Angaza Design is a social enterprise based in Palo Alto, California that seeks to apply intelligent technology to unconventional social problems. Founded in 2010, Angaza Design is a metered, pay-as-you-go solar energy service for the off-grid developing world.
Recently honored as a Tech Awards Laureate, Angaza operates through a membership-based user system, small payments to which are made weekly for 12 months after the initial upfront fee of $10.
Angaza offers a design-focused, innovative approach to providing sustainable energy options and economic opportunities for the developing world. The clean, affordable service is a clever culmination of mechanical engineering, sustainable energy practices and socially conscious business.
Contact Information
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Pay-as-you-go Services
- Developing reliable and secure metering and payment systems will open up opportunities for pay-as-you-go renewable energy services to grow in developing countries.
- Sustainable Energy Solutions
- Integrating design-focused, innovative and sustainable energy practices can significantly improve access to affordable and clean energy for people living off-grid.
- Socially Conscious Business
- Creating innovative business models that focus on making a positive social and environmental impact can lead to profitable, sustainable and socially responsible enterprises.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Renewable Energy
- The renewable energy industry can leverage advancements in pay-as-you-go metering and payment systems to offer affordable and clean energy services to the developing world.
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical engineering can play a significant role in developing innovative and sustainable energy solutions for off-grid communities, including pay-as-you-go renewable energy services.
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Social entrepreneurship can drive innovative and socially responsible business models that combine financial success with positive social and environmental impact, such as Angaza Design's metered, pay-as-you-go solar energy service.
