Smart Villages Research Group Uganda

Smart Villages Research Group (SVRG) is a UK-based company that developed the SmartAgri-Centre (SAC) – a solar-power plant with services for rural communities in Uganda.

Zembo Motorcycle Smc

Uganda, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, relies heavily on petrol motorcycles, known as boda-bodas, for transportation. With 70% of the population using these motorcycles regularly,

Orxa Grid

In sub-Saharan Africa, 600 million still lack access to electricity, costing £29 billion annually, the region faces a 23% energy loss in utilities. OrxaGrid, SCOPE,

Mandulis Energy (UK)

High capacity batteries come at a high-cost but are vital in improving energy infrastructre. Mandulis seeks to provide all three components of the energy trilemma,

African Clean Energy B.V. (Ace)

African Clean Energy (ACE) and The Challenges Group seek to establish a scalable, decentralised and digitised distribution model for sustainable briquettes in Uganda. ACE has

University Of Leeds

In Uganda, it was estimated that around 2.5 million people would not have enough food in 2023, with this figure likely increasing year on year.

Tiwakiki Consulting

Tiwakiki Consulting Ltd are working to integrate solar photovoltaic power and biomethane from biodigestion of waste biomass to create a 24-hours’ electricity supply mini-grid for

Africa Power Uganda

Food shortages and malnutrition impact many sub-Saharan African countries. In Uganda, milk consumption alone is at 65 litres per year, falling well below the recommended

Soleil Power

Soleil Power is implementing a project to build high-quality two-wheeled EV batteries. These batteries are designed for repurposing into affordable and scalable second-life products that

Water Powered Technologies

Water Powered Technologies Ltd’s (WPT) zero-energy pumps harness excess surface water to generate hydro power for communities in remote areas. Operating continuously, WPT’s patented pumps

Water Powered Technologies

Water Powered Technologies Ltd’s (WPT) zero-energy pumps harness excess surface water to generate hydro power for communities in remote areas. Operating continuously, WPT’s patented pumps

J & K Barnard (Farms)

Rural smallholders in developing countries with no mains electricity need an energy source or motor which has a low-cost purchase price and is simple to

Challenges Catalyst

Floating across rivers and streams to generate affordable, accessible renewable energy with less damage to the local ecosystem, HydroWheel is the world’s first inflatable waterwheel.

Smart Villages Research Group Uganda

PAY-N-PUMP is an innovative smart digital pay-as-you-go water-pumping and irrigation solution for small scale farmers in Uganda, built in a push-cart format, developed by Aptech

Future Earth

Future Earth’s Remote Energy Management and Monitoring Technology (REMOT) – digital systems for automatic payment management, real-time performance monitoring, and pre-emptive troubleshooting, can ensure quick

Kinetic Hydro

Hydro-kinetic technology is fundamentally different to conventional hydropower that extracts energy from rivers as they drop through a height, or ‘head’. The emergence of small,

Smart Villages Research Group

Integrated Mini-Grid and Integral Anchor Load Model for Rural Energy Access in Uganda REGION Uganda, Eastern Africa TECHNOLOGY Agri-Processing SECTOR Productive Uses SCALE Mini-Grid STAGE

Modularity Grid

Development of a prototype hybrid minigrid system: Integrating innovative biomass, PV, decentralised lithium battery storage and cloud-based AI monitoring platform to provide 24-hour off-grid, clean