Clean Energy Startups in Africa
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Clean energy gains traction, led by Greenlight Planet, Lumos, and BURN. Off-grid solar remains the primary focus, expanding access and fostering rural micro-economies. Distribution networks are crucial for growth, empowering local entrepreneurs and creating job opportunities.
Cummulative Funding
$908.3M+
Total # of Companies
30
Total Deal Count
72
Total M&A Count
0
Total # of Investors
116
List of Clean Energy startups in Africa
Add Startup| Startuparrow_upward | Overviewarrow_upward | Last roundarrow_upward | Total raisedarrow_upward | Founded |
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Sun King designs, distributes and finances Sun King solar home energy solutions to households and businesses who lack reliable access to the grid. | Series D | $ 576,000,000 | 2009 | |
Lumos is a Clean Energy company and a leading provider of high-quality solar home systems that is revolutionising the African market. | Debt Financing | $ 212,000,000 | 2012 | |
BURN is a Kenyan clean energy startup working to create the worldβs most efficient biomass, liquid fuel, and electric cookstoves. | Private Equity | $ 30,100,000 | 2011 | |
Wassha provide the rental device and charging service using clean energy. | Series C | $ 28,000,000 | 2013 | |
WATT aims to design, build, own, and operate (DBOOM) renewable energy (RE) projects through solar, wind, and biomass generation. | Venture | $ 13,000,000 | 2016 | |
Easy Solar is a Renewable Energy distribution in West Africa. | Debt Financing | $ 12,190,000 | 2016 | |
Renewvia Energy is an Africa-focused solar developer bringing clean, reliable power. | Funding Round | $ 11,000,000 | 2012 | |
PayGo Energy is a distribution service that harnesses the power of pay-as-you-go-technology | Venture | $ 8,500,000 | 2014 | |
upOwa is a leader in providing access to Energy in Central Africa | Series A | $ 7,086,000 | 2014 | |
Solar Sister is a female-empowered startup focusing on the distribution of solar energy in developing countries | Funding Round | $ 5,000,000 | 2010 | |
Gridless deploys distributed, run-of-river hydroelectric bitcoin mining to accelerate the electrification of rural Africa and decentralize. | Seed | $ 2,000,000 | 2022 | |
African Clean Energy is a B-Corp certified enterprise specialised in manufacturing and directly distributing the ACE One | Venture | $ 1,200,000 | 2011 | |
Brayfoil Technologies is a clean-tech startup that has created a compliant structure and morphed aerofoil research and design. | Funding Round | $ 1,000,000 | 2017 | |
Zonful Energy is a provider of turnkey off-grid PV systems on a Pay As You Go business model. | Grant | $ 900,000 | 2014 | |
GreenChar is a sustainable energy firm converting sugarcane waste into clean and affordable energy for industrial use in Kenya. | Seed | $ 140,000 | 2013 | |
Mukuru Clean Stoves (MCS) designs, manufactures, and distributes improved, efficient, and reliable cook stoves. | Grant | $ 110,000 | 2017 | |
African Clean Energy is a family-based company that produces the ACE 1 Ultra-Clean Biomass Cookstove. A small-yet-powerful smokeless stove. | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 2011 | |
Pro Technology is an Egyptian startup which provides clean energy solutions for homes and businesses | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 2018 | |
Energy and electrical service and product provider company | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 2019 | |
MUNYAX ECO is a Rwandan company reconciling business and clean environment. | Funding Round | Undisclosed | 2013 |
Founded
2009
Overview
Sun King designs, distributes and finances Sun King solar home energy solutions to households and businesses who lack reliable access to the grid.
Last round
Series D
Total raised
$ 576,000,000
Employee
1001-5000
Founded
2012
Overview
Lumos is a Clean Energy company and a leading provider of high-quality solar home systems that is revolutionising the African market.
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 212,000,000
Employee
201-500
Founded
2011
Overview
BURN is a Kenyan clean energy startup working to create the worldβs most efficient biomass, liquid fuel, and electric cookstoves.
Last round
Private Equity
Total raised
$ 30,100,000
Employee
1,001-5,000
Founded
2013
Overview
Wassha provide the rental device and charging service using clean energy.
Last round
Series C
Total raised
$ 28,000,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2016
Overview
WATT aims to design, build, own, and operate (DBOOM) renewable energy (RE) projects through solar, wind, and biomass generation.
Last round
Venture
Total raised
$ 13,000,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2016
Overview
Easy Solar is a Renewable Energy distribution in West Africa.
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 12,190,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2012
Overview
Renewvia Energy is an Africa-focused solar developer bringing clean, reliable power.
Last round
Funding Round
Total raised
$ 11,000,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2014
Overview
PayGo Energy is a distribution service that harnesses the power of pay-as-you-go-technology
Last round
Venture
Total raised
$ 8,500,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2014
Overview
upOwa is a leader in providing access to Energy in Central Africa
Last round
Series A
Total raised
$ 7,086,000
Employee
201-500
Founded
2010
Overview
Solar Sister is a female-empowered startup focusing on the distribution of solar energy in developing countries
Last round
Funding Round
Total raised
$ 5,000,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2022
Overview
Gridless deploys distributed, run-of-river hydroelectric bitcoin mining to accelerate the electrification of rural Africa and decentralize.
Last round
Seed
Total raised
$ 2,000,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2011
Overview
African Clean Energy is a B-Corp certified enterprise specialised in manufacturing and directly distributing the ACE One
Last round
Venture
Total raised
$ 1,200,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2017
Overview
Brayfoil Technologies is a clean-tech startup that has created a compliant structure and morphed aerofoil research and design.
Last round
Funding Round
Total raised
$ 1,000,000
Employee
2-10
Founded
2014
Overview
Zonful Energy is a provider of turnkey off-grid PV systems on a Pay As You Go business model.
Last round
Grant
Total raised
$ 900,000
Employee
101-250
Founded
2013
Overview
GreenChar is a sustainable energy firm converting sugarcane waste into clean and affordable energy for industrial use in Kenya.
Last round
Seed
Total raised
$ 140,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2017
Overview
Mukuru Clean Stoves (MCS) designs, manufactures, and distributes improved, efficient, and reliable cook stoves.
Last round
Grant
Total raised
$ 110,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2011
Overview
African Clean Energy is a family-based company that produces the ACE 1 Ultra-Clean Biomass Cookstove. A small-yet-powerful smokeless stove.
Last round
Undisclosed
Total raised
$ 0
Employee
51-200
Founded
2018
Overview
Pro Technology is an Egyptian startup which provides clean energy solutions for homes and businesses
Last round
Undisclosed
Total raised
$ 0
Employee
2-10
Founded
2019
Overview
Energy and electrical service and product provider company
Last round
Undisclosed
Total raised
$ 0
Employee
10-50
Founded
2013
Overview
MUNYAX ECO is a Rwandan company reconciling business and clean environment.
Last round
Funding Round
Total raised
$ 0
Employee