Brian Owino is a Manager in MSC’s Anglophone Africa focused on Climate Change and Sustainability based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has gained experience through projects with international organizations, international funding agencies, MFIs and community-based institutions in Sub-Saran Africa; Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Namibia, Liberia, Rwanda, Ethiopia; Asia; Vietnam, Singapore, India and Europe; France, UK and Sweden. His expertise includes project management, program design and evaluation, M&E, climate change, climate finance, agri-food systems, renewable energy, and sustainability. He specializes in green finance, renewable energy, climate mitigation, adaptation, and agriculture.

He has contributed to developing strategies for green economic growth, supporting research strategic research for the AU-EU bilateral partnership under the Horizon Europe-Global Gateway; policy analysis in energy at the International Energy Agency (Paris, France)-where he supported research on clean energy transitions in Africa contributing to publication of Clean Energy Transitions in the Horn of Africa 2022 and the World Energy Outlook 2022. He also participated in the update of Kenya’s Nationally Determined Contributions 2020. He has worked across ESG strategy, including data collection, sustainability reporting, climate strategy, and evaluation of policies for strategic advisory in sustainability (ESG) for private sector organizations to align with the 2015 Paris Agreement.  In the past, he supported UNHCR’s Green Financing Facility to deliver climate strategy under Greening the UN Initiative in efforts to transition operations to low carbon pathways.

Brian also brings technical expertise in climate-smart agriculture. He led implementing a three-year donor-funded agricultural project in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid regions, supported by the MasterCard Foundation, Melinda Gates Foundation, and Small Foundation UK through Africa Leadership Academy. As project lead, he managed execution, monitoring, and evaluation, impacting 400 households and 1,000 farmers. The project promoted climate-smart agricultural innovation and adaptation while prioritizing youth engagement, gender inclusivity, and the integration of persons with disabilities into the agricultural value chain. These efforts successfully increased the target household economic income by 55%.

Brian holds a master’s degree in environmental policy from the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po, Paris, France, and a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. He majored in green transition policies for a green economy.