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South Africa soon to Launch Solar Electricity App-WiSolar

WiSolar a company which is a Solar and renewable energy Company plans to release a cell app in order to permit customers to buy solar energy electricity for his or her houses from the palm in their hands. The uptake in alternate power solutions in South Africa's residential sector has significantly risen in recent years

South Africa soon to Launch Solar Electricity App-WiSolar

South Africa soon to Launch Solar Electricity App-WiSolar

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WiSolar a company which is a Solar and renewable energy Company plans to release a cell app in order to permit customers to buy solar energy electricity for his or her houses from the palm in their hands.

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The uptake in alternate power solutions in South Africa’s residential sector has significantly risen in recent years as South Africa’s power crisis, load shedding, and increasing utility costs become more of a burden.
The Company aims to make solar power as commonplace as home WiFi connections


WiSolar present objectives is approaching housing developers and installs solar structures in residential homes under numerous packages. The developers are to pay the plans over seventy-two months by using funds from electricity recharge recharges made with the aid of using the app by customers withinside the complexes.


While the company is significantly growing its capacity, it presently has about 9MW of residential power in South Africa, which could power 3,000 homes.


The owner, Tonye Irims, aims to make solar power more accessible in a country troubled with unstable electricity supply.


“The developers, which will be the guys that have the users in their estate using their prepaid system, will also be able to earn commission on every recharge. Once the end-user recharges, a fraction of the recharge goes to the developer, and the rest is payment for the solar electricity,” Irims said.


Customers on the app can conveniently purchase prepaid solar tokens at 90c per kWh.

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The App lets customers see the remaining days and Kwh in their account, they can also track their usage and usage trends.


The solar App also additionally removes the economic pressures related to kitting houses with sun panels, Irims said


“[Many] also do not qualify for credit. Now with the prepaid system, they now have the option to buy a house, and [it] already has solar installed. They now have the option to buy on demand,” he said.

Reporting for Business Tech Africa on the funding, tools and strategy shaping the continent's founders and SMEs.

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