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Problem: Making clean cooking accessible and sustainable for low income households

Overview

PayGo Energy builds hardware and software solutions that makes clean cooking accessible and sustainable for low income households. In sub‑Saharan Africa, over 80 percent of households cook with dirty, dangerous fuels such as charcoal, kerosene and firewood. While these households have sufficient income to purchase clean‑burning liquified petroleum gas (LPG), they cannot afford the upfront cost of a whole cylinder. PayGo Energy’s flagship product is an IoT device that attaches to an LPG cylinder and enables consumers to purchase the fuel in small amounts using mobile money. Over 80 percent of PayGo Energy's customers are first‑time users of gas and 71 percent are women.