Dr. Julius Cudjoe Ahiekpor is the Director at the Institute of Research, Innovation, and Development (IRID). He is a Senior Lecturer at the Chemical Engineering Department of Kumasi Technical University. His works spans the areas of sustainable energy production, energy access, and modern energy cooking solutions.

Dr. Edem Bensah had both his MSc. (Mechanical Engineering – Thermofluids and Energy Systems, 2009) and BSc. (Chemical Engineering, 2005) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. He also obtained his doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from the same University. He is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Chemical Engineering Department of Kumasi Technical University (KsTU), Ghana. He is also the Head of Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of KsTU (CREK) and a member of Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE).