Discussing Ways to Advance B2B Technology & Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

As part of our annual team gathering celebrated in Barcelona, we held the first Solaris Offgrid Summit, where key industry players and partners gathered to share their views on the present and future of B2B technology and Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Panel 1: B2B Technology in Africa

Panel 2: Pathways to Financial Inclusion and Increased Resilience

A special thanks to our guest speakers for their contributions:

Magdalena Herman, Data Consultant & IT Solutions Engineer, Persistent Energy

Andreas Lehner, Co-Founder & CEO, PowerBlocks

Maxime Bayen, Operating Partner, Catalyst Fund

Kpateewiizi Domyirimber, Project Management, Open Value Foundation

Kami Dar, Co-Founder & CEO, Uniti Networks

Benjamin David, Co-Founder & CTO, Solaris Offgrid

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About Solaris Offgrid

Solaris Offgrid supports distributors and manufacturers across all industries in over 35 countries through SolarisLab Product Design Services and flexible IT solutions. Solaris Offgrid’s flagship PaygOps platform is an interoperable B2B SaaS which connects energy and utility appliances (solar devices, water-pumps, cookstoves, smart metres, e-bikes) and payment methods (Pay-as-you-go and Mobile Money) within a suite of enterprise applications or API services, to allow distributors to smoothly manage their operations and tackle their challenges at the last mile, thus enabling them to provide affordable essential products and services to millions of people at the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid.