Bboxx, a next generation utility, that manufactures, distributes, and finances decentralized solar powered systems in Rwandan, recently unveiled a new brand as it celebrated its 10^th anniversary and launched a new product, bPower20 dubbed “Isonga.”

Speaking at the event, Permanent Secretary Uwase said that Rwanda commended Bboxx Rwanda for its achievements over the last 10 years.

“So really both nationally and globally you are celebrating quite a fit abut also at a moment worth for a pause to both lookahead and also look back,” PS Patricie Uwase said adding that “It is no small feat to move the needle on electricity access (5% off-grid). The next 10 years towards SDGs especially on providing clean and more efficient energy to the people will be even more exciting. 10 years come with 10 attributes among which are – ambitious, trusted, open, entrepreneurial, and fun, and others. Embody your 10 attributes.”

Founded in 2010 after graduating from university at Imperial College London, and launched in Rwanda in 2014 as a student charity to provide access to energy in off-grid areas, Bboxx Rwanda later grew to become the first operating marketing of Bboxx Group in Africa.

In Rwanda, Bboxx began operation from Musanze district, Northern Province, and has since grown into a network of 24 shops across the country impacting over 100,000 households by leveraging on its innovative IoT technology to provide sustainable and affordable off-grid solutions.

Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of Bboxx Rwanda said that although the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it several challenges and its effects are still felt and will be for a long time, they are trying to make the most out of the situation.

“In these extraordinary times for the global economy and off-grid energy sector, Bboxx’s new brand launch signals the company’s ambitions for the post-Covid-19 future. Bboxx has been agile in responding to the pandemic, while demand for energy – an essential need – has remained robust. In Rwanda, Bboxx introduced ‘crisis energy’ schemes, providing bonus days of energy for free for customers who pay upfront lessening the financial burden – that was being felt globally – on our customers.”

He concluded by saying that they are proud to have provided clean, reliable, and affordable energy to over 100,000 households in Rwanda through a network of 24 retail shops countrywide – and this is a sign of many projects that are yet to come. “Our new brand is the first of many other exciting developments we have in the pipeline and it highlights our strengths and assets as a people and as a place as we move forward to transform lives and unlock potential through access to energy,” the Managing Director of Bboxx Rwanda concluded.