OUR STORY
“Rural villages are left in the dark as other pay-as-you-go solar companies focus on urban customers with mobile money accounts.”
Liberia’s Sustainable Power.
We harness the most valuable resource in rural areas —tight-knit communities — to provide life-changing products and services, starting with access to solar electricity.
Electricity creates opportunities — opportunities to learn, communicate, start a business, and build a better life. Less than 1% of rural Liberians have access to electricity even though reliable, safe electricity is now affordable for nearly anyone.
We aim to serve the remaining
99%
Community Focused
By focusing on tight-knit communities,
we maximize repayments through social
pressure and minimize costs through
economies of scale.
Community-Based Business Model
“Rather than selling to individual customers, we mobilize communities.”
Lighting up rural communities
Communities receive high-quality solar systems that provide lighting and phone charging.
Customers own their systems after completing a series of affordable monthly payments.
Households and businesses can finance additional products, including refrigerators,
TV’s, fans, and business equipment.
productive assets for women entrepreneurs
We currently serve women-owned businesses with solar systems that include commercial
refrigerators and other productive assets, boosting incomes by 30%.
We’re making an Impact
Solar energy is the least cost option for electrifying over 100 million people in Africa. Our products reduce the risk of household fire and offer a window to the world by expanding access to radio, mobile phones, TV, and internet. We deliver and finance a range of income-generating business equipment and, by providing free lighting for public buildings, allow people to socialize after dark.
More than 75% of our customers earn less than $5 per day, and more than half live below the $2 per day poverty line. By establishing a payment history for these customers, we accelerate financial inclusion and increase access to loans and other financial services. LIB Solar is currently conducting a study to quantify the impact of our systems on household income and expenditures as well as carbon emissions.
“Our team understands customers better than the competition
and has the technology and financing to grow and succeed.”
Nicholai Lidow, CEO
Stanford PhD with patents on
solar cell technology.
15 years experience in Liberia.
Data scientist at startups including PAYGO.
Impact evaluation expert.
Abigail Urey, CFO
US-trained CPA specializing in taxation
with 16 years experience.
Co-owner & CEO of Edgail Recycling,
Liberia’s largest recycler.
PwC accountant.
Archibald Klein,
Managing Director
Well respected community leader.
Led the growth & operations
of a local NGO.
8 years experience managing private
sector business in Liberia.
Milton Sirka,
Head of Installations
Expert solar electrician.
Installed mini-grids & managed teams
of electricians in South Sudan,
Burundi, Guinea, & Liberia.
Gorden Karpeh,
Head of Sales
Charismatic team builder.
15 years experience managing teams
& mobilizing communities for large-
scale development &
research projects.
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