Devergy East Africa Ltd

Accelerating commercially sustainable and scalable rural electrification through the installation of low-cost, scalable, solar PV-based micro-grids in partnership with mobile service providers

Grantee Details

Name of project: Accelerating commercially sustainable and scalable rural electrification through the installation of low-cost, scalable, solar PV-based micro-grids in partnership with mobile service providers

Project location: Tanzania

Grant awarded: May 2015

Partners: Tigo Tanzania

Devergy, in partnership with Tigo Tanzania, will scale their low-cost solar-PV micro-grids to provide access to basic lighting, charging and appliances to rural communities. This market validation grant will test the opportunities to integrate energy distribution with mobile distribution including the impact on mobile phone usage and mobile money uptake.

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