cluster in recurring configurations across Sub-Saharan Africa and what that means for how we design interventions for SDG7.
Drawing on focus group discussions in Nigeria and South Africa, the work introduces an interactional diagnostic layer that complements existing tiered access metrics by making visible how burdens such as affordability pressure, service unreliability, and administrative friction are experienced together rather than in isolation.