Simusolar is assisting smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change, to impact food security by increasing the quality and yields of their crops, increasing their incomes, and decreasing their dependence on fossil fuels.
Simusolar is focused on creating solar-powered products that have a direct and significant impact on productivity. We identified how to deliver clean-energy powered equipment to off-grid communities, and also how to deliver these products so that they are affordable to smallholder agribusinesses.
Simusolar provides and finances accessible, affordable, and energy-efficient equipment designed for off-grid businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our systems are designed to meet the needs of rural smallholders, from equipment specifications to innovative financing terms. Our goal is to enable rural smallholder farmers and fishers to achieve their vision, affordably and sustainably.
Customer spend per week on fuel and water pump repayments is, on average, 42% less than their fuel expenditure prior to purchasing a Simusolar pump
43% of household income last year came from crops that were irrigated using the pump
86% of customers said it was the first product they had bought on credit.
72% of solar-pump customers said they had experienced an increase in their incomes through increased yields and lack of expenditure on fuel
CO-CEO & CO-Founder
CO-CEO & CO-Founder
Senior Operations Manager
Customer Care Manager
Finance Manager
Senior Hardware Manager
Zonal Sales Manager Morogoro
Zonal Sales Manager Iringa
Government and Public Relations Mwanza
Hardware Manager Mwanza
National Sales Manager
Simusolar is the leading productivity-enhancing agricultural equipment provider to East Africa’s rural economy.
In addition to equipment, we offer financing mechanisms that enable small-scale agribusinesses to invest in increasing their productivity.
Our unique financing model breaks through traditional barriers to equipment access faced by smallholder farmers and fishers. We provide:
We partner with agricultural co-ops, capacity builders/NGOs, input suppliers and offtakers to reach and train farmers and fishers – leveraging a network of trust and support that has been in place for decades.
Our products and financial services benefit every stage of the agricultural supply chain reducing risk and increasing profitability for farmers and fishers.
Over 63% of Simusolar customers were below the Tanzanian poverty line at the time of purchase. The majority of our profits will be reinvested in achieving our mission of greater incomes across rural Africa.
On average, each fishing light customer averts 1.6 tons of CO2 and black carbon emissions each year.
End users noted the increased income has enabled them to upgrade homes, buy land for farming, open kiosks, pay school fees for children, and to start other businesses.
Customers mentioned that their well-being had improved due to more food to eat, the repayment of loans, and disposable income to pay for children’s school fees.
97% of fishers saw their income increase and 0% saw their income decrease.
94% of farmers said their yields had increased.
100% of solar-pump customers said they had experienced an increase in their incomes through increased yields and lack of expenditure on fuel.
Customer spend per week on fuel and water pump repayments is, on average, 42% less than their fuel expenditure prior to purchasing a Simusolar pump.
86% of customers said it was the first product they had bought on credit.
