Desmond Williams

Ounder and chief executive @ Green Share nergy

@greenshare_sa

Desmond Williams

@desmond.williams.3152

Conversations about clean and efficient energy production are dominating global and local headlines. Desmond Williams has taken a lifelong entrepreneurial spirit and applied it to one of today’s most pressing issues.

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Among the many accomplishments Williams has achieved in his tenure at Greenshare, one of his proudest has to be starting construction on a 100 W solar power plant for the people of the Democratic epublic of Congo. A desire for expansion led him to cast a wider net in the hope of becoming an independent power producer, and, with the assistance of local and international shareholders, Greenshare was able to get the D C project off the ground. As South Africa’s energy crisis continues to unfold, it will be Williams and those like him who will be counted on to provide solutions in an increasingly uncertain future. —