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Biography of Admore Samuel Chiumia
Admore Samuel Chiumia was born in Mzuzu City, Malawi. He attended Enyezin Primary School in Mzimba District and Euthini Secondary School before obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Renewable Energy Systems from Mzuzu University in 2014. He subsequently earned a Master of Philosophy in Applied Sciences, specialising in Renewable Energy, from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) in 2020.
Admore is an entrepreneur and renewable energy expert with over 14 years of experience in sustainable energy development. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Green Impact Technologies, a company established in 2018 with operations in Malawi and Zambia. Under his leadership, the company has grown to employ 30 full-time staff and engage over 220 part-time technicians, market associates and sales agents, contributing to job creation, technological innovation and expanded access to sustainable energy solutions.
He is a 2026 Mandela Washington Fellow and undertook postgraduate professional development in Pathways to Zero Net Energy at the University of California, Davis, USA. His entrepreneurial achievements include winning the 2018 Ideas Most Likely to Succeed Across Africa Competition at the Nigeria Energy Forum, the 2019 SEED Africa Award, and the 2021 EEP Africa Rising Energy Leader Award.
Research Summary
His doctoral research, titled “Determinants, Constraints, and Market System Dynamics of Household Clean Cooking Fuel Transitions in Urban Malawi,” examines the socioeconomic, behavioural and market-system factors influencing household adoption of cleaner cooking fuels, using a mixed-methods approach integrating household surveys and enterprise-level data.
The findings demonstrate that affordability, accessibility, acceptability and supply-chain constraints significantly influence adoption, while widespread fuel stacking and the structural dominance of charcoal markets continue to impede sustained transitions to cleaner cooking alternatives.
The study contributes to knowledge by challenging the conventional linear energy ladder model and advancing an integrated demand-and-supply-side perspective that informs evidence-based policies, innovative financing mechanisms and commercially viable entrepreneurial models for accelerating sustainable clean cooking transitions in Malawi.
The research has generated 10 scholarly manuscripts, of which five have been published, four are undergoing peer review, and one is awaiting submission.
His academic and professional journey reflects a commitment to integrating entrepreneurship, scientific inquiry and evidence-based policymaking to advance inclusive and sustainable energy transitions in Malawi and beyond.
