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Kenya’s M-KOPA Solar Hits 60,000 Users Countrywide

Sam Wakoba by Sam Wakoba
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m-kopa-solar_article_fullEstablished in 2011 to end the dependency on Kerosene lamps and fuel in Kenya, M-KOPA Solar, an innovative asset financing company that sells solar home systems to off grid households, on an affordable 12-month mobile money payment plan via Safaricom’s M-PESA, has announced that it has hit over 60,000 users countrywide in a move to power offgrid homes in Kenya.

The firm announced , “M-KOPA Solar surpasses 60,000 sales – which means about 1% of off-grid homes in Kenya now enjoy better, cheaper lighting and charging.  Of these customers over 10,000 have already fully paid for their systems, meaning they enjoy kerosene-free, cost-free power ongoing.  That’s no April Fools joke!”

Based in Nairobi Kenya since 2010, M-KOPA  Solar provides affordable solar-powered lighting and mobile charging to rural Kenyans on a pay-as-you-go basis, with payment via M-PESA. The firm is also working on other products using the same patent-pending technology are in pilot.
Founded by  the founders and former executives of Kenya’s popular M-PESA mobile money service, M-KOPA Solar works with Safaricom and solar lighting company d.light, and other experts to power rural homes in Kenya. In February, M-KOPA Solar raised $ 20 million (Ksh 1.72billion) in debt financing and grants  to scale up its sales and operations in East Africa and expand into other markets, do R&D and business intelligence and also expand its user base which was then 50,000.

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The firm aims at signing up over one million homes before 2018.
Speaking at that time, Mr. Jesse Moore, Co-Founder and Managing Director, M-KOPA Solar said, “The M-KOPA Solar model makes world class solar systems affordable for low income consumers – most of whom live below the poverty line.  It’s a model that is also proving attractive to investors. At the heart of our business is our patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM with mobile payments to revolutionise asset financing.

“We know Kenyans spend over $ 1 million (Ksh 86 billion) a year on kerosene. We also know Kenyans would prefer brighter, healthier and safer alternatives. We’ve developed our technology and business model precisely to meet that consumer need.”aboutBanner

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