“Collaboration with local partners and civil society actors has become an undisputed part of comprehensive and effective international development cooperation. However, the question of how to deal with the old economic elites in the process of social transformation has not

Over the course of the last three years SOLARKIOSK has been bridging the gap between local producers and consumers.   Across 56 local communities in Rwanda, the E-HUBBs are perceived by the local communities as a connecting link between factory

Meet Jeannette Umuhoza, one of SOLARKIOSK´s 56 female E-HUBB operators in Rwanda. Jeannette joined the Solarkiosk Rwanda team in 2014 as one of the first SOLARKIOSK operators in Rwanda. She manages the E-HUBB in the village of Rubona where she

Today Mastercard and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the launch of a public-private coalition that will bring together technology, solutions and experience from multiple sectors to transform refugee settlements into digitally-connected communities. This commitment delivers on a

SOLARKIOSK’s efforts to bring solar energy into East Africa’s rural communities have been reported in one of Germany’s largest daily newspapers – the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

One of the most important factors in last mile distribution is enabling safe transport for your employees.   SOLARKIOSK’s Area Officers, who supervise the daily operations of SOLARKIOSK’s E-HUBBs, use motorbikes to visit the 5-8 E-HUBBs they manage. The roads

Single-storey house lining a red dirt road, trees dotted between the buildings, children and goats playing everywhere: This is Wath Onger, the location of one of five E-HUBBs implemented by SOLARKIOSK in Migori county in Kenya with the generous support

There has been a lot of talk about impact in recent years, particularly in the impact investment crowd and within social enterprise circles, i.e. the investees. But on what basis can investors or businesses really claim to be impactful and

The SOLARKIOSK team in Ethiopia recently welcomed the Crown Prince of Norway Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, along with delegates of several Norwegian renewable energy companies in an E-HUBB in Butajira cluster. Representatives of Innovation Norway who organized the visit

One of the great advantages of SOLARKIOSK’s Pan-African setup, which spans no less than 6 countries, is that our teams can consistently learn more from one another’s trials and tribulations. This means that solutions that have been tried and tested

The Renewable Energy for Sustainable Growth Conference, dedicated to rural electrification and agricultural development, took place on October 19-20, 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda. Private and public sector players engaged in this 2-day event to scale-up the use of renewable energy

SOLARKIOSK is proud to be part of the “Ready for the future” poster campaign of German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), promoting the upcoming COP23 event in Bonn. SOLARKIOSK, represented under the motto