NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Professor Luka Powanga is a distinguished professor and seasoned economist globally recognized as a creative problem solver, a visionary, and a thought leader. He is the founder and the Executive Director of the Energy Africa Conference (https://energyafricaconference.com), an organization that actualizes projects in Africa utilizing its ecosystem of investors across the globe. He founded the North American Development Group L.L.C. (https://northamericandevelopmentgroupllc.com), an offshoot of the Energy Africa Conference, focused on actualizing Energy and Mining projects in Africa by leveraging the ecosystem of investors and project developers that the Energy Africa Conference created. Professor Powanga is the founding member of the Denver Chapter of the Angel Capital Group  (https://sheltowee.com/Angel-Network), which funds start-ups and growth companies. He worked as the U.S. correspondent for CargoNews Asia.

He has judged start-ups and growth companies in Dubai and the U.S.A. In addition, he participated in the film Hot Money (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13837022/). Dr. Powanga sits on various boards such as the Gulf United Industrial Consortia advisory board (https://www.ugicon.com/our-team/), a consortium of companies based in Saudi Arabia, the AL-Khalifa Business School based in London, and Switzerland (http://akbs.assafdynasty.com/board-members/),   the water operation advisory board (https://operationwater.org/en/technical-advisory-board). He also serves on the Denver Metro of Commerce Board of Governors. He chaired the African Chamber of Commerce in Colorado, U.S.

He is a Professor of Economics and Finance at Regis University in the Anderson College of Business and Computing https://www.regis.edu/academics/faculty-finder/faculty/luka-powanga. He has deployed classroom and online programs and joint programs with other universities within and outside the United States. He has received many academic and humanitarian awards. He has developed and taught international logistics, economics, finance, international business, strategy formulation, and implementation, entrepreneurship, capstone, and commercialization, including incubating student businesses.

He was part of a small team that pioneered the Online M.B.A. Program, which grew from zero to over 4,000 students worldwide. He implemented the Physicians M.B.A. program, M.B.A. in Emerging Economies with the University of ITESO in Mexico,  a Masters in International Studies, a collaborative program between Regis University and the University of Ulster in Ireland,  and the M.B.A. degree in the Business of Government. He was the founding board member of the Sullivan Center of Entrepreneurship at Regis University and has chaired, keynoted, and organized numerous academic and business conferences. He is a highly sought-after speaker at local and international forums. He was on the committee that evaluated all the programs at Regis University to ascertain their viability.

He is a well-published and regular contributor to the Renewables Global Status Report and the Renewables in Cities Global Status Reports (http://www.ren21.net/). He earned the Trailblazer award for increasing energy access to communities in underserved areas across Africa.

Dr. Powanga worked for Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines as a metallurgist.

Dr. Powanga earned his Ph.D. and Master's Degrees in Mineral Economics with a minor in Finance from Colorado School of Mines (U.S.A.), a Master of Science in Computer Information Technologies, a graduate-level certificate in Object-Oriented Programming from Regis University(U.S.A.), and a Bachelors in Metallurgy and Mineral Processing from the University of Zambia.