{"id":427,"date":"2020-03-13T07:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T07:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2023-12-18T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:29:14","slug":"canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania&#8217;s Rural Electrification Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian start-up Jaza has recently secured $1.7 million to provide access to electricity for households in rural Tanzania. The funds were obtained through a crowdfunding.<br \/>\nGood news for Jaza. The Canadian start-up has obtained new capital to expand its activities in Tanzania. The start-up has successfully raised $1.7 million. The funds were raised through a crowdfunding exercise involving the Shell Foundation, the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK), Ceniarth, the EEP Africa multi-donor trust fund and Active Impact Investments.<\/p>\n<p>Several individuals also participated in Jaza\u2019s fundraising. The $1.7 million raised will help expand the services of the start-up in Tanzania. In this East African country, the young company provides battery recharging services in remote areas. In villages, Jaza is building battery charging points managed by women. These kiosks are powered by solar-powered mini-grids, which allow the batteries to be recharged. Electricity storage devices are rented by households. In these families, they make it possible to supply a small electrical network that can support a few small devices such as radios or mobile phone chargers.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of the solution in Kigoma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been very interesting to see directly how our customers have responded to the energy services we provide. Our solution costs our customers half of what they previously spent on kerosene for lighting,\u201d says Radhina Kipozi, Jaza\u2019s marketing director.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the company has 70 battery recharging points installed in rural areas of Pemba and Mtwara regions. These solar energy production and distribution facilities supply 23,000 people and employ 140 women. With the $1.7 million obtained from several investors, Jaza plans to build battery recharging points in the Kigoma region of north-western Tanzania. These new charging points will create 200 additional jobs in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>Jaza\u2019s social, economic and environmental model convinced Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI); a European Union investment fund has decided to inject USD 1.5 million into the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian start-up Jaza has recently secured $1.7 million to provide access to electricity for households in rural Tanzania. The funds were obtained through a crowdfunding. Good news for Jaza. The Canadian start-up has obtained new capital to expand its activities in Tanzania. The start-up has successfully raised $1.7 million. The funds were raised through a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[20,25,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania&#039;s Rural Electrification Project - Infrastructure Brief<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania&#039;s Rural Electrification Project - Infrastructure Brief\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canadian start-up Jaza has recently secured $1.7 million to provide access to electricity for households in rural Tanzania. The funds were obtained through a crowdfunding. Good news for Jaza. The Canadian start-up has obtained new capital to expand its activities in Tanzania. The start-up has successfully raised $1.7 million. The funds were raised through a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Infrastructure Brief\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-13T07:09:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-18T19:29:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tanzania-electricity.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"867\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter Orengo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter Orengo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peter Orengo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea79dcf9ed73ef03fc6707d18fb186dd\"},\"headline\":\"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania&#8217;s Rural Electrification Project\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-13T07:09:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-18T19:29:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/\"},\"wordCount\":315,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Energy\",\"Featured\",\"Tanzania News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/\",\"name\":\"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania's Rural Electrification Project - Infrastructure Brief\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-13T07:09:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-18T19:29:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania&#8217;s Rural Electrification Project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/\",\"name\":\"Infrastructure Brief\",\"description\":\"News and opinion on public works procurement\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Infrastructure Brief\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inflogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inflogo.png\",\"width\":170,\"height\":42,\"caption\":\"Infrastructure Brief\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea79dcf9ed73ef03fc6707d18fb186dd\",\"name\":\"Peter Orengo\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania's Rural Electrification Project - Infrastructure Brief","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania's Rural Electrification Project - Infrastructure Brief","og_description":"Canadian start-up Jaza has recently secured $1.7 million to provide access to electricity for households in rural Tanzania. The funds were obtained through a crowdfunding. Good news for Jaza. The Canadian start-up has obtained new capital to expand its activities in Tanzania. The start-up has successfully raised $1.7 million. The funds were raised through a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/","og_site_name":"Infrastructure Brief","article_published_time":"2020-03-13T07:09:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-18T19:29:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":867,"url":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tanzania-electricity.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Peter Orengo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter Orengo","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/"},"author":{"name":"Peter Orengo","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea79dcf9ed73ef03fc6707d18fb186dd"},"headline":"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania&#8217;s Rural Electrification Project","datePublished":"2020-03-13T07:09:53+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-18T19:29:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/"},"wordCount":315,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Energy","Featured","Tanzania News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/","url":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/","name":"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania's Rural Electrification Project - Infrastructure Brief","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-03-13T07:09:53+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-18T19:29:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/canadian-firm-to-invest-1-7-million-in-tanzanias-rural-electrification-project\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Canadian Firm To Invest $1.7 Million In Tanzania&#8217;s Rural Electrification Project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/","name":"Infrastructure Brief","description":"News and opinion on public works procurement","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#organization","name":"Infrastructure Brief","url":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inflogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inflogo.png","width":170,"height":42,"caption":"Infrastructure Brief"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea79dcf9ed73ef03fc6707d18fb186dd","name":"Peter Orengo"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tanzania-electricity.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tanzania-electricity.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Peter Orengo","author_link":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/author\/peter\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tanzania-electricity.jpg?fit=1300%2C867&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1218,"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/1218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infrastructurebrief.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}