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Innovative payment model could help power Zambian homes

18th August 2017

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Energy and financial services firm Fenix International is working to deploy pay-to-own solar home systems in Zambia, leveraging telecommunications giant MTN’s mobile money platform.

In partnership with the Swedish embassy in Zambia, which committed nearly $3- million to the project up to 2020, Fenix is taking its first step in expanding its flagship product, ReadyPay Power, across Africa, after successful deployment in Uganda.

ReadyPay Power, which is also supported by a grant of $750 000 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), provides offgrid customers with access to affordable, expandable solar home systems to power households and small businesses.

In a deal with MTN, Fenix customers who have had the system installed in their homes will make instalments of around $0.20 a day through MTN Mobile Money until they have paid for the system in full.

“Approximately 15-million Zambians live without access to the electricity grid, representing 80% of the total population and 95% of rural residents,” explained Fenix International CEO Lyndsay Handler.

With backing from the Swedish embassy and USAid, Fenix expects to reach 850 000 rural Zambians by 2020.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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