Angaza Partners to Launch JUA Energy TV1G Pay-As-You-Go Television
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 […]
The Design Approach for Developing Keycode Systems
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 […]
5 Lessons in Building A Usable Development Board
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 […]
5 Ways to Grow Your Distribution Business
Running a product distribution business for consumers in emerging markets is a complex operation with many moving parts, from managing inventory and sales agents to identifying qualified consumers, to managing installment payments. Growing this sophisticated Pay-As-You-Go business model takes considerable strategizing and coordination. Since 2012, Angaza has supported the growth of over 150 last-mile distributors […]
How to Sell Non-Metered Products Securely with Remetering
Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) financing for products like solar home systems have been revolutionary to removing financial barriers for consumers, and unlocking new markets for product distributors. To date, PAYG has enabled consumers to purchase more than 119 million solar lighting units worldwide between 2010 and 2017, while granting distributors access to a larger base of customers […]
Fosera Spark Joins Angaza’s Pay-As-You-Go Solar Home Offerings
In continued growth of a three-year collaboration, Angaza and Fosera are adding another best-in-class product to their portfolio of pay-as-you-go enabled solar home systems. The Fosera Spark is an entry-level solar home system, designed to be ultra efficient. A small, sleek profile makes it a gateway product for households in emerging markets seeking an affordable […]
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 […]
Angaza and Endless Solutions Join Forces to Launch First PAYG Laptop
Angaza and Endless Solutions are partnering to bring last-mile consumers the first ever personal computer and operating system available on a pay-as-you-go basis. The partnership comprises a combined user friendly laptop with the Endless Operating System (OS), integrated with Angaza’s Pay-As-You-Go technology.