Our Impact
Since 2016 we have measured success in one currency: lives changed by reliable clean energy.
A fully Ethiopian team, delivering in every corner of the country since 2016.
6
rural mini-grids built and running
4,200+
rural households connected
11+
healthcare facilities electrified
110,000+
tonnes CO2 avoided over design life
200
businesses powered by our grids
160+
people trained in solar and clean cooking
70+
Ethiopian jobs sustained
8
consecutive profitable years
3,341 kWp installed to date, generating about 5 GWh of clean electricity a year. 1,000+ TOLO induction stoves sold, each displacing about 560 kg of charcoal a year. Solar emissions are calculated on displaced diesel and kerosene; clean cooking emissions on displaced non-renewable biomass (CDM AMS-II.G). No credit is claimed for displacing grid electricity, because the Ethiopian grid is predominantly hydropower.
How we create impact
Energy access
Mini-grids, solar home systems and institutional power for communities the grid has not reached, built with the European Union and GIZ Energising Development.
Health
Reliable electricity for hospitals, operating rooms, laboratories and vaccine cold chains, built to keep going where the stakes are highest.
Livelihoods
Solar water pumping, agro-processing and clean cooking that turn energy into income, anchored by the locally manufactured TOLO induction stove and farmer-friendly pump financing.
Skills and jobs
University students, TVET technicians and refugee communities trained and employed, backed by the Ethiopia Jobs Challenge Fund (MoLS/KfW) and the TRANSFORM programme (Unilever, FCDO, EY), with manufacturing jobs growing as stove production scales.
See it for yourself
Our work advances 10 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Scale this with us
Whether you fund, develop or deliver, there is a place for you in this work.
