Grants, patient capital unlock value for firms offering clean energy
A technician charges mobile phones at the village power centre using hybrid renewable energy in Kirinyanga, 150 km in the north east of Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO | AFP
Business and Technology Reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Media Group
When Lilian Chabuka started the Women Initiative for Delivering Clean Energy (WidEnergy) enterprise in 2016, more than 96 percent of Zambia’s rural population had no access to clean energy. And that was the foundation of her business.
Chabuka began selling small solar lanterns with the goal of helping rural populations shift to more sustainable and less health-hazardous forms of lighting.
