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Our Goal Is To Bring

Electricity to

Millions of Homes

ABOUT

NovoMoto - a clean energy company

NovoMoto is one the of the first and fast movers in the energy market of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Founded in 2015, the company is a for-profit social enterprise that distributes solar-powered electricity for offgrid communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

NovoMoto’s mission is bring clean electricity to millions of homes. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are a total of 600 million people that live without access to grid electricity. This number is expected to increase to 700 million people by 2030. These individuals use Kerosene, flashlights, and diesel to meet their lighting needs with annual expenditures of over 14 billion dollars.

Our STORY

NovoMoto was founded in 2015 by Mehrdad Arjmand and Aaron Olson, two graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. NovoMoto started its first pilot project in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2017. After receiving feedback from the initial customers, NovoMoto was able to identify a product-market fit in 2019. From 2020, NovoMoto has been growing in the western part of DRC and now is looking to expand the operations across the DRC and potentially other markets in sub-Saharan Africa.

Value Proposition

Improving life quality

via access to efficient devices such as TV, bright LEDs and the possibility of phone charging at home

Financial Inclusion

via our Pay-As-You-Go technology, which allows customers to pay their loan in instalments

Customer Care

via our high quality products, 2 years of warranty and technical support of the customer service team

Saving Money

via our rent-to-own payment plan where customers do not need to pay after their loan is paid off

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT NOVOMOTO

Here are a handful of our customer testimonials

5/5
“I now live in the 21st Century because of how NovoMoto has transformed my home.”
JOCELINE NYAMINGI
5/5
"I do not even know where I tossed my kerosene lamp!"
ROGER IMBI MOKILI
5/5
"Words cannot describe the experience"
OLIVIER LINKO
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Expected 5 year savings provided