Vitalite

Vitalite will offer smartphones and cookstoves for Vitalite solar home system customers in Zambia

Grantee Details

Name of project: Developing Smartphone and Cook stove add-ons for PAYG solar home systems in Zambia

Project location: Zambia

Type of grant : Seed

Grant Awarded: October 2017

Partners: Fosera, EcoZoom, Airtel Zambia and MTN Zambia

Vitalite will offer smartphones and cookstoves for Vitalite solar home system customers in Zambia. The smartphones will be sold on a pay-as-you-go basis, improving affordability of smartphone devices, while the improved cook stoves will provide clean and affordable energy.

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Testimonial

“VITALITE, in partnership with GSMA Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund, will be pioneering Zambia’s first PAY AS YOU GO smart phone as an add-on product to our PAYGO solar offering.  This is an important step in advancing connectivity to the internet in rural Zambia, and positive step in developing my country.” – William Makubalo, Project Lead