Best Solar Energy Companies in Kenya
The 31 best Solar Energy companies in Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sun King.
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Our analysis of 100 Solar Energy companies
$30.5b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Solar Energy companies in Kenya
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrigen Energy Renewable energy focused IPP | — | — | — | 2008 | Philip Mutevu Co-Founder & MD | — | — |
| 2 | bboxx kenya BBOXX Kenya designs,manufactures,distributes and finances innovative solar systems to improve energy access. | — | — | 350 | 2010 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
| 3 | deevabits green energy Deevabits Green Energy is a social enterprise company that distributes and finances green energy technologies… | — | — | 23 | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Helios Developer of small and medium scale hydro, solar and wind power plants | — | — | — | 2010 | Andrew Njoba CEO | — | — |
| 5 | Lean Energy Solutions Provider of energy solutions and services, specializing in solar water heating, briquettes, energy audits… | — | — | 200 | 2006 | Dinesh Tembhekar Founder & Managing Director | PHPBootstrapLiteSpeed+11 | — |
| 6 | mwezi solar Mwezi solar is a provider of solar solutions in Africa. | — | — | 26 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 7 | ofgen OFGEN is a commercial and industrial solar market with outstanding capacity to build solar power plants. | — | — | 32 | 2014 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
| 8 | plexus energy limited Plexus Energy Limited is a Kenyan clean technology startup that offers energy solutions. | — | — | 23 | 2010 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
Top 12 Solar Energy companies in Kenya
#1
Series D · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2007 · 282 employees$337Mraised▾
Provider of designing, distributor, installing, and financing services for solar home energy products
#2
Series C · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 137 employees$4.5Mraised▾
PowerGen Renewable Energy (founded as WindGen Power East Africa) installs commercial scale solar, energy storage, and hybrid systems across East Africa including micro-grids in off-grid communities. The company offering includes solar/wind power systems, solar water pumping, solar water heating, LED lighting, battery-generator hybridization, inverter backup, and micro-grids. As of June 2016, the company has installed over 100 renewable energy systems across East Africa. The company is backed by Tomorrow Ventures.
- Dec 2025Series C$50M
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$6.9M
- Nov 2019Series B—
- Dec 2016Series A$4.5M
#3
Series D · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 2000 employees$240.7Mraised▾
Provider of affordable solar power for households
#4
Series E · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2004 · 5 employees$118Mraised▾
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#5
Series C · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013$82Mraised▾
Operator of run-of-river hydropower projects in Southern Africa. The company focuses on the development, construction and operation of green-field and refurbished independent power plants (IPPs).
#6
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 27 employees$10Mraised▾
Solarise Africa provides solar financing and leasing solutions to the commercial and industrial sector. Offers smart financing solutions, leasing, power purchase agreements and others for rooftop and ground-mounted solar PV systems from 100kW to 3MW.
#7
Late Stage · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2015$10Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
#8
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 295 employees$8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solar devices focused on providing low-cost, clean, sustainable, and reliable means of energy through solar power. The company offers home solar kits, solar TVs, lamps, mobile phone charging, a radio, a flashlight, and a portable lantern, enabling customers to purchase low-cost solar gadgets on credit.
#9
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013$19Mraised▾
Renewable energy development company
#10
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2014$450Kraised▾
Provider of cold chain solutions for agriculture and fisheries sectors. The company offers refrigeration and logistics services designed to reduce post-harvest losses and improve market access. It utilizes a technology platform to connect supply and demand, supporting small-scale producers. The company provides cooling boxes and transport, aiming to enhance supply chain efficiency.
#11
Acquired · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 76 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Microfinancing solutions for providing access to power through solar energy
#12
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 43 employees—raised▾
Developer of solar and wind energy projects
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Solar Energy coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Solar Photovoltaics is moving in Kenya
A read on the academic research around Solar Photovoltaics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 232 Kenya-affiliated papers.
- Ministry of Education96
- Egerton University24
- University of Nairobi21
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology18
- Ministry of Health14
- Perovskite (structure)14
- Energy conversion efficiency12
- Photovoltaic system11
- Evaporation10
- Solar cell10
- Solar energy1→36
- Solar cell1→27
- Perovskite (structure)1→21
- Energy conversion efficiency1→15
- Evaporation1→6
- Photovoltaic system18
- Renewable energy14
- Solar energy11
- Perovskite (structure)5
- Sustainability4
Where solar pv is researched across Kenya
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.