The Central University of Technology inaugurated Prof. Kanzumba Kusakana into a full professor at his professorial inaugural lecture titled: Optimal energy management of hybrid multisource energy systems using the political, operational, economic, and technical approach on energy efficiency- simply called the poet approach.

The acting Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof. Alfred Ngowi, mentioned that inaugural lectures constitute an important intellectual discourse for academics to analyse the past and present so that stakeholders can debate the future of the higher education sector in the post COVID-19 world where digital technologies are occupying the center stage in transforming teaching, research, and innovation.

With over 300 publications in journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, his current research looks at small-scale renewable power generation as well as optimal energy management, which supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He is currently an Associate Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation Journal (Impact factor 3.93); the Journal of Energy Storage (Impact factor: 6.583). He is an NRF rated researcher with an H-index of 29, and his work has thus far been cited more than 3 000 times.

Prof Kanzumba Kusakana obtained a BSc Engineering Degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the University of Lubumbashi, an MTech degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Tshwane University of Technology, an MBA in Energy Management from Cyprus Institute of Marketing, and a DTech in Electrical Engineering from CUT.

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From left: Prof. Alfred Ngowi, acting Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof. Kanzumba Kusakana, Head of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department and CUT’s Registrar, Dr Sally Dzingwa.