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PEG Africa Ghana PAYGo solar

PEG Africa sells solar home systems on pay-as-you-go credit, targeting households that would otherwise rely on kerosene and disposable batteries. Ashden's award profile names Ghana as the company's core market, calling it 'the largest off-grid solar company in Ghana'.

Nationwide, remote areas, GhanaSolar home systems (PAYG)None
Image credit
PEG Ghana customers David and Gideon meet Grant Shapps after installation of a solar home system, Ghana, November 2015. Historical operator photograph.Project photograph · DFID - UK Department for International Development · CC BY 2.0 · 2015 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorPEG Africa (acquired by Bboxx, 2022)
EcosystemSolar home systems (PAYG)
StandardNone
StatusActive
LocationNationwide, remote areas, Ghana
Overview

Inside the project

Founded in 2013, PEG Africa was acquired by Bboxx in 2022.

Across Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire combined, Ashden credits the company with 25,000 systems sold and over 100,000 people benefiting, alongside bundled products such as clean cookstoves and phone financing.

25,000
Solar home systems sold (Ghana + Côte d'Ivoire)
100,000+
People benefiting

Objectives

  • Sell solar home systems on pay-as-you-go credit to remote households
  • Bundle clean cookstoves and phone financing with solar systems

Approach

  • Solar home systems are sold on pay-as-you-go credit terms, distributed to the country's remote areas.

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. ashden.org ↗https://ashden.org/awards/winners/peg-africa/
  2. en.wikipedia.org ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEG_Africa

Documented by one public source so far.

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