YETU Smart Grids develops and deploys turnkey renewable energy solutions to electrify rural Africa. The company specializes in integrating hybrid energy grids using solar, hydro, wind, biomass, and battery storage technologies. They provide end-to-end services including energy assessment, engineering design, and 24/7 grid flow monitoring via their ESIOS platform.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Many rural and off‑grid locations in sub‑Saharan Africa lack reliable, affordable electricity because existing grid extensions are intermittent, diesel generators are costly and polluting, and there is no integrated platform to manage multiple renewable sources. This results in frequent outages for critical services such as healthcare, agriculture, education, and telecommunications.
Solution
YETU Smart Grids delivers turnkey hybrid renewable energy systems that combine solar, hydro, wind, biomass, hydrogen and battery storage into a single, balanced micro‑grid. The company conducts a full energy assessment, creates a master plan, and handles design, engineering, procurement and installation. Once deployed, the proprietary ESIOS operating system provides 24/7 remote monitoring, real‑time consumption profiling, and automatic balancing of generation, storage and load. Integrated IoT sensors and cloud‑based analytics enable predictive maintenance, decarbonization scoring and rapid response to faults, ensuring continuous power delivery with minimal operator intervention. The solution is packaged as a one‑stop service for communities and enterprises seeking sustainable, high‑efficiency power.
Target Audience
Primary customers are rural communities, agricultural cooperatives, hospitals, schools, telecom tower operators, eco‑tourism lodges and small‑scale industrial enterprises seeking reliable, clean power across Kenya, DRC and the broader Sub‑Saharan region.
Features
- Hybrid grid architecture supporting solar, hydro, wind, biomass, hydrogen and battery storage, optimized for local resource availability.
- End‑to‑end engineering workflow: site assessment, master‑plan development, detailed design, procurement, installation and commissioning.
- ESIOS cloud platform with real‑time asset performance dashboards, dynamic consumption profiling, and automated energy balancing across all sources.
- IoT‑enabled metering and sensor network for continuous voltage, frequency and load monitoring, with predictive maintenance alerts.
- Decarbonization and sustainability scorecard that quantifies emissions reductions and renewable share.
- Remote diagnostics and firmware updates via secure, role‑based access, reducing on‑site service trips.
- Scalable API for integration with local utilities, telecom operators, and enterprise energy management systems.