Temitope Lawani, Zola Electric’s spearhead for West Africa

摘要

The Californian firm Zola Electric (formerlyOff Grid Electric), founded by young Americanentrepreneurs Bill Lenihan and XavierHelgesen, is poised to secure several keycontracts. On April 17, the World Bank validateda $150 million credit facility to expandoff-grid access to electricity for populationsin 19 countries in West Africa and the Sahelregion. Zola’s Ivorian branch, ZECI , coownedby French power giant EDF, is listedamong the companies on board the project,along with British firm BBOXX and Americanconcern Greenlight Planet.