Impact Stories

Profile of Precious Vuma, Business Development and Marketing Manager at Powerlive

Profile of Rethabile Mafura, Country Director Lesotho, African Clean Energy - Lesotho

Profile of Felix Boldt, Founder and CEO of Solarworx - Zambia

Inclusive Employment at African Clean Energy

Profile of Admore Chiumia, Founder of Green Impact Technologies - Malawi

Profile of Aman Baboolal, Head of Partnerships at Plentify in South Africa

Profile of Ziwa Hillington, Managing Director at Green Bio Energy

Profile of Tracy Kimathi, Founder of Tree_Sea.mals / Baridi - Nairobi, Kenya

Profile of Madrin Maina, Technical Operations Manager East Africa at Sistema.bio

Jaza Energy's battery rental service and network of women-operated solar energy hubs.

Powerlive Zimbabwe's gender approach to energy access and success in a difficult market

Profile of Cleophas Ahishakiye, Operations Manager of Meshpower Rwanda

Profile of Priscilla Sani-Chimwele, founder & CEO of Wala Clean Energy in Malawi

Maya Khonje-Stewart, co-founder & COO of Yellow: SHS distributor in Malawi

Profile of Esther Altorfer, East Africa Managing Director of Sistema.bio

Elana Laichena, founder & CEO of Acacia Innovations, a clean cooking leader in Kenya

Zonful Energy's Customers in Zimbabwe emphasise improved safety and productivity

Farmers in Zimbabwe are benefitting from Celfre Energy's solar water pumps

Customers of Supamoto's clean cooking solutions on the impact for Zambian households

Boda boda drivers in Kampala are choosing Zembo's electric motorycles

Local entreprenuers on Kitobo Island highlight opportunities from Absolute Energy's mini-grid

Interview with Zonful Energy's CEO on the impact of grant funding for a local company

Interview with REDAVIA's CEO on the development of a solar leasing model for C&I customers

The Waste Transformers' CEO on developing on-site solutions for organic waste

Interview with SolarWorks!' CEO on pivoting to a PAYGo model for SHS in Mozambique and Malawi

Interview with Tiny Totos' CEO on reaching working women in Nairobi through daycare centres

Creating jobs and expanding to peri-urban and rural areas around Nairobi

First powerplant built in Burundi in 30 years - 7.5MW solar plant in Gitega

Converting organic waste into biogas and fertiliser for small-scale farmers in Kenya

Off Grid Box hubs provides communities with solar power, clean water and employment.

InspiraFarm's cold chain infrastructure reduces post-harvest loses

Ensol's mini grid powers households, schools, health clinics and local businsses

Kuni Safi briquettes save money, empower local women and prevent deforestation

Strengthening agricultural productivity and food security for small-scale farmers

From Silicon Valley to Kampala -scaling up distrubution of solar powered motorcycles

Devergy provides career opportunities and recognition in local Tanzanian communities

From early stage grant financing to market leader: SunCulture, Project Of the Year 2019

Profile of Alicia Rutajumbukilwa - Project Development Manager at Ensol

Vitalite wins EEP Africa Project of the Year 2018 for pioneering PAYG solar in Zambia

Holistic customer-centered approach - more than just solar energy for Kitobo Island

Utilising local crop residue to generate clean energy for households in Uganda

Tobela Solar Power is the first IPP to sign a PPA in Botswana

Renen's Midlands Biogas Project installs the first IBR anaerobic digester in South Africa

GCS overcomes early business challenges to reach last-mile customers in Tanzania

Simgas develops a biogas-powered milk chiller for smallholder farmers in East Africa

Instituto Oikos installs solar mini-grids at 14 secondary schools in Northern Tanzania

Green Bio Energy's business model promotes clean cooking and gender equality in Uganda

Elephant Energy tests distribution models for solar products in low-density regions of Namibia.

Sollatek Electronics reaches last-mile customers in Kenya through local entrepreneurs

Emerging Cooking Solutions pioneers PAYGo pellets and cookstoves in Zambia

TechnoServe and Montigny explore the potential for renewable energy at a sawmill in Eswatini

d.light scales up in Kenya, creating energy access and jobs for women

Nuru Energy develops a community-based approach to selling solar lamps in rural Rwanda

Gigawatt Global signs a landmark 25-year PPA with the Government of Burundi

Vitalite is first company to offer fully-integrated PAYGo solar home systems in Zambia

O&L Energy generates 4 MW of energy from invader bush in Namibia

East African Power's PPA for the Rubagabaga hydropower plant in Rwanda is one of the first signed with EUCL

BetterWorld Energy rehabilitates a degraded mining site with a biofuel nursery in Zambia

Mobisol's rent-to-own business model paves the way for a solar revolution in Tanzania

Eco-fuel Africa turns farm waste into clean cooking briquettes to help mothers and children in Uganda

BURN creates the first modern cookstove manufacturing facility in East Africa

Sun Spot locally assembles and installs 100 solar street lamps in Entebbe, Uganda

Off.Grid:Electric scales up its M-Power SHS services through community hubs in Tanzania

Devergy installs village micro-grids with a pay-per-use approach in Tanzania

EnerGcare improves access to clean energy products in low-income areas of South Africa

Gigawatt Global successfully achieves financial close for the first utility-scale solar field in Rwanda

5 Star Stoves biomass value chain in South Africa wins SEED award

Bio2Watt builds the first commercial biogas plant in South Africa