Energicity builds, operates, and maintains solar mini‑grids that provide clean, reliable electricity to off‑grid households, businesses, schools, and health clinics in rural West Africa. The company delivers end‑to‑end hardware—including locally manufactured smart meters—and a cloud‑based platform with AI‑driven analytics for performance monitoring, billing, and predictive maintenance, enabling scalable renewable‑energy utility services across Sierra Leone, Benin, and Liberia.
Funding
$4.6M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Rural communities across West Africa often lack reliable access to electricity due to limited grid infrastructure, resulting in constrained health services, education, and economic activity.
Solution
Energicity builds and operates solar mini‑grids that deliver clean, dependable power to off‑grid villages in Sierra Leone, Benin, and Liberia. The company designs, constructs, and maintains the hardware infrastructure while providing in‑house smart metering and performance‑management software to monitor generation, consumption, and system health. AI‑driven analytics optimize asset utilization and predict maintenance needs, enabling continuous service delivery. By integrating hardware and software, Energicity creates a scalable renewable‑energy utility that supports local development and improves quality of life.
Target Audience
Primary customers are off‑grid households, small businesses, schools, and health clinics in rural West Africa, as well as NGOs and government agencies seeking reliable renewable energy solutions for community development.
Features
- End‑to‑end solar mini‑grid design, installation, and operation tailored for remote, off‑grid locations
- Locally manufactured smart meters built in Freetown, featuring real‑time usage tracking and remote firmware updates
- Cloud‑based performance management platform with AI analytics for load forecasting, fault detection, and predictive maintenance
- Integrated billing and customer management tools that support prepaid and postpaid payment models
- Multi‑country deployment framework allowing rapid expansion across West African markets
- Modular system architecture enabling easy scaling of generation capacity and storage as community demand grows