M-KOPA

PAYG Solar for small entrepreneurs in Kenya

Grantee Details

Name of project: PAYG Solar for small entrepreneurs in Kenya

Project location : Kenya

Type of grant: Market Validation

Grant awarded : November 2013

Partners : Safaricom

M-KOPA, in partnership with Safaricom, trialled a new pay-as-you-go solar product to the Kenyan market targeted at small entrepreneurs. The market validation grant is testing whether the repayment behaviours of the target customers are strong enough to support further credit-based energy financing for SMEs.

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