Okapi Green Ltd: Okapi Green Off-Grid Energy Project
United States African Development Foundation awarded a grant of USD 175,000 to Okapi Green Ltd for work in Kenya, dated 26 February 2019.
Overview
Sector: Solar.Summary: Okapi Energy aims to increase access to quality, affordable, and reliable electricity in the community of Kakuma, a refugee settlement in northern Kenya, through the installation of a solar mini-grid to supply electricity for small businesses, community centers, and individual households. Okapi Energy will sell electricity to end users using a pay-as you-go financing system, to enable the users to only pay for power they have consumed. In addition, Okapi Green intends to install a Wi-Fi mesh network to help boost productivity of the businesses being reached.
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