We’re passionate about contributing to development in the Global South!
After several years working with social entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa Are, our Co-Founder and CPO, felt a frustration about the fact that local people who wanted to build a business needed a tool to start their venture. It was this in mind the idea of mPowerStation surfaced. We believe that our devices, when put into scale, will contribute to local job creation, at the same time as driving the change to renewable energy, and improve access to communications in the global south.
Founding Team
Jakob Retvedt Bakkerud
CEO
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Are Larsen Otterdal
CPO
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Kristoffer Singstad
CTO
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Samwell Ojijo
Country Manager Kenya
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Our Mission
Our mission is to develop technologies which contribute to the promotion of green energy and local development in the Global South.
Our Solution
We have developed an IoT-device which makes it possible to set up small shops which sells renewable energy as a PAYGO-service, where the consumer pays with mobile money. All activity is monitored and all administrative and economic task are handled by the app. This makes it possible for anyone, regardless of their competence, to set up shop.
Why mPowerStation?
Our first product is charging stations for mobile phones. This because the mobile phone is identified as a crucial tool for development and today user in the global south lack access to electricity which limits their usage of their phones. Our solution will improve peoples access to electricity, hence their access to their most important development tool.
Down the line, we will develop other products based on the technology, which all will facilitate the sales and purchase of energy, or services in need of energy. All our products will contribute to the increased use of renewable energy in rural areas.