Sun King Wins Twice at the Financial Times and World Bank’s ‘Africa Sustainable Futures Awards’
On 30th October 2024, Sun King received the Financial Times and World Bank MIGA’s Financing Access to Clean Energy Award and the Judges’ Award for Excellence at the inaugural Africa Sustainable Futures Awards for its ‘pay-as-you-go powered securitisation’. These awards were established to recognise innovative and financially viable projects and initiatives that provide transformative solutions…
Read MoreIntroducing PowerPlay Pro: The Versatile and Cost-Effective Solar Power Station
Sun King has launched PowerPlay Pro, a solar power station capable of powering everything from phones and televisions to laptops, freezers, and light business equipment. Cheaper than running a generator, PowerPlay Pro is an affordable energy solution for those living with unreliable electricity or entirely off-grid. Sun King, the world’s leading off-grid solar power provider,…
Read MorePowerHub Range: Sun King Launches New Solar Products Designed to Replace the Grid
Designed to deliver continuous power to homes, businesses, and institutions, the PowerHub 3300 marks the debut of Sun King’s new PowerHub range. The product range is engineered for those with no access to electricity or grappling with a broken, unreliable grid connection. Solar energy company Sun King unveils its PowerHub series, a new range of…
Read MoreSecuritisation: An Old Tool for Africa’s New Green Frontier?
Securtisation reshaped America’s housing market. Today, a new challenge calls: helping finance Africa’s green transition. Sun King’s Anish Thakkar and Krishna Swaroop explore how the securitisation of pay-as-you-go finance for off-grid solar can bring reliable, green electricity to those without power and light. By Anish Thakkar and Krishna Swaroop Securitisation, a financial innovation that emerged…
Read MoreSun King and Citi Close First $130 Million Securitisation to Broaden Access to Finance for Off-Grid Solar in Kenya
The scalable loan instrument, arranged and structured by Citi with participation from leading development finance institutions and commercial lenders, helps expand Kenyans’ access to finance to purchase green, affordable solar systems. Sun King and Citi have established a first-of-its-kind, bank-led and entirely Kenyan-Shilling-denominated $130 million sustainable securitisation transaction. The transaction leverages Sun King’s existing and…
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