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Easy Solar

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SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; SIERRA LEONE

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PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Easy Solar provides pay-as-you-go solar-powered lighting and charging systems to people with no electricity access in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Easy Solar’s vision is to make energy, financial services and life improving products, affordable and accessible for all. They offer a range of products including solar lanterns, home lighting systems, appliances and cookstoves on affordable financing plans. All of their products are of the highest quality and come with a two-year warranty. Easy Solar is a social enterprise, which employs over 500 people to date, selling its products in Sierra Leone and Liberia. In these two West African countries, Easy Solar has installed solar devices in over 50,000 homes, providing access to electricity to more than 450,000 people. The company’s efforts have been recognized by the Schwab Foundation, which awarded Easy Solar the Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2019).

Co-Founder Nthabiseng Mosia made the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list in 2019, in the category of “game-changers” in technology. She says, “We started as an energy company but four years later, I now know what we really are, is a people company. Day by day, we are realizing more that our mission of ‘lighting up lives’ goes beyond providing access to energy. At Easy Solar, we care about and seek to make a positive impact with the people in our local communities.”

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Reach 800 customers within the pilot phase

  • Create 5 jobs within the pilot phase

  • Reach 1,400 customers at the end of year 1

  • Create 24 jobs by the end of year 1

  • Reach 10,000 customers by the end of year 2

  • Create 50 jobs by the end of year 2

 

FOUNDING TEAM

  • Nthabiseng Mosia - Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer

  • Alexandre Tourre - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

  • Eric Silverman - Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer