Angaza and Cello Electronics are partnering to bring two pay-as-you-go enabled, off-grid standalone solar TVs to last-mile distributors. By combining a solar home system and TV into a single product, the Cello Solar TV is the world’s first fully-integrated solar power system that provides consumers additional runtime at night and shorter charge time during the […]

The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) recently released its first-ever state of the sector report on last-mile distribution. The in-depth report takes findings from interviews with GDC members and other industry stakeholders to present key trends, challenges, priorities, and opportunities in last-mile distribution. As one of the industry stakeholders who had the opportunity to contribute to […]

Angaza, together with SIMA, announces the launch of the SIMA Angaza Distributor Finance Fund (DFF), a data-driven investment fund that will provide much-needed access to debt capital for last-mile distributors. DFF will invest in distribution companies working to provide clean energy access for all in emerging markets, thus addressing one of the biggest barriers to […]

Like any SaaS business, Angaza manages a tremendous quantity of data for our customers. This data represents both a strategic asset and a strategic liability: while it allows us to offer valuable business insights to our customers and take an evidence-based approach to improving our own product, accidental release of sensitive information could negatively impact our customers’ businesses and low quality insights and predictive analytics could lead to poor business decisions and degraded trust.

Angaza and JUA Energy are partnering to bring last-mile clients a standalone television, available on a pay-as-you-go basis. JUA Energy’s TV1G, an 18.5 inch TFT LCD television with LED backlight, operates with any 12V (10W) power supply, including the Jua Energy system products. This unique standalone TV is integrated with Angaza’s Pay-As-You-Go technology, enabling clients […]

It’s taken us four installments to set enough context around just some of the operational requirements when building out a business in emerging markets. To recap: Why Distributors Use Pay-As-You-Go framed the question — how does a Pay-As-You-Go solar distribution company actually operate? How Mobile Network Operators Utilize Prepaid Scratch Cards discussed the impedance mismatch between a high-tech product […]

Here at Angaza, we’re used to optimizing our hardware designs to be as small, efficient, and as inexpensive as possible. We are able to add pay-as-you-go (PAYG) state monitoring and communications capability to a manufacturer’s existing printed circuit board (PCB) design for less than a dollar, square inch, and milliwatt of cost. Of course, these […]

Angaza, the leading software provider for last-mile distribution, and Uber Kenya, the leading ridesharing provider in the country, have partnered to offer renewable solar energy solutions to thousands of drivers in the Nairobi region. The collaboration leverages Angaza’s partnership network of leading solar product distributors, whose products will be promoted to thousands of drivers and motorbike […]

At Angaza, we’re dedicated to making life-changing products affordable to the world’s one billion consumers in emerging markets. Our customer support team ensures that our last-mile distribution customers receive exceptional and personalized resolutions, every time. In today’s team spotlight, David Baraza, our Technical Customer Support Specialist, describes what he’s learned since joining the Angaza team […]

Our team at Angaza regularly visits our customers to understand their needs so we can better support their success. On a recent visit to western Kenya, we joined up with Mwezi solar, one of our last-mile distribution partners. To make solar products more financially accessible to low-income rural and peri-urban Kenyans, Mwezi solar started selling pay-as-you-go products using the Angaza platform in 2016. Read on below for observations from the trip on how Mwezi solar runs a pay-as-you-go product distribution business.