Mobisol and SunTransfer Tech out of Ethiopia partnered up to provide large high-tech solar home systems. The partnership is aimed at supporting the government’s goal of achieving universal energy access by 2025.
The partnership will see pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar products, integrated with Mobisol’sSolarHub Software Suite, introduced into the Ethiopian market. The software suite additionally allows for efficient deployment of maintenance servicing and customer relationship management. Providing productive use solar solutions that go beyond lighting, Mobisol focuses on the development and supply of large solar systems that power a range of energy efficient appliances for household and small businesses.
Ethiopian customers have both the opportunity to electrify their homes and to run energy-based microenterprises, such as solar-powered cinemas, phone charging stations, and efficiently illuminate larger workshops. SunTransfer Tech, an established solar distributor in Ethiopia, brings into the partnership an existing and continuously expanding network of Solar-Centers, each staffed by professionally trained solar technicians. SunTransfer Tech’s vast experience in the Ethiopian market and indepth understanding of local characteristics ideally positions them to quickly scale up sales, distribution and comprehensive after-sales structures.
Mobisol and SunTransfer Tech aspire to decisively support the implementation of the new National Electrification Program, officially announced on November 27. The program aims to provide equitable and affordable electricity to all Ethiopians by 2025 and foresees the electrification of 35% of the population with off-grid energy – of which 5.4 million households will be provided with Solar Home Systems.