36% of Kenyans live in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL). Most of these people have no reliable electricity or stable bandwidth data connectivity. ZIDI Solar, through our highly affordable, online, Home- and Productive-Use devices (Charging Kiosk, MIFI, WIFI CPE, and Egg Incubator) allows the vulnerable to begin the transformation to intelligent, collaborative productivity.
Africa is highly underdeveloped and needs to leapfrog the rest of the world in Sustainable, Affordable Energy for her citizens’ productive use – income generation. Product line cuts across a wide variety of consumer segments and price-points, catering for both Urban and Rural; across a multitude of use-cases.
Sub-Saharan Africa Electricity demand in 2040 is projected at between 0.75 and 1.50 Trillion kWh.
At an approximated rate of USD 0.20 per kWh, this equates to a potential market size of USD 3 Trillion
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We have a deep foundation in Engineering. Innovating and developing solutions that are unique for the African continent.
We have experience in Solar Solutions for over 7 years, serving customers across 31 out of 47 counties in Kenya; extensive experience delivering and installing in the harshest Rural markets.
Established a healthy track record of installing more than 800 solar systems to over 500 happy customers. In addition, we have provided 90 PV Offgrid systems across 45 schools across Turkana, West-Pokot, Garissa counties
We are the first Commercial Solar PV captive (600kWp Rooftop) Company in Kenya. Further created the First Evacuated-Tube Solar Swimming Pool Thermal collector in East Africa.
Zidi has vertically-integrated as a local manufacturer of Solar- Powered Connected devices which bridge the gap for unconnected Africans.
Zidi Solar has aligned itself with B2B, B2C business models. our B2C is through Channel Partners and Last-Mile Entrepreneurs and the B2B model through Financial Intermediaries and organized groups who offer loans and address customers at scale.
We are uniquely placed to provide a solution that is 50% cheaper than competitors in the market while also ensuring we maintain a strong gross margin coupled with a healthy channel margin which has translated to our local presence. Profits are reinvested in scaling up intelligent devices for consumers to become connected producers.
-Use devices offer customers payback periods of between 1 and 14 months.
