M-KOPA DONATES SOLAR SYSTEMS TO SCHOOLS

Mwambawahabari

M-KOPA has today donated solar systems to Isandula Secondary School in Mbozi. The initiative is in a bid to enable students to study at comfortablyease after nightfall. This is a second donation this year, after M-KOPA donated lighting home systems in Mkuranga, Pwani. Lack of quality light source has forced students to huddle around kerosene burners and candles, impacting the quality of their work and health.

Emmanuel Mongella, Head of Salesfrom M-KOPA says, “We have noted the struggle … school going children face when trying to catch up on their homework and revision. This social responsibility project will enable us offer lighting solutions to schools in off grid areas.”

M-KOPA Research indicates that 92% of its customers report that the home system has improved their children’s ability to study at night and his has had a great impact in their overall performance.

The Headmaster of Isandula Secondary School says, “We’d like to thank M-KOPA for considering us as a second school for this project. I am confident that the students will now conduct their individual studies or group assignments effectively and hopefully their overall performance will improve.”

The donation is valued at Tsh.4,959,000 and M-KOPA intends to roll out the project to more schools in the months to come. Systems donated provided the school with 36 LED lights, 9 mobile phone charging, 9 solar powered torchesand 9 solar powered radio.

About M-KOPA Solar

M-KOPA is the world's leading 'pay-as-you-go' energy provider to off grid homes. The company has developed a better way to provide affordable, safe and clean energy to billions of people living off the grid. Thanks to the sun's rays and mobile technology, customers can light up their homes, charge their phones and tune into the radio. They can do all this at the flick of a switch and for less than they used to spend on kerosene.

M-KOPA has won awards for technology and excellence at the 2013 FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards. It was awarded a Bloomberg New Energy Finance Award 2014. M-KOPA was recognised as being a game changer in clean energy technology in the 2014 Global Cleantech 100 List and was the winner of the SME category in the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize.