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Prototype charging stations
Exciting times in Zambia where the team have designed and built the first prototype charging stations, which entrepreneurs will use to charge mobile phones. The ever-increasing popularity of mobile...
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Ambitious plans in Zambia
During my extended trip visting our programmes, I spent 5 days in Zambia where, apart from tasting local delicacies like Billtong (something a little like beef jerky), much has been happening. We've...
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Opening of brand new Renewable Energy Centre
The first ever Zambian solar installation training course took place at the Pumulani Renewable Energy Centre today. This is fantastic news and we thank founders Laureijs and Gerda Smulders for putting...
View ArticleMacrosolar in action: Sesheke district
I've been very busy since Christmas evaluating and targeting 17 schools for macrosolar installation. Our macrosolar systems use clean and renewable energy to light schools and allow students to work...
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West of the Zambezi
The extended rainy season finally appears to be relenting. This is great news for us since many rural roads have been impassable lately. The clinics and schools we evaluate and install with solar power...
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Light for the future: The journey ahead
The message coming from Simungoma School was clear - "we want light for the future." And we are certainly here to realise that need. Once complete, the installation in Western Zambia will not only...
View ArticleSuccess stories
I am delighted to announce that we have met our target of 31 macrosolar installations by May 31. Since the Zambian programme began in July 2008 we have been aware that only 2% of rural people have...
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Testing times - Microsolar prototypes in action
As SolarAid's Design and Production Coordinator I have been visiting all four of our programme countries to carry out research on two brand new microsolar prototypes. Whilst in Zambia, I was delayed on...
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A bright future: new team and new targets in Zambia
Four new staff members have joined the Zambian team in the past few months as we scale up operations. Regina Pelembe joined the team four months ago as the project bookkeeper. Regina has an impressive...
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Cyclists peddle into Lusaka to support Solar Africa 2010
Last weekend, SolarAid was joined in Lusaka by fundraising superstar Rick de Gaay Fortman. Rick is riding 7000 kilometres from Cape Town to Nairobi in order to raise enough money to provide Zambia with...
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Sustainable schools prepare for installation in the Eastern Province
Tweet SolarAid Zambia have been extremely busy in recent months, evaluating schools for macrosolar installation in both Chipata and Chadiza of the Eastern Province. The past few weeks have seen the...
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Schools receive the solar-powered green light in Chipata
Tweet "I felt like I was calling and telling these schools that they had won the lottery!" SolarAid Administrative Assistant, Karla Kanyanga, had been on the phone all afternoon to head teachers in...
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Solar training begins in Eastern Province
Tweet The SolarAid team has just returned from a series of school committee training workshops in Eastern Province. Each school, as recently as last month, was selected to receive a solar installation....
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Zambia in bloom: solar growth in rural Africa
Tweet It's been a while since I last blogged, partly because it has been an extremely busy and exciting time for the Zambia programme. Let me update you with the news. Since completing our...
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Taking centre stage at Zambian Agricultural and Commercial Show
Tweet For a few months over the summer, Finance Volunteer Ben Hadfield, gave the Zambian team valuable support during a very busy period. Ben recently wrote an account of a particularly special week:...
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