Paul Kunert to head Joule Africa

Joule Africa has named Paul Kunert as its new chief executive as the power developer builds its senior team ahead of the construction of Sierra Leone’s largest infrastructure project, the Bumbuna II hydro scheme. Kunert, with 20 years’ African power experience gained at CDC, Actis and Globeleq, joined Joule Africa in September 2016 as chief operating officer.Joule Africa was co-founded by entrepreneurs Mark Green and Andrew Cavaghan, who will continue as executive chairmen, devoting their time to new business origination, stakeholder management, equity fundraising, and strategy, the company said.