Angaza and Victron Partner to Bring Scalable Off-Grid Solar Home Systems to Emerging Markets

Angaza is thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Victron Energy, a world leader in the design and manufacture of components for battery-based energy systems. The Dutch company – founded in 1975 – is renowned in the off-grid solar market for its quality products (inverters, inverter-chargers, solar chargers, etc.), which are used worldwide in […]

4 Ways Angaza Streamlines Last-Mile Distribution of Cookstoves

Nearly half the world’s population (four billion people) still lacks access to modern energy clean cooking services, according to a 2020 report from World Bank. The challenge of delivering clean cooking resources in Sub-Saharan Africa remains particularly acute, with only 10% of the population benefiting from modern sources of energy for cooking, such as low-pollution […]

Four Ways Distributors Can Reduce Client Payment Default Risk 

Last-mile distributors offering pay-as-you-go consumer financing help consumers access life-changing products. However, they take on the risk of paying for those products upfront while the client pays for it over time.  Distributors can take several approaches to reduce risk from their client portfolios. These include: 1) Ensuring the consumer owns a mobile phone and has […]

How Pay-As-You-Go Product Activation Works

This is a continuing series on using keycode systems to deliver energy to pay-as-you-go solar home systems in off-grid energy markets. Why Distributors Use Pay-As-You-Go How Mobile Network Operators Utilize Prepaid Scratch Cards How Secure Pay-As-You-Go Keycode Systems Operate How Pay-As-You-Go Product Activation Works << You’re here The Design Approach for Developing Keycode Systems Last time, […]

How Secure Pay-As-You-Go Keycode Systems Operate

This is a continuing series on using keycode systems to deliver pay-as-you-go solar in off-grid energy markets. Why Distributors Use Pay-As-You-Go How Mobile Network Operators Utilize Prepaid Scratch Cards How Secure Pay-As-You-Go Keycode Systems Operate << You’re Here How Pay-As-You-Go Product Activation Works The Design Approach for Developing Keycode Systems In the past two articles of […]

How Mobile Network Operators Utilize Prepaid Scratch Cards

This is a continuing series on using keycode systems to deliver pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar in off-grid energy markets. Why Distributors Use Pay-As-You-Go How Mobile Network Operators Utilize Prepaid Scratch Cards << You’re here How Secure Pay-As-You-Go Keycode Systems Operate How Pay-As-You-Go Product Activation Works The Design Approach for Developing Keycode Systems In our last article, we […]

Off-Grid PAYG Solutions in Limited or No Connectivity Environments

This is part one of a three-part series on building reliable embedded systems. Off-Grid PAYG Solutions in Limited or No Connectivity Environments << You’re here Reducing Risks in Embedded Software with Static Code Analysis Developing PAYG Embedded Software Modules with Unit Testing Angaza creates technologies that allow businesses to offer life-changing products like solar home […]

Angaza is a 2018 Skoll Award Recipient

Once in a while, it’s nice to be recognized for the work we do. This week, the Skoll Foundation, the premier organization for advancing social entrepreneurship around the globe, announced that Angaza CEO Lesley Marincola is a recipient of the 2018 Skoll Award in recognition of Angaza’s innovative, market-driven approach to poverty alleviation. The award […]

Three Bright Products Are Now Angaza Pay-As-You-Go Ready

Angaza and Bright Products are expanding their partnership in order to deliver more Pay-As-You-Go multifunctional solar solutions to off-grid consumers. Angaza’s Pay-As-You-Go technology is now integrated with two additional BRIGHT products: the Home, a complete solar home system, and Move, a super-efficient solar lamp with mobile charging. With the Angaza Pay-As-You-Go enabled-Sunbell and Sunbell Smart, […]

BioLite + Angaza Bring Solar Lighting to Off-grid Families

Angaza is joining forces with BioLite, a social enterprise that develops, manufactures, and distributes advanced clean energy technologies to off-grid households around the world. The partnership makes the BioLite SolarHome 620 compatible with Angaza’s Pay-As-You-Go technology to make home solar lighting system affordable for off-grid families. “We are very excited to partner with BioLite because of […]