AstraPawa
Series A · open

Building Africa's distributed grid.

We finance, install, and operate solar power for African businesses. Customers pay per kWh.

1,750
kWh installed
2,840
tonnes CO₂ avoided
48
customers powered
124
jobs created
Installed capacity

+29× in 24 months.

60 kWh in Q1 2024 → 1,750 kWh today, across 7 cities. Unit economics improve with every node.

04388751,3131,750Q1·24Q2·24Q3·24Q4·24Q1·25Q2·25Q3·25Q4·25Q1·26+29× in 24mokWh installed
Footprint

7 cities. 6 countries.

Each node ships with the same gateway, the same telemetry, the same install playbook. Repeatable, not bespoke.

Unit economics

Each node pays back in 28 months.

Avg. node capacity
220 kW
Capex / kW
$890
−18% YoY
Gross margin
58%
post-financing
Payback
28 mo
weighted avg.
Why now

The math finally works.

600M

Without reliable grid

Africans pay 2–4× more for power than OECD averages, mostly on diesel.

−89%

Battery cost decline

Storage is finally cheap enough to make solar 24/7 — the unlock for B2B.

$120B

Annual diesel spend

Across sub-Saharan business diesel gensets. Our addressable wedge.

As featured in
BloombergTechCrunchThe East AfricanDisrupt AfricaQuartzReuters
Round status

Series A · $15M target

RoundSeries A
Target$15M
LeadIn conversations
Use of fundsInventory, hires, geographic expansion
CloseQ4 2026 (target)
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Team

Operators who have done this.

  • OA
    Olamide Adeyemi
    Co-founder · CEO
    Prior: Lead PM, mobile money expansion across 8 markets.
  • WK
    Wanjiru Kamau
    Co-founder · CTO
    Prior: Embedded firmware lead at a SunCulture-style PAYG.
  • TM
    Themba Moyo
    Head of Ops
    Prior: Commissioned 90+ MW of utility-scale solar across SA.
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