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Greenlight Planet joins Orange in
its commitment towards energy
transition in Africa
reenlight Planet, the largest solar
pay-as-you-go provider in Africa,
and Orange, one of the world’s
leading telecommunications operators,
are announcing a partnership that aims to
provide Orange’s customers with access to
clean energy solutions in several African
countries, including Burkina Faso, the Central
African Republic, the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone.
Through this partnership, Greenlight
Planet will provide equipment and support,
expanding Orange’s value proposition in
energy. Greenlight Planet’s solar systems
is to become available for Orange’s eight
million customers in Burkina Faso.
The partnership involves both companies
deploying Greenlight Planet’s Sun King
range of off-grid energy systems available
to the hardest-to-reach regions in the
country, especially to the households who
live off-the-grid. As part of its multiservice
strategy, Orange has chosen to contribute
to the challenge of making access to energy
more readily available in African countries
within its footprint by providing a range of
innovative Orange Energy services.
The Group first launched the ‘solar kits’
offer for consumers in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo in 2017 and it is
now available in eight countries across
the continent. Through these offers,
Orange Energy customers gain access to
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the necessary solar equipment needed to
provide them with enough energy to power
basic services in their homes. Customers
can use their mobiles to pay small, modular
subscription fees at a distance using Orange
Money, making solar energy more widely
accessible with the flexibility of mobile
payments. In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 600
million people do not have access to the grid
and power cuts are frequent, even in large
cities. The partnership between Orange
and Greenlight Planet will provide a much-
needed service to a population that would
otherwise find it difficult to access energy.
“I am delighted about this new
partnership with Greenlight Planet, it allows
us to turn an energy player into a digital
energy operator, using our telco operator
assets,” said Nat-Sy Missamou, Director of
Orange Energy. “African populations will
thus be able to access energy via simple
mobile pre-payment, wherever they are and
regardless of their total energy needs. This
is our ambition and our contribution to the
African energy transition.”
The Sun King solar systems by Greenlight
Planet that Orange is offering are robust
and can light up a whole house, charge the
household’s mobile phones and power a
radio or even a television. They consist of a
solar panel that is typically installed on the
roof of the house or business and connected
to a battery and control unit inside the
building. Users also benefit from a two-year
warranty for the products, which covers the
entire installation, maintenance, and repairs,
in conjunction with Greenlight Planet.
“This partnership with a leading operator
such as Orange is a great accomplishment,
as it proves that our solutions are perfectly
adapted to serve the needs of the sub-
Saharan African population,” said Patrick
Muriuki, Business Development Director for
Africa at Greenlight Planet.
“Starting in Burkina Faso, we aim to
cover the entire country with reliable access
to energy and expect our partnership with
Orange to expand across other markets in
Africa. We believe this collaborative effort
will ease and drive Sun King’s penetration
into the West African Francophone markets
adding to the nearly 50 million lives we have
impacted over 10 years.”
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