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Publication Date:
September 08, 2020
Industry:
Energy & Natural Resources
Source:
Harvard Business School
Kenyan off-grid-solar pioneer d.light can power entire homes in rural Africa but must now decide how to fund the growth of its asset-heavy business model. Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman founded d.light in 2006 to transform lives through solar solutions enabling access to electricity, the seventh United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Originally providing simple portable solar lanterns to people without access to reliable electricity, the enterprise developed solar home systems that included lights, mobile chargers, and an energy-efficient device such as a radio, fan or TV. By 2019, with the success of home systems, d.light had become one of the leading players in the off-grid solar sector, with the world’s largest distribution network for off-grid solar products and a projected revenue of over $90 million. Key to d.light’s solar home systems was pay-as-you-go (PayGo) plans, a lease-to-own model consisting of a down payment followed by small (
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