Newlight Africa

Newlight Africa

bringing clean solar light to millions of rural homes through chama saving groups
Newlight Africa - bringing clean solar light to millions of rural homes through chama saving groups

Location: 

Kakamega, Kenya

Duration: 

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Journey: 

Silicon Savannah

Personal highlights

  1. Newlight Africa: young enterprise to bring solar light to millions of rural homes
  2. heya! consumer brand to operate in Africainfo-icon, collaborating with local Sales Agents
  3. Chamas: informal saving group for people without access to banks and loans
  4. Training: attending a training of local Sales Agents for the newest technology
  5. Kakamega: visiting the headquarter and having interesting conversations

Image sources

  1. Instruction for Sales Agents
  2. Workshop for Sales Agents
  3. Recruiting at a rural Chama
  4. Exploring new technology
  5. Official heya! logo

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