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Sai Cham reflects on five years of helping members of black, black British, African, and Caribbean communities secure jobs in the clean energy and tech sectors

A study by the Energy Systems Catapult in 2021 found just two per cent of the UK energy workforce identified as black, black British, African, or Caribbean, while last year's RACE Report concluded the...

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How Octopus' Energy Equality Internship is busting myths around working in the low carbon economy

Sai Cham reflects on five years of helping members of black, black British, African, and Caribbean communities secure jobs in the clean energy and tech sectors

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