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Sun King provides affordable solar energy for the 1.8 billion people around the world without reliable access to the electrical grid

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This is the first securitisation of its kind to be majority-funded by commercial banks; a breakthrough that proves local capital can drive local solutions, from energy access to the just transition.
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Sun King has closed a $156M local currency securitisation — the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa (outside SA) & the first to be majority-backed by commercial banks. This funding will bring affordable solar energy access to 1.4M Kenyan homes and businesses. #SolarEnergy #EnergyAccess
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✅ 1,000 schools powered.✅ 500,000+ learners reached.✅ Equal learning gains for girls and boys. Next: 5,000 more schools by 2030 — and we’re expanding into #Tanzania & #Sierra Leone. This is what’s possible when innovation meets purpose!.
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Millions of children across #Africa miss out on the opportunity to build the skills they need to thrive because their schools have no power. In #Malawi, the government-led BEFIT programme with @Literacy_Now1 & Sun King is changing that.
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"We used to send patients away at night when the lights went out." — Boniface Rucathi, Sienna Clinic Co-Founder. Now? They run 24/7 on Sun King’s solar power inverter. No blackouts mean that critical care never stops. Reliable, affordable #SolarEnergy changes everything.
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Basic electricity access is a lifeline. Sun King is proud to support #Mission300 — connecting 300M people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. 📈 300K solar installs/month.💼 32K green jobs.💡 $1.2B in solar loans.Our CEO highlights more: Cc: @WBG_Energy.
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We spoke with T. Patrick Walsh, CEO of Sun King, about the ambitious goal to connect 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to #electricity by 2030. Walsh highlighted the vital role of results-ba...
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Whether you're lighting up your home, powering a business, or staying productive during outages, this collaboration is here to make energy access easy and affordable. #SayYello #MoMoZambia #SolarEnergy #EnergyAccess
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#SayYello to energy that’s easy to access, affordable, and built to last. Sun King and @MTN_Zambia MoMo 🇿🇲 have partnered to bring clean, reliable solar energy closer to you. Learn more:
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With support from a new $80M loan from @IFC_org & @StanbicIBTC, Sun King is scaling solar access in Nigeria—one of the world’s most electricity-deprived countries. 90M still lack power. Thanks to @onu_kwue of @semafor for this spotlight:
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Semafor
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A Kenya-based solar power company is banking on using an $80 million loan from the World Bank’s private investment arm to meet its target of tripling sales in the world’s most electricity-deprived country within the next few years.
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RT @business: Sun King, the world’s largest off-grid solar company, secured financing from a World Bank-backed program to boost electrifica….
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Sun King, the world’s largest off-grid solar company, secured financing from a World Bank-backed program to boost electrification in Nigeria, which has the largest number of people without power.
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The real story of investing in Africa is more nuanced and positive than the headlines suggest. We're featured in @AVCA_Africa's film 'Bold Moves, Real Impact', where our CFO shares how Sun King scaled with private capital to expand solar access: #AVCA2025.
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We’re proud to have bagged three awards at the 4th #SolarWeekKenya Leadership Awards 2025! 🏆.- Solar Company of the Year – Financial Innovation.- Best Product Design Team.- Outstanding Product Innovation – PowerHub Series. We’re committed to powering access to brighter lives!
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1 in 5 Kenyans uses a Sun King product! Our PAYGo model makes ##CleanEnergy affordable with small, flexible payments. With @FMO_development’s, our $130m Kenyan securitisation turns solar payments into an investable asset, scaling access to reliable energy:
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Sun King
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This means safer deliveries, fewer emergency referrals, and uninterrupted access to vaccines and medicine. Proud to see this story in @GOGLAssociation’s latest report on the role of off-grid solar in powering climate resilience:
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GOGLA is developing a sector-wide framework for measuring and monitoring the impact of off-grid technologies on resilience and adaptation
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#SolarPower is transforming healthcare at Mwenge Dispensary in Dar es Salaam 🇹🇿. On a recent field visit, we witnessed first-hand how the small health facility now has reliable, round-the-clock power thanks to Sun King’s PowerHub hybrid solar system. #EnergyAccess
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Complementing our existing EasyBuy pay-as-you-go loans, this partnership provides a new financing pathway to help promote access to clean, reliable and affordable energy access in #Zambia. Learn more:
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Sun King designs, distributes, installs, and finances solar home energy products for the 1.8 billion who people currently living without reliable energy access.
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Sun King has partnered with @ecobank_zambia to make the purchase of our inverter products easier & at a discounted price. Ecobank customers can now buy our most powerful solar products - PowerHub and PowerPlay - through credit from the bank: #SolarEnergy
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6 months
☀️Meet Sun King's next-gen solar home systems: HomePlus and HomePlus Pro – designed to power homes and businesses with no or unreliable access to electricity. ✅ Brighter, dimmable lights.✅ Smarter power management.✅ Enhanced solar panels.More power, same great value!
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1 billion people rely on healthcare facilities with no or unreliable electricity. Our Achieng Butler visited Mwenge Health Centre in Tanzania to see how Sun King’s PowerHub systems are delivering continuous power, keeping vaccine fridges running & ensuring safer childbirth.
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Sun King
7 months
At today's #PowerElec2025 Conference in Nigeria, Ameh Bright Agbo spoke on how solar can empower rural communities. Agbo highlighted a solar subsidy initiative that reduced Nigerians' out-of-pocket costs by 40%, resulting in a fourfold increase in our monthly installations.
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