Electrification
One of Project EnDi’s key ventures is the electrification of under-serviced regions. With this, EnDi invests in communities to increase the standard of living and improve daily living.
In the world, 660 million people live without power and over 1 billion people live without stable access to power and live in energy poverty, where there is only enough power for a simple light and/or intermittent phone charging.
Power provides safety, warmth and health. Productive use of power allows people to earn a decent income and provide for their families.
EnDi provides a simple solution to this problem. We make the power portable. Our portable batteries, charged with clean solar power, allow for a direct plug-in of any (AC and DC) appliances.
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The Problem
No one deserves to live in energy poverty.
Kampala, Uganda
The majority lives in informal housing
In Kampala, the capital of Uganda, alone (and this extrapolates to other cities across Sub Saharan Africa and beyond) 60% of the population lives in informal housing. Oftentimes people are renters and do not have a free choice of where they source their energy needs from.
More than 670.000 people, most of whom are women, face the struggle of running a business, housekeeping and cooking without electricity or with a poor connection.
This not only makes things exponentially harder but also more time-consuming and hazardous for their health. People need a solution that enables the use of any and all appliances used in the home or at work.
The Solution
EnDi delivers this solution in an affordable and clean way. By setting up a number of photovoltaic (PV) farms, around 250 kilo Watt peak (kWp) in and around a city, EnDi provides enough power locally to make a real impact. The PV farm will generate income and create jobs. At the PV farm the Portable Power Stations (PPS) will be charged and distributed. These devices allow for a direct plug-in of any (AC and DC) appliances.
EnDi has validated the concept for the business with focus group discussions locally in Kampala, working with Spotlight Kampala, ACT Together and the National Slum Dwellers Federation. Extensive research on problem-solution fit, price points and willingness to buy has been conducted in July 2025.
Where
EnDi works together with Spotlight Kampala, a research consortium that is an offshoot of various international universities (UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Makerere University; Dr. Jess Kersey PhD, Professor Paul Kyoma) and regional NGOs (ACT Together, National Slum Dwellers Federation). Spotlight Kampala has mapped the informally housed segment of people living within the city of Kampala, Uganda. The informally housed people in Kampala can be divided into small and medium enterprises (SME) and households.
This not only holds true for Kampala but is also applicable across the region of East Africa (Nairobi, Kigali, Dar es-Salaam, Goma, the rural areas outside of the cities) and beyond (Cape Town, Harare, Lagos, Abidjan, etc.), even outside of Africa (developing Asia, Latin America, and Small Island Nations).
In West Africa, EnDi works together with Connected Advocacy (Prince Israel Orekha) to replicate the deployment regionally.
The business model and technology EnDi uses is essentially location-agnostic and can be developed anywhere there is a need for an affordable, clean and robust last-mile energy access solution, permanently and temporarily.
How
EnDi’s HQ is responsible for the administration, accounting and sale of Carbon Credits to customers looking to offset their carbon emissions. This generates a good revenue stream.
EnDi’s local subsidiary (EnDi LS) establishes and runs PV farms and operates a hub-and-spoke deployment model with six revenue streams. EnDi LS directly manages three revenue streams:
- Power Purchase Agreement, 30% of yield, serves as an anchor load.
- Grid Injection, 10% of yield, supplied directly to the local grid in cooperation with local grid operators.
- Franchise license fees. License fees are tiered and set, based on number of customers and number of swaps. General structure is 10% of the average revenue for franchise activities is paid in Franchise License Fees (FLF), guaranteeing buy-in.
EnDi’s Local Franchisees (EnDi LF) leverage two core revenue streams:
- Small Medium Enterprises (SME), 40% of yield, will be supplied to companies in the communities that call in their order in advance, based on direct order, repetitive purchase or subscription.
- Swap Hubs (SH), 20% of yield, targeted to households via smaller sized PPS big enough to power the home and enable clean cooking.
EnDi LF can be any party that want to make an impact and revenue. This is open to local government, entrepreneurs, landlords, community organizations, savings clubs, etc. This concept is grassroots-focused and enables ownership and buy-in from local communities and stakeholders. The EnDi LF participates in the business by providing energy audits and training at the SME and SH, thus ensuring the correct use and maximizing the benefits of the use of the PPS. They are also tasked with customer acquisition, customer relationships, forecasting of energy needs and the pick-up and delivery of the fully charged PPS from the PV farm.
To ensure the success of the venture, EnDi works together with Makerere University in Kampala and others to undertake the R&D needed on hardware and software integration, including but not limited to user feedback integration, fintech and block chain integration (to account for the carbon credits, make direct payments to franchisees and offset currency risk with stable coins).
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