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  “The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.”  This was said by Muhammad Yunus, the leading pioneer for modern microfinance. His work through the Nobel Peace Prize winning Grameen Bank has shown […]

Blogger: Kat Harrison, Social Impact and Research Manager Twitter: @sunrise_kat Tumblr: http://sunrisekat.tumblr.com (Above: Research Assistants, Tanzania)   I expect you’re probably wondering what’s the latest with all this clever research we’re doing at SolarAid? Yes, I thought so. Well, mission completed: the first phase of our impact measurement function has been set up in Africa. Research Assistants […]

Off-grid solar repair in Africa: from burden to opportunity is a white paper written by the University of New South Wales and SolarAid. This white paper aims to share knowledge and learnings to facilitate replication of their successful repair pilot across the continent. It explores the potential for solar energy kit (SEK) repair in Africa […]

When SolarAid was founded in 2006, very few people in rural Africa had heard of solar power and fewer still could afford a solar light. For the past ten years SolarAid has been on a mission, to light up Africa and eradicate the kerosene lantern and although we have made some good progress and helped improve […]

  “I have always wanted to learn how to fix things, but lack of knowledge has always been a challenge”, customer in Zambia Clifford Namuswa is a farmer and a part-time HIV/AIDS counsellor who lives in Masuku, Zambia with his nine children. He was using kerosene and a torch on his phone for his lighting […]

SolarAid has made the strategic decision to open source and share the models it develops, to help others learn from, and replicate our work in order to increase access to solar light and power in rural communities living without access to electricity. This toolkit has been designed to help anyone set up a Solar Light […]

SolarAid’s founding director and clean energy campaigner, Jeremy Leggett, has been awarded the highly prestigious Gothenburg Award for his work with solar energy. Jeremy set-up the UK’s leading solar company, Solarcentury, back in 1998 and drew plans to donate 5% of its net profit to a solar charity. In 2006 Solarcentury turned a profit and SolarAid was born. Under […]

Shortly after The Economist’s article came out about how ‘electricity does not change poor lives as much as we thought’, we had a live music event to raise awareness about the issue and importance of energy access. Guests learned about the impact of energy poverty in low income countries and were then taken on an audible journey […]

As an organisation delivering off-grid energy, our mission is to light up every home, school and clinic in Africa by 2030. How well are we achieving this when compared with other energy organisations? We’re proud to have our Social Enterprise SunnyMoney Zambia named a 60 Decibels Energy Top Impact Award winner for Solar Lanterns this […]

This Annual Review covers the financial year ending March 2023 as well as impact numbers and future plans. Download Now