Startup News: Sub-Saharan Africa
- 17.10.2021
- News Ghana
- English
- After humble beginnings in September 2019, SolarTaxi now has 150 electric motorcycles and tricycles and more than 60 electric cars operating in the country. Some of these vehicles can be charged with solar power, others with grid power. The company has also found a way to market eco-friendly bikes.
- 13.10.2021
- Techmoran
- English
- Gricd provides IoT solutions for last-mile delivery of temperature-controlled products such as vaccines, insulin and food. The Google for Startups Fund supports early-stage African startups and bridges the funding gap that exists for startup founders in Africa's rapidly evolving tech landscape.
- 13.10.2021
- Techmoran
- English
- BitHub Africa, in collaboration with Hivos East Africa, has deployed its first blockchain-backed sustainable energy solution called the Melanin Smart Box (MSBX) in a Maasai village known as Singiraine in Kajiado, Kenya.
- 07.10.2021
- English
- Founded in 2015, the startup offers crowd-based leasing of solar panels for small to medium-sized organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. Sun Exchange has facilitated 45 solar projects in South Africa and Zimbabwe to date. It identifies schools, businesses and other companies that want to use solar energy and install solar panels.
- 05.10.2021
- English
- Reeddi, a Nigerian startup, has now launched an innovative portable battery that is charged using solar energy. The Reeddi capsule is available for rent at a store in Lagos, Nigeria. The portable battery has transformative potential in a city where power outages are frequent and many residents rely on noisy and expensive diesel generators.
- 02.10.2021
- English
- Zuhura Solutions has built and tested a new 100% solar-powered food vending trolley, the Halisi Trolley, which aims to revolutionise the street food sector in Kenya by providing reliable, clean and sustainable energy. The stored energy is converted into heat energy, which warms the food independently and maintains the temperature.
- 30.09.2021
- Startup|Energy
- German / English
Kenyan startups Drop Access and Inno-Neat have won the Startup|Energy Award at the closing of Energy Camp East Africa on 29 September 2021. A total of five startups from the decentralized energy sector in East Africa presented their innovative products and services. The judges included representatives from Power Africa Off-grid Project …
- 25.09.2021
- Sun-Connect News
- English
- The company intends to address the glaring financing gap among local energy SMEs in Africa through an innovative platform connecting last-mile distributors (LMDs) directly with investors. This platform offers different advantages such as reducing investment risk, speeding up the investment cycle, and allowing for small ticket size investments.
- 24.09.2021
- CNN
- English
- Nigeria is ranked 100 out of 113 countries on the Global Food Security Index. Over 88 million people in the country are food insecure and 12% are malnourished. However, the problem is not a lack of food, but an excess of waste.
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