On 8th June 2016, BBOXX signed up over 108 customers to their solar home system products. In comparison, the national grid connects on average 250 homes per day, a total BBOXX promises to beat before the end of the year.

Solar off-grid solutions, such as those provided by BBOXX, are proving to be key contributors towards Rwanda’s 2017 electrification target. BBOXX solar home systems provide a wide range of functionality from lighting, to phone charging and television connectivity.

Justus Mucyo, the Managing Director of BBOXX Rwanda says that, "We are very proud to provide clean, reliable electricity to over 100 new families in Rwanda on a daily basis. Our technicians leave each one of those families with big smiles on their faces. In the last 12 months we have doubled our operations and now have shops open nationwide, allowing us to provide an on-grid experience to all off-grid households. We will continue to expand our operations over the next 12 months to have full coverage of the country. We have an amazing local team of over 200 staff committed to this cause, which should help us to sign up over 250 customers each day by the end of this year.

BBOXX is a UK venture-backed company leading the solar revolution in emerging markets with over 400 staff working across three continents. Over the past five years, starting from the engineering labs of Imperial College London, BBOXX has deployed over 70,000 solar home systems across Africa and south-east Asia.