Tanzania Home Solar System Application

In Tanzania, having a good solar panel is necessary coupled with a solar generator. Solar power is not only sustainable and renewable, but it also means that once you install a solar system, you will never run out of energy because the sun never runs out.

Various companies are active in the solar power business in Tanzania, serving all different market segments. In fact, these companies selling solar products range from importers to wholesalers, retailers and local solar shops. Most are centred around larger cities, particularly Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Arusha.

ZOLA provides solar systems to homes and businesses in rural communities through an innovative financial solution. It offers “solar as a service” to customers who suffer from an expensive grid, an unreliable grid, or have no grid access at all.

Through ZOLA's financial solution, its services are affordable to 80% of Tanzanian households today. The cost of the ZOLA service is on par with kerosene for lighting (typically US$0.25 per day), and customers can pay in the way that suits them best.

ZOLA's Million Solar Homes Fund, a novel USD 45 million debt financing fund to finance distributed solar leasing to sub-Saharan African households, is the largest fund of its kind. ZOLA is already at around 1,000 employees, 90% of which are on the ground in Africa, nearly all of which are hired from the country where the operations are focused.

ZOLA is now exploring similar financing vehicles in Rwanda as well as other new geographies. Vertical integration, door-to-door sales and data analysis have allowed ZOLA to build an excellent customer experience into its hardware.