Lolade Abiola is the Nigeria Country Lead and Programme Manager at Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), where she drives efforts to align energy transition strategies with implementation, policy, and financing across public and private sectors.
She has over 15 years of experience across the aviation, marine logistics, renewable energy, and development sectors. She has played strategic roles in securing over $4 billion in financial commitments toward Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan and supports national and regional initiatives in renewable energy manufacturing, electric mobility, and clean energy deployment.
Lolade is also leading the SEforAll Secretariat and Data Analytics Team, directly supporting Mission 300 partners, comprising the World Bank Group, African Development Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, and the Global Energy alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), all working towards providing electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030. She plays a key role in convening stakeholders, shaping partnerships, and supporting country-level implementation strategies under the initiative.
She previously held leadership roles in the Nigerian government, including the Office of the Vice President, Rural Electrification Agency, leading the mini-grid component under the World Bank-funded Nigeria Electrification Project.