Sunkofa Energy
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Sunkofa Energy, founded in 2018 in Madrid, Spain, was a customer-centric energy company providing energy services through smart mini-grids powered by renewable solar: generation with PV panels, batteries and power electronics, pay-as-you-go smart metering, and productive-use services like refrigeration and milling for off-grid villages in sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by the Gaia Impact Fund and EDFI ElectriFI, it ran projects in Benin, Zambia and Mozambique alongside consulting work for development finance institutions.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Sunkofa Energy is founded in Madrid by energy-access veterans to develop and operate solar mini-grids for off-grid Africa.
- Funding round
The company raises 1.9 million dollars of equity from EDFI ElectriFI, following a first equity round with the Gaia Impact Fund in 2020.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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