Africa, 2012 Solar Market Report

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Growing activities in the African market for The meeco Group last year

Present in South Africa since 2006, in Mauritius since the first quarter of 2012 and regularly present in Angola for the last 4 years, The meeco Group’s focus in the Indian Ocean and African markets has gained importance.  In fact, the swiss-based clean energy specialist has been very active in the region, developing projects and partnerships in South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, Morocco, Jordan, Nigeria, Yemen, Tanzania and Gambia.  “We have always considered the African market as one of the most promising markets in the solar industry”, explains Dieter Trutschler, Sales Director for The meeco Group.

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The meeco Group launches sun2fish, the solar based fishing buoy

Solar technology to replace traditional kerosene fishing lamps Catching fish at night implies using a light source which, in Europe and North America, is often a diesel generator powered spot. In places such as the Lake Victoria, spread across three African nations (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), thousands of liters of kerosene are used every night … Read more