Countries
Country programs.
Each country runs one pilot region, verified against published indicators, before it scales. Where an African Agribusiness Incubators Network member leads, the program runs through it; where none is yet designated, PURE Power Africa's own country program carries it.
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Burundi is where the model is proven first. The team behind Gigawatt Burundi S.A. has worked in the country for more than a decade; it developed, and still manages, Mubuga, Burundi's first utility-scale solar plant, in service since 2021. The energy ministry has endorsed in principle the company's 150 MW platform of new generation on and off the grid; the rural electrification agency signed a memorandum of understanding with the company; and the first agro-energy hubs are under construction with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), from a national base at the CEFORE-Rusi campus.
- Population
- 12.3 million (2024 census)
- Rural population
- 75% (2024 census)
- Agriculture
- 85% of employment; ≈34% of GDP (2025)
- Electricity access, grid
- 8% (2025); 26% from all sources
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PURE Power DRC starts at Nioki, a river-trade town in Mai-Ndombe province: a solar plant with storage on its own site, a hub at the market, and one line between them that serves the first customers on the way. Gigawatt DRC SARL holds the licenses and the concession. Rural electricity access in the country is about 1%, and the rivers carry the logistics.
- Population
- 113 million (2025)
- Rural population
- 55% (2025)
- Agriculture in employment
- 59% (2025)
- Electricity access, national
- ≈22% (2024)
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PURE Power Uganda starts with dairy in the southwest: solar milk-chilling units at cooperative collection centers, priced per liter, with a light base at Excel Hort Consult Agribusiness Incubator's (EHCAI) Kashari campus in Mbarara. Uganda shares the East African Community customs union with the Burundi base, so equipment, spares and trainers move overland.
- Population
- 51.4 million (2025)
- Rural population
- 68% (2025)
- Agriculture in employment
- 65% (2025)
- Electricity access, national
- ≈55–60% (2024–2025)
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PURE Power Cameroon is prepared with the Bamoun Kingdom and starts where the Noun's tomato trade is: solar cold rooms at the Foumbot food market, priced per crate per day, with a light base at Koutaba, 20 km away, for the workshop, spares, training and the refrigeration technician. An avocado-oil line at Koutaba follows in sequence with studies and capacity confirmation to support deployment.
- Population
- 29.9 million (2025)
- Rural population
- 44% (2025)
- Agriculture in employment
- 42% (2025)
- Electricity access, national
- ≈72–74% (2024–2025)
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PURE Power Nigeria starts with a dairy collection unit in Gwagwalada Area Council, in the Federal Capital Territory: solar milk cooling, a battery-swap point and a retail and agent counter, serving pastoral settlements and farming villages. A technician and spares store sits in Gwagwalada town, and the Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC) campus becomes the base after the first unit.
- Population
- 237.5 million (2025)
- Rural population
- 36% (2025)
- Agriculture in employment
- 34% (2025)
- Electricity access, national
- ≈62% (2024)