About Us
Power to the People!
Dream Team
We are have gathered a strong entrepreneurial team with track record in building companies. The team combines world-class technical and commercial expertise with experience from diplomacy and a great understanding of how the world works on the ground in Africa.
Our Mission
Our mission is to develop technologies which contribute to the promotion of green energy and local development in the Global South.
Our Solution
We have developed an IoT-device which makes it possible to set up small shops which sells renewable energy as a PAYGO-service, where the consumer pays with mobile money. All activity is monitored and all administrative and economic task are handled by the app. This makes it possible for anyone, regardless of their competence, to set up shop.
Why mPower?
Our first product is charging stations for mobile phones, and which we know is purely focusing on installing in minibuses. This because the mobile phone is identified as a crucial tool for development and today user in the global south lack access to electricity which limits their usage of their phones. Our solution will improve peoples access to electricity, hence their access to their most important development tool.
Down the line, we will develop other products based on the technology, which all will facilitate the sales and purchase of energy, or services in need of energy. All our products will contribute to the increased use of renewable energy in rural areas.
Jakob Retvedt Bakkerud
CEO
Serial entrepreneur with vast international experience from the Norwegian MFA and several NGOs
Are Larsen Otterdal
CPO
Engineer with over a decade of experience from working in Africa.
Kristoffer Singstad
CTO
Serial entrepreneur (Sunday Power) with expertise in building IoT-devices.
Samwel Ojijo
Country Manager, Kenya
Telecom engineer with in-depth technical and commercial experience from Kenya. Born, raised and living in Kenya.
Håvar Bauck
Commercial Advisor
Entrepreneur and businessman. Has lived and worked in Kenya, DRC and Nigeria since 2002. Started and built HotelOnline, a leading Pan-African traveltech company.