The acquisition is set to open the leeway for Ignite Power to expand its presence in the country as it seeks to incorporate Mwezi’s existing portfolio into its standard operating procedures while aiming to increase its impact in the region. Mwezi, a homegrown solar solutions firm, has been a prime actor in the country’s solar energy sector, having deployed more than 50,000 solar home systems across Kenya and in the process directly impacting more than 250,000 lives.

“Ignite started working months ago to provide solar refrigerators to remote clinics” 2020 is still not over, but can already be crowned as one of the most challenging years humanity has known in a long time. The spread of Covid-19 throughout the world, the prolonged lockdowns that followed it, the high numbers of patients and mortalities, the economic damage, all of these and more have hit almost every country around the globe, with disastrous effects that will stay with us for decades to come.

Ignite broke affordability records: “affordability should be the sector’s number one priority” Ignite Power’s offering, launched in early 2020, reportedly broke affordability records after it enabled families living in remote Rwandan villages to purchase solar home systems for less than US$1 (Rwf 860) each per month.

“Ignite Power is now providing underserved communities with affordable solar-operated TV sets” For many years, Africa has been home to many of the greatest development challenges on earth with hundreds of millions living in remote, underserved communities without home electricity, access to clean water, or proper medical service.