Publishing date: 10 April 2021
Location: Nairobi
Description: Reporting to the Engineering Team Lead, the Field Engineer be involved with and not limited to carrying out Technical Surveys, conducting SunCulture product installations and aftersales. He will also be a pioneer of product knowledge and troubleshooting when it comes to the innovations of SunCulture products to our customers.
Publishing date: 9 April 2021
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Description: You will be responsible for leading the inhouse research team and manage all collection, interpretation, and communication of insights that will influence strategic business decisions, quarterly and annual roadmaps, user experience issue resolutions, BBOXX product and communication enhancements across our operations.
You will develop and execute plans, using various tools and methodologies, that will help the Corporate, Product and Capital divisions teams uncover customer behavior trends and guide the business overall strategy with the goal of better serving the customer base and improving the customer experience. You will work closely with members of various functional teams to act as the voice of the customer by making recommendations for customer experience improvement.
Publishing date: 9 April 2021
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Description: After close to four years of operations and extremely rapid growth, Easy Solar is entering a new phase of its development and seeking to recruit a highly qualified and motivated CFO. Based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the ideal candidate will wbe responsible for financial strategy, financial planning and analysis, financial reports, company audits, compliance, and bank relationships. The CFO should have a very strong financial background, a genuine interest in working for a social enterprise that combines social impact and financial performance, and an exceptional ability to lead, train and motivate a multi-country Finance team. The CFO will be working closely with the CEO, executive team and board of directors to ensure the financial sustainability of the company.
Publishing date: 8 April 2021
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Description: You will be responsible for leading the inhouse research team and manage all collection, interpretation, and communication of insights that will influence strategic business decisions, quarterly and annual roadmaps, user experience issue resolutions, BBOXX product and communication enhancements across our operations.
You will develop and execute plans, using various tools and methodologies, that will help the Corporate, Product and Capital divisions teams uncover customer behavior trends and guide the business overall strategy with the goal of better serving the customer base and improving the customer experience. You will work closely with members of various functional teams to act as the voice of the customer by making recommendations for customer experience improvement.
Publishing date: 8 April 2021
Location: ENGIE Energy Access
Description: ENGIE Energy Access is looking for a talented, self-starting full-stack software engineer to join the digital team to help deliver affordable solar power to emerging markets. This position offers a great opportunity to work alongside an elite team of engineers and business professionals and directly contribute to the success of a mission driven company with social and environmental impact. Candidates will get the opportunity to work in a diverse technology stack at scale.
Publishing date: 4 April 2021
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Description: Senior Manager-Customer Care will provide leadership and support towards the delivery of the M-KOPA Uganda customer strategy. The Senior Manager Customer Care will also provide leadership and support over the day-to-day operations of the M-KOPA Uganda Call Center.
Publishing date: 1 April 2021
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Description: Monitor and improve the performance of SMART solar systems and appliances. Provide the communication link between the products on the ground and Research & Development team in London/China to ensure timely, concise and accurate information on product performance and rigorous investigation into any issues.
Publishing date: 24 March 2021
Location: London or Nairobi (ideally), remote work also possible
Description: The Investment Officer (“IO”) will report to the Head of Investments and be responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships, driving transactions, structuring innovative and bankable solutions, and growing our loan portfolio across Africa and Asia.
Publishing date: 24 March 2021
Location: London or Nairobi (ideally), remote work also possible
Description: The Senior Investment Officer (“Sr. IO”) will report to the Head of Investments and be responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships, driving transactions, structuring innovative and bankable solutions, and growing our loan portfolio across Africa and Asia. They will also be required to lead arrange and structure syndicated transactions. The candidate will have existing networks in SunFunder’s investment arena and be able to hit the ground running.
Publishing date: 13 March 2021
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Description: To develop and manage a profitable credit portfolio that support the overall sustainable growth of the business. To provide reliable and quality customer service in a way that promotes Zuwa’s entire business. Ultimately, you will help them minimize bad debts and increase revenues from loans.
Publishing date: 10 March 2021
Location: Africa
Description: The Shell Foundation and Odyssey’s Powering Health Platform have developed a pilot program to test health facility electrification models in Sub Saharan Africa, in cooperation with UK Aid. The overall aim is to gather data and learn about key success factors for business models that best leverage the private sector and for successful engagement between developers, communities and local and national governments around powering health facilities. These learnings will be shared with other donors in the sector who are interested in Powering Health programs at scale.
Beyond the construction of sites, the success of this program will be anchored in bringing together the energy and health sectors for stronger, more effective electrification programs going forward. Therefore, the program will hire a health specialist who will learn from the developers and their local government/health contacts in a range of market contexts and provide input as to how a larger, longer-term program can be best designed to bring together the health and energy sectors.
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Description: Easy Solar is looking for a Market Research Analyst to ensure the company uses data driven insights in defining and executing their sales, marketing and product strategies. As an analyst, you will study market conditions in their geographical markets as well as in the broader industry, evaluate current performance in comparison to competitors and customer expectations, and recommend potential growth channels.
Publishing date: 18 February 2021
Location: London or Kigali
Description: Build pipeline of grant opportunities working with external grant agency;
Support Bboxx entities with grant reporting and grant writing where needed;
Map off-grid programming as part of a Bboxx global donor influencing strategy;
Identify upcoming ‘landscape shifts’ in global off-grid sector; develop new funding and commercial opportunities around these;
Consulting-style business development – policy and enabling environment research and assessment, in particular for new market entry and expansion into new business lines;
Identify and position Bboxx in high level multilateral initiatives (G20, Africa-Europe Council, IGC Council on Fragile States, SE4ALL);
Lead 1-2 policy research projects/year in partnership with leading academic institutions and Bboxx research team;
Represent Bboxx in renewable energy association discussions (French speaking);
Bboxx policy and government engagement risk assessment and management;
Attend events (virtual and in person) to expand Bboxx network and in particular build relationships with donors and Governments;
Oversee and manage a ‘network of policy champions’ across Bboxx markets.
Publishing date: 18 February 2021
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Description: The Director of Technology is responsible for all technical operations in Tanzania, with a focus on keeping their technology online and energized to maintain a reliable customer service. The Director of Technology will support the Chief Technology Officer by owning the Hub commissioning and maintenance, rolling out new products and features, in-country supply chains, and technical data integrity. The Director of Technology will manage the team of regional Solar Technicians (including Sr. Technicians) and Data Analysts. You will collaborate with the Director of Sales on ensuring Hubs stay online, with the Director of Operations to ensure Hubs get built, and with the Director of Marketing to ensure their products meet the needs of their customers.
Publishing date: 17 February 2021
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Description: This position will have responsibility for providing Tier 2 support to API customers of the Bboxx API services.
This is a mid level technical role that requires a combination of strong interpersonal and communication skills and strong technical skills in RESTful APIs. You will proactively accept escalated customer cases, determine the reproducibility of problems, analyse complex technical issues and work with other stakeholders to provide a resolution of the issue for the customer.
Key relationships will include other support staff, product managers, architects and developers/devops staff as well as business development and relationships staff within Bboxx. External contacts will be with both commercial and technical staff who want to make use of our APIs.
Publishing date: 16 February 2021
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Description: Clean Tech Hub is seeking a Junior Associate – Energy Finance who will assist in developing and implementing an interdisciplinary practice focused on Energy and Climate finance. The role will involve exploring the linkages between energy and climate markets as well as the financial markets and will then require us to look at energy and climate related products/markets from a financial perspective.
Publishing date: 9 February 2021
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Description: ENGIE Energy Access in Kenya is looking for an experienced, fiercely entrepreneurial, and mission-driven leader to lead our operations in Kenya. You are hungry to make an ambitious pitch for the commercial success of our solar home system and minigrid products in the Kenyan market. You have the skills and vision to create a winning go-to-market strategy and business plan to launch and grow a scalable, sustainable business, and build and inspire a team to execute against it.
Publishing date: 8 February 2020
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Description: TTA is seeking a Senior Project Manager and Consultant to join the Africa Unit of TTA in Kenya. Under the supervision of the Africa Team Leaders, the Project Manager and Consultant will coordinate projects and develop innovative custom-consultancy services adapted to the project and Client needs. The nature of projects will be related to sustainable energy, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy access.
Publishing date: 8 February 2021
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Description: Project Pipeline:
Publishing date: 3 February 2021
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
Description: The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change aims to equip political leaders and governments to build open, inclusive and prosperous societies in an interconnected world. They do this through developing policy and advising governments.
Within the Power Africa SAG program, the Energy Advisor is responsible for advising its counterpart government on Access to energy strategies and for providing technical guidance to the overall PA-SAG program on this area.
Nairobi, KENYA