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Africa’s Green Economy Summit: Milken-Motsepe Green Energy Prize Runner-Up: “Omnivat’s ecosystem of solutions tackles an ecosystem of challenges typically found in Sub-Saharan Africa

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RANDY KABUYA, ENGINEER AND CO-FOUNDER OF OMNIVAT, THE RUNNERS-UP IN THIS YEAR’S MILKEN-MOTSEPE GREEN ENERGY PRIZE.

THE COMPANY WON $250,000 FOR ITS CONTAINERISED ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND STORAGE SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDES CLEAN WATER, CLEAN ENERGY, AND WI-FI-ENRICHED BY VIRTUAL REALITY SUPPORT FOR REMOTE COMMUNITIES.

CONGRATS ON BEING THE RUNNERS-UP IN THE MILKEN-MOTSEPE GREEN ENERGY PRIZE! CAN YOU SHARE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF YOUR INNOVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICITY IN AFRICA?
For myself and 1.2 billion people, sub-Saharan Africa is a place that we call home. But sadly though, half that number here don’t have access to electricity, while the other half have to contend with frequent power cuts. These are businesses and residents. So essentially what you see is that the centralised electricity supply and generation system either does not work or is unreliable for those that it’s actually serving, or it simply is unfeasible for those that are not on its grid.

 

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