We are proud to announce that SOLARKIOSK will be working together with the HPI School of Design Thinking (Potsdam, Germany) on a mutual research project, which will analyze potential new ways of utilizing the Solarkiosk in different regions of South Africa. The HPI team will conduct their comparative field research in semi-grid rural areas around [...]
The images below are of our first SOLARKIOSK in Kenya, which was implemented in the village of Ngoswani in southern Kenya, close to the Maasai Mara Wildlife Reserve. Ngoswani is an off-grid village with a large livestock market, as well as a primary and secondary school. Despite the large number of schoolchildren in the area, [...]
We are very happy to announce that the FIRST TWO SOLARKIOSKS IN KENYA are up and running! They are located in the villages of Ngoswani and Talek in south-western Kenya, near the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The implementation is being spearheaded by our subsidiary in Nairobi, Solar Kiosk Kenya Ltd, and it is being executed [...]
The German public TV station Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB TV) has made a wonderful report about our SOLARKIOSK in Turmi, Ethiopia. It also provides a bit more insight into the amazing work done by Graft Architects in Berlin. The RBB team has recorded some amazing footage in Turmi and compiled it into the report that can [...]
It has been an incredible start to the New Year for us in Ethiopia. We have put up seven SOLARKIOSKS to date in of Ethiopia and they are performing wonderfully under the leadership of our local operators, of whom we are equally proud. We want to share the following pictures with all of our friends [...]
SOLARKIOSK will be represented at the 2013 CeBIT from March 5th-9th in Hannover, Germany. The CeBit is the world's largest and most international technology trade show and has been the showcase for the latest trends, the driver of new business development and the meeting place for all sectors of the tech industry since 1986. We [...]
We are pleased to announce that our pilot project in Kenya is in full swing and we are looking forward to a long and successful presence in that beautiful country. Our Kenyan subsidiary, Solarkiosk Kenya Ltd., was officially established in December 2012. The initial phase of our pilot project will include the deployment of five [...]
The Holiday Season has blessed us with several very exciting award nominations for our SOLARKIOSK. We have been nominated for the 2013 Index Award which is awarded biennially by the Danish NPO of the same name. It is the world’s biggest reward for design, focusing on the theme of “Design to Improve Life”. Projects selected [...]
The implementation of new SOLARKIOSKS in Ethiopia is moving ahead full-steam. The second SOLARKIOSK in Ethiopia was recently set up in Teppi, a small town in the south-western part of the country. It takes a two-day journey to reach Teppi from the capital Addis Abeba. The Solarkiosk Team is determined in its mission to provide [...]
SOLARKIOSK was invited to present on the topic of renewable energy solutions for farming and agriculture at the 2012 FARA conference in Abuja, Nigeria. FARA is the Pan-African agriculture research institution and their high-profile conference hosted numerous Nigerian ministers, as well as executives from all regions of Africa. SOLARKIOSK received tremendous interest at the event [...]
