Afnan is the CEO of Okra Solar, which aims to unlock the potential of villages and microentrepreneurs with Internet-of-Things controlled smart microgrids. While other companies looked to ride out the pandemic conservatively, Afnan took a 3 week trip to Nigeria to partner with local companies and attract investments to Okra. 

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Guest Bio:   Afanan Hannan was born in Bangladesh and grew up in Australia, and is now the CEO and Co-founder of Okra solar. Prior to starting Okra, he worked for Bueno, Australia's fastest-growing IoT start-up as the 8th employee. Bueno has since gone on to be a world leader in cloud-based automated building data analytics and optimization.

Afnan earned his Bachelor's degree in Renewable Energy Systems and Economics at The Australian National University.

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