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ZOLA Electric specializes in providing off-grid solar solutions, primarily serving African markets. It offers solar home kits through leasing or sales, targeting individual households and businesses in rural communities across Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 2012, ZOLA Electric operates from Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

SunCulture, based in Nairobi, Kenya, develops and sells the AgroSolar Irrigation Kit, a fully solar-powered irrigation system that combines solar water pumping with high-efficiency drip irrigation. The kit is designed to help smallholder farmers grow more with less water and energy, delivering reliable irrigation and enabling additional benefits such as lighting and mobile charging. SunCulture positions itself as a one-stop provider for rural farmers, offering not only the irrigation hardware but also agronomic services, training, access to capital, and market opportunities. By integrating solar pumping, irrigation, and support services, the company aims to improve crop yields, reduce operating costs, and promote sustainable farming through climate technology and a digital marketplace.

InspiraFarms is a company that specializes in manufacturing solar-powered modular technologies for food processing and cold storage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Kenya, Southern Africa, and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, the company provides off-grid cold storage units, food processing plants, and dairy chilling machines. Its offerings include Good Agricultural Practice certified modules and renewable energy systems, designed to support the post-harvest value addition processes. InspiraFarms targets small to medium-sized enterprises within the fruit, vegetable, and dairy industries, ensuring that its solutions meet global food safety certification and quality standards. By collaborating with various actors in value chains across Central America and East Africa, InspiraFarms aims to facilitate access to healthy and nutritious food for both local and international markets.

SolarNow provides solar energy and financing solutions in East Africa through a subsidiary, offering solar home systems, electrical appliances, and power solutions for rural and urban households, entrepreneurs, and institutions. The company serves households, small businesses, farming operations, and corporate customers with flexible credit and service options to access clean, affordable energy. Founded in 2011 by Willem Nolens, it is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, with operations in Uganda and Kenya.

ZOLA Electric specializes in providing off-grid solar solutions, primarily serving African markets. It offers solar home kits through leasing or sales, targeting individual households and businesses in rural communities across Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 2012, ZOLA Electric operates from Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

SolarNow provides solar energy and financing solutions in East Africa through a subsidiary, offering solar home systems, electrical appliances, and power solutions for rural and urban households, entrepreneurs, and institutions. The company serves households, small businesses, farming operations, and corporate customers with flexible credit and service options to access clean, affordable energy. Founded in 2011 by Willem Nolens, it is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, with operations in Uganda and Kenya.

InspiraFarms is a company that specializes in manufacturing solar-powered modular technologies for food processing and cold storage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Kenya, Southern Africa, and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, the company provides off-grid cold storage units, food processing plants, and dairy chilling machines. Its offerings include Good Agricultural Practice certified modules and renewable energy systems, designed to support the post-harvest value addition processes. InspiraFarms targets small to medium-sized enterprises within the fruit, vegetable, and dairy industries, ensuring that its solutions meet global food safety certification and quality standards. By collaborating with various actors in value chains across Central America and East Africa, InspiraFarms aims to facilitate access to healthy and nutritious food for both local and international markets.

SolarNow provides solar energy and financing solutions in East Africa through a subsidiary, offering solar home systems, electrical appliances, and power solutions for rural and urban households, entrepreneurs, and institutions. The company serves households, small businesses, farming operations, and corporate customers with flexible credit and service options to access clean, affordable energy. Founded in 2011 by Willem Nolens, it is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, with operations in Uganda and Kenya.