From 17 to 19 March, seven energy startups from Nigeria met for the 4th Energy Camp in Lagos. They were selected from a total of almost 50 applications.
Startup|Energy supports young African energy startups, increases their visibility and promotes job creation and innovation in an energy market largely dominated by non-African companies.
An essential part of the work are the Energy Camps, which take place twice a year and last several days. The focus here is not on curriculum-orientated training, but on very specific and individual support in the development of a startup’s business idea. This concept is unique and clearly stands out from other accelerators.
The participants appreciate the approach of the Energy Camps. One participant formulated it this way: “The Energy Camp is one oft he best bootcamp I have ever come across, and it should be supported to reach more energy businesses, to create more sustainable solutions and impacts.”
These are the startups of the Energy Camp in Nairobi and their Innovations in alphabetic order:
- Adeyemi, Tunde (D-Olivette Solutions)
D-Olivette is revolutionizing waste-to-energy solutions with its AI and IoT-enabled biodigester technology, transforming diverse organic waste into clean energy and valuable agricultural inputs. Its flagship product, The Kitchen Box, is a household biodigester featuring an AI-powered, multilingual chatbot that provides seamless support in English and local African languages. - Adio, Babatunde Abiodun (Cabax Farms)
Cabax Farms is a sustainable agribusiness focused on producing high-quality palm oil, biofuel, and crop production while addressing environmental and social challenges. Our business leverages innovative technology and eco-friendly practices to optimize productivity, minimize waste, and empower smallholder farmers. - Edeh, Christopher Nwatu (Solarcool Smart Hub)
Solarcool offers an end-to-end cold off-grid chain infrastructure for Households, SMEs,industries, and food-producing communities in regions without access to electricity using adecentralised business model, where users gain access to reliable cooling as a service. - Esumeh, Aaron (Power Ring)
Power Ring is a revolutionary platform that empowers usersto design their customized energy solutions, select theirpreferred installers, and finance their solar installations withmanageable terms. Our technology-centric approachsimplifies the process, making sustainable energy solutionsmore accessible and user-friendly.Greenage Technologies. - Etoh, Blessing Oghenetega (So-Cool)
So-Cool is a movable, recyclable solar kiosk that provides access to affordable electricity and cooling for Micro,Small and Meduim Enterprise (MSMEs). So-Cool is designed with the latest design thinking incorporating a steel endo-skeleton for a rigit structure. Each So-Cool unit comes with state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic systems with inbuild monitoring and control. - Mbamalu, Uzochukwu Maduabuchi (Manamuz Electric)
We build, deploy, manage, and scale affordable, Renewable Energy Powered, and energy-efficient Cold storage solutions for african food producers. We create a steady demand for cold storage by small farms and businesses by providing access to markets for local producers, helping them improve productivity, and ensuring traceability to meet market requirements. - Osumune, Michael Obiajulu (Moon Innovations)
Solar Smart Inverter System is a single box solar solution providing homes and businesses ith solar electricity, wifi internet access and AI-enabled security surveillance with a mobile applications to remotely monitor and control this system from anywhere.
A special element of Startup|Energy’s accelerator programme is the permanent support over a longer period of time. This also includes the peer-to-peer exchange between the startups, which is unique in this form and has already led to the first economic cooperations between them. As a Fellow of Startup|Energy, the startups continue to receive support from experienced entrepreneurs in building up their company and in the search for customers, partners and investors.
All nine startups will present themselves online at the International Demo Day on 28 April 2025, which is open to interested organisations, project partners, manufacturers, funders and investors. Registrations are possible from 08 April 2025 on the Startup|Energy website.
Startup|Energy is an initiative of the Stiftung Solarenergie and the University of Freiburg to promote startups in the field of decentralised energy technology in Sub-Saharan Africa and Germany. Our activities are supported by GET.invest, a European programme that mobilises investment in renewable energy, co-funded by the European Union, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria.
