Junior Community Manager, Sierra Leone
Power Leone is hiring a driven, team player and good communicator person who has a demonstrated track record in customers facing or for the position of Junior Community Manager based in Port Loko District. The [...]
Energicity Raises Seed Funding to Expand Efforts to Power West Africa With Off-Grid, Clean Energy Solutions for All
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE – June 23, 2020 - Energicity Corp, the developer and operator of microgrid utilities in West Africa, announced today that it has closed on a $3.25M seed investment, led by Ecosystem Integrity [...]
SOLAR MINI-GRIDS BOOST WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INCREASE THEIR INCOME BY UP TO 11 TIMES
Abena Apam had a problem. Business was down. Sales were slow. No one, it seemed, wanted to buy her soft drinks, bottled water, or other goods. Why? With no electricity, Abena could not keep her [...]
Press Release: Energicity’s Ghanaian Subsidiary Black Star Energy Ltd. Wins Award At 2nd EDF Pulse Africa competition
On the 23rd of November 2018, a prize-giving ceremony was held in Paris to reward the four winners of the second EDF Pulse Africa competition, the purpose of which is to identify and support African [...]
Press Release: Energicity’s Ghanaian Subsidiary Black Star Energy Ltd. Provides Electricity to Cocoa Farming Community in Rural Ghana through Ghana’s First Licensed Solar Powered Mini-Grid
Black Star Energy Ltd. provides affordable, sustainable electricity to the 125 residents of Affulkrom for the first time in their lives. 1.3 billion people do not have access to grid-powered electricity and an additional 700 [...]

- Press release: Energicity Turns On Its First Electrification Project in Sierra Leone – will provide 24-hour electricity to 100,000 people and businesses by Year End 2020
- Press Release: Energicity’s Ghanaian Subsidiary Black Star Energy Ltd. Provides Electricity to Cocoa Farming Community in Rural Ghana through Ghana’s First Licensed Solar Powered Mini-Grid
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