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SOLARKIOSK strengthens last mile distribution with motor bike safety training
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

SOLARKIOSK, ERGO and Munich Re inaugurate a new E-HUBB in Migori county
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

Impact: Putting your metrics where our mouth is!
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

A royal E-HUBB visit in Ethiopia
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

Shared knowledge for a shared vision
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

SOLARKIOSK speaks at Renewable Energy for Sustainable Growth Conference in Rwanda
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

COP23 is ready for the future along with SOLARKIOSK
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

SOLARKIOSK organises operator training sessions in Ethiopia
Following the success of the latest operator training sessions in Kenya, SOLARKIOSK has organized an operator training day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the participatory and practical training, the operators and area officers engaged in various confidence-building activities, as well

SOLARKIOSK at Deutsches Museum in Munich
SOLARKIOSK’s E-HUBB was selected to be exhibited in the world’s largest museum of science and technology ‚Äì Munich’s Deutsches Museum. The Long Night of Museums, during which these images were taken, was a true highlight of the exhibition period, securing

SOLARKIOSK at Global Green Growth Week in Ethiopia
Breakthrough technology for productive use of renewable energy in Africa’s rural off-grid areas was the topic of the talk that SOLARKIOSK’s CEO Andreas Spiess has delivered at the latest Global Green Growth (GGG) Week as one of the keynote speakers.

Connected Solar Market Centers empower local entrepreneurship
The images below show the 23-year-old Ally Ramadhan Ndele, who recently has opened a barbershop within SOLARKIOSK’s Connected Solar Market Center in Kibaha, Tanzania, about 80 kilometers out of Dar es Salaam. Ally moved to Kibaha from an urban area

Munich Re, ERGO and SOLARKIOSK partner to mitigate the effects of climate change
With the joint support of Munich Re and ERGO, SOLARKIOSK will open five new E-HUBBs in Kenya in 2017. In addition to the supply of renewable energy products, services and consumer goods, the co-branded E-HUBBs will offer free wifi connectivity