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MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.

Innovex is transforming the distribution of off-grid solar energy systems and equipment using digital tools. They offer services that include designing, manufacturing, and installing.

WATCHA - Launched in AUG 2012, it quickly became Korea’s favorite movie review app - Its core competency lies in personalized recommendation technology - once users rate movie, WATCHA predicts how they will like movies they haven’t yet seen - Now provides the widest and most accurate movie, TV show and book reviews - Launched in Japan in 2015 WATCHA PLAY - Launched in JAN 2016 - Subscription VOD service for movie and TV series available on multiple devices including Web, iOS/Android mobile and tablet, Samsung/LG Smart TV, Google Chromecast, Android TV - Provides extremely accurate personalized content recommendation, powered by WATCHA - 75% of content consumed based on recommendations Comment by Apple, App Store Editor Team “Thanks to its large volume of reliable review data collected from users, WATCHA PLAY can recommend contents that perfectly satisfy my taste. Please don’t waste your time in choosing what to watch. Trust WATCHA PLAY and Enjoy tonight”

Oolu is the fastest growing off-grid solar company West Africa. Our Vision is to be the leading energy and financial service provider to millions of customers in the developing world. Our model, developed with local communities, allows us to reach off-grid households in rural villages offering them modern energy access. With a monthly payment model reducing barriers to access, as well as maintenance, parts and battery replacements included in our service, we save our clients money and assure them a continuous, dependable source of energy. In Wolof, a national language of Senegal, Oolu means ‘trust’. By building trust with the communities in which we work, we can grow together.

PerMeal is an online store that sells rice, grain, nut, fruit, vegetable, convenience food, meal kit, side dish, salted fish, meat, egg, Susan, dried fish, condiment, snack, and beverage tea products.

upOwa develops, deploys and maintains innovative solutions that bring clean electricity to off-grid African communities in an affordable way.upOwa is a growing social business that enables dramatic social and economic improvements at the community level, in a sustainable way thanks to both its financial profitability and environment-friendly activities.

Nuru is a solar hybrid site. Nuru (Swahili for "light") is a company dedicated to enhancing connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nuru deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma, the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub-Saharan Africa. Nuru is a renewable and environment company that specializes in the fields of storage micro-grids and solar energy. The company deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma. Nuru was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Goma, Nord-Kivu, Congo.

They serve customers throughout South East Asia and the Pacific who either have no mains electrical grid access, or access to only a weak electrical grid. They design, build and finance optimized renewable energy microgrid solutions which enable Thier customers to achieve substantial cost savings through reduced diesel fuel usage, while reducing pollution and CO2 emissions. Thier customers include remote industries such as mining and plantation operations, island resorts, remote villages and communities, as well as island-based utility companies.

Oolu is the fastest growing off-grid solar company West Africa. Our Vision is to be the leading energy and financial service provider to millions of customers in the developing world. Our model, developed with local communities, allows us to reach off-grid households in rural villages offering them modern energy access. With a monthly payment model reducing barriers to access, as well as maintenance, parts and battery replacements included in our service, we save our clients money and assure them a continuous, dependable source of energy. In Wolof, a national language of Senegal, Oolu means ‘trust’. By building trust with the communities in which we work, we can grow together.

Easy Solar is a leading energy distribution company in West Africa, financing high-quality solar products and appliances for those with limited or no access to the conventional grid. Customers can finance their purchase over time by paying in weekly or monthly installments, with the option to pay via cash or mobile money. To date, Easy Solar has reached more than 400,000 beneficiaries, distributed through its extensive network of agents and outlets throughout Sierra Leone and Liberia.

upOwa develops, deploys and maintains innovative solutions that bring clean electricity to off-grid African communities in an affordable way.upOwa is a growing social business that enables dramatic social and economic improvements at the community level, in a sustainable way thanks to both its financial profitability and environment-friendly activities.

Over 1 billion people worldwide lack access to clean, affordable electricity. Solaris Offgrid develops, manufactures and installs solar energy systems, utilising smart technology and mobile payments to create a scalable model for providing real energy access in the developing world. Solaris, is a pay-as-you-go solar home system which creates a platform to deliver clean LED lighting, communication, media, enterprise opportunities and access to finance for households and businesses in rural Africa.