Afghan Wireless Communication Company
Lease-to-own solar home systems: Mobile money enabled energy access in Afghanistan.
Grantee Details
AWCC has partnered with d.Light to launch mobile-money enabled lease-to-own solar home systems to provide new energy services to residents of Afghanistan that currently do not have access to any reliable energy. The project deploys a business model designed to drive mobile money adoption and expand energy access in Afghanistan.
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Testimonial
“Afghan Wireless, is honoured to work with GSMA Mobile Development For Utilities and its funders to launch My Power—a mobile-money enabled pay-as-you-go system to provide Afghan families with safe, affordable, and renewable lighting. In 2002, we launched Afghan Wireless with a powerful mission: to connect Afghans with one another and the world. Today, the My Power initiative enables us, together, to continue that mission of connecting Afghanistan to the world by providing affordable energy access to all Afghans.”
Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat
Founder and Chairman, Afghan Wireless Communications Company
Founder and Chairman, The Bayat Group