Category: News

  • Starlight Energy Tariff Approval

    The Energicity and Starlight Energy teams are thrilled to share that the Starlight Energy tariff for our first 10 Liberia mini-grid sites has been approved by the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC). The tariff was approved on April 10, 2025 and will take effect on May 10, 2025. Additional information…

  • Energicity Launches Rural E-Mobility Program in Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone–Power Leone, Energicity Corp subsidiary in Sierra Leone, is excited to announce the recent launch of its electric mobility productive use program with e-bikes proving up to the task of sustainably serving customer demand in Power Leone’s minigrid-powered rural communities where motorbikes are the main mode of public transportation.…

  • It’s a Wrap! Celebrating the Success of WIRES 1.0 Internship Program.

    As we wrap up an incredible chapter with the Women in Renewable Energy Sector (WiRES) internship program at Energicity Sierra Leone, it’s with immense pride that we reflect on the remarkable journey we’ve shared. About WIRES Internship Program This program aims to provide young women with valuable hands-on experience in…

  • Energicity, NOA to Provide Electricity to 40,000 Customers in Sierra Leone in New Deal

    Sierra Leone – NOA (NEoT OffGrid Africa)  and Power Leone, Energicity Corp’s subsidiary in Sierra Leone,    are proud to announce our partnership. Power Leone will operate the  24 mini grids owned by NOA in Sierra Leone, serving approximately 40,000 customers in rural Sierra Leone  with sustainable electricity    NOA’s  24…

  • Power Leone PUE Team Deploys Freezers in Moyamba Junction

    Our commitment to the #ProductiveUseofEnergy continues. In October, PUE team delivered 9 freezers to customers in Moyamba Junction, Sierra Leone,  under  The “SHE” Project in partnership with CARE (SL) and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP). The SHE Project aims to empower women entrepreneurs to build better livelihoods. It facilitates the leasing…

  • Weziza Benin Commissioning

    Energicity Corp (Energicity) commissioned its first 2 mini grids in Benin in October 2022, bringing electricity to over 3000 people and small businesses.   The Weziza Benin team, Energicity’s subsidiary in Benin, completed construction of the sites at Takpatchiomè and Gougouta communities in the municipality of Azolve, Couffo District.Weziza Benin also successfully completed a…

  • 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 Fund (EIF).  This round of funding follows an earlier investment by Treehouse Investments, which closed…

  • Could developing renewable energy micro-grids make Energicity Africa’s utility of the future?

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  • 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 products cold. Her customers, villagers and workers in the small cocoa farming community of Katapie,…

  • 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 innovators committed to growing the continent’s energy sector. Having attracted 4 times more entries than…