BGFZ Impact
News
Emerging Cooking Solutions' Z-Stove Wins Prestigious Swedish Design Award
News - 11 June 2018Vitalite opens Sales & Service Centre in Kitwe, Copperbelt Province
News - 26 February 2018Standard Microgrid's Matthew Wainwright wins the 2018 African Youth Energy Innovator Award
News - 21 February 2018ENGIE accelerates its development in the off-grid energy market by joining forces with Fenix
Press Release - 19 October 2017Standard Microgrid wins htext.africa and Standard Bank Innovation Challenge
News - 23 September 2017Africa’s largest telco partners with Fenix International to launch off-grid solar in Zambia
Press Release - 1 August 2017Sweden's Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia signs first contracts with Energy Service Providers. The goal: modern energy for one million Zambians
Press Release - 10 July 2017Stories
How innovative payment systems are helping Zambians electrify their lives
01-02-2019, Lusaka, Zambia / For just a few Kwacha a day, subsistence farmers in rural Zambia can pay off solar lighting and phone charging systems supplied by Vitalite and Fenix International – two of four companies providing clean and reliable off-grid energy solutions through the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia.
"We are not only providing services and products, we’re also building capacity and improving quality of life."
Meet VITALITE's Customers
08-06-2018, Lusaka, Zambia / With the help of BGFZ, VITALITE aims to sell 95,000 high-quality Solar Home Systems (SHS) by 2021, reaching some 500,000 beneficiaries. This Zambian company is currently scaling up its operations with the aim of reaching all ten provinces of the country. Thus far, VITALITE has sold 5,000 solar home systems, in rural and peri-urban areas including the outskirts of Lusaka. Many customers first hear about VITALITE from friends and neighbours, and some purchase more than one system.
Sweden's Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia signs first contracts with Energy Service Providers. The goal: modern energy for one million Zambians
10-07-2017, Lusaka, Zambia / Sweden’s Ambassador to Zambia Henrik Cederin signed four contracts last Friday with companies offering a variety of rural energy solutions, marking the start of operations of the Power Africa: Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia (BGFZ)
