Zola Electricby Xavier Helgesen
Zola Electric delivers electricity to a million people in Africa daily through solar and battery systems designed for unreliable or absent grid infrastructure. Founded by Xavier Helgesen after witnessing a 20,000-person village in Malawi with zero electricity access, the company moved its entire team to Tanzania to live alongside customers and understand their true electricity needs. By working backwards from customer price points and substitute spending on kerosene and phone charging services, Zola built an accessible solar solution and has since raised over $100 million in equity funding to scale across Africa.
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