M-Kopa

M-KOPA is enabling poor people to buy clean energy products in small instalments, using mobile banking platforms such as M-PESA. Pay-as-you-go technology allows consumers to buy solar power for their homes without the usual significant outlay that most cannot afford.

To date, M-KOPA has impacted 165,000 lives and has powered over 100,000 homes in East Africa. In 2014 DFID provided further investment in M-KOPA to fund its expansion, supporting their aim to reach one million homes by 2018.