Chair of the EDF Pulse Africa jury Marianne Laigneau said EDF will support project owners over the long — term and forge collaborative ties that promote EDF investments in Africa.
Mr Magiro’s commercialised innovation was singled out as a major enabler to enhancing access to green energy for rural communities in Murang’a in the off-grid electricity generation category.
The start-up manufactures and installs small standard and modular hydropower plants (so called because they fit into containers) with a generation capacity ranging from 100 kilowatts to 5 megawatts depending on the flow of the river and slope of the site.
Mr Magiro’s hydroelectric project provides reliable and low-cost power to 250 homes.
