“The partnership with REDAVIA comes at a time when the green agenda is a key business objective. This solar power solution gives Siginon Aviation the opportunity to reaffirm its commitment as a responsible corporate citizen,” said Edwin Ronoh, Siginon Group Finance Leader. 

Wonder Feeds Ltd recently upgraded its factory to accommodate its growing animal feed products business. When the COVID crisis hit the economy, management maintained product prices for customers despite the increase of raw material costs, leaving the company with higher operating expenses. Faced with these economics, Managing Director Abdul Parkar was thrilled when REDAVIA extended the same helping hand to him that he extended to his customers. 

Methodist University College Ghana President Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw had been searching for an alternative energy solution for some time now, but no solution fit until REDAVIA offered his institution the opportunity to reduce carbon emissions while also making savings that can be reinvested into the university. 

Emigoh Ghana Ltd states that its philosophy and fundamental purpose is to make the future better and worth living by building a first-class organization that caters to Ghanaian people through quality health and nutrition. 

Stephen Eku, CEO of Emigoh, said, “After working for years to create a premium, sustainable food supply chain, I am delighted to partner with a company like REDAVIA that will allow us to also reduce our carbon footprint in a cost-efficient way.”

COVID-19 has disrupted African businesses significantly. In this challenging time, REDAVIA enables sound businesses to reduce their operating costs with a free solar plant leasing service. REDAVIA has introduced the COVID-19 Resilience Lease, which provides solar power plants to business customers for six months, completely for free.

Erwin Spolders, CEO & founder of REDAVIA, said, “We are glad to be able to make a difference for our business partners in this time of need and start win-win relationships that will last for decades. The COVID Resilience Lease Program is already a huge success, and we are keen to scale up the program further. We invite more companies to apply.”

About REDAVIA

REDAVIA offers solar power for businesses and communities in West and East Africa. The REDAVIA system is based on a pre-configured model, including high-performance solar modules and electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale and redeploy. Businesses and communities benefit from a cost-effective, reliable, clean energy solution with minimal upfront investment or technical skills. www.redaviasolar.com

Press Contact:

REDAVIA, Gabriella Zeugin
+49 89 2426 8869
g.zeugin@redaviasolar.com

After these six months, customers can choose to roll-over this Lease into a regular REDAVIA solar plant lease or request REDAVIA to re-deploy the plant. This offer is available to selected long-term sustainable Ghanaian and Kenyan companies on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last.

Mankoadze Fisheries Limited in Tema, Ghana, was first to sign on to the REDAVIA COVID-19 Resilience Lease. Godfried Kwame Anafi, Director of Mankoadze Fisheries Limited (MFL), is eager to see the restart of his company’s cold store and resumption of service to the corporate and independent fishing customers as soon as possible. REDAVIA will lease MFL the solar plant six months for free, so MFL’s system-critical business gets through the crisis successfully.

The Royal Senchi Hotel & Resort has also joined this unique REDAVIA program. The hotel has been especially hard hit by the pandemic and saw its occupancy rates drop precipitously. Big losses in revenue made lowering utility costs a top priority for hotel management. Gerard Schraven, General Manager, said, “REDAVIA’s solar plant will enable us to keep our energy cost as low as possible when the hotel re-opens after this global health crisis.”

Erwin Spolders, CEO & founder of REDAVIA, confirmed, “REDAVIA understands the economic implications of this pandemic, and we pledge to be a true friend to our business partners in this time of need.”

About The Royal Senchi Hotel and Resort

The Royal Senchi Hotel and Resort is the first 4-star luxury resort in Ghana. It stands on 35 acres of lush greenery with a magnificent view of the Volta River. It offers a unique blend of fauna, flora, traditional architecture, and modernity of the highest standards.

About Mankoadze Fisheries Limited

Mankoadze Fisheries Ltd. is a Ghanaian-owned business. The company owns and operates, among others, a 3000 tonne cold storage facility off Harbor Road in Tema. It provides cold-storage services to the Tema-based fishing fleet and to corporate fish importers and canneries. As such, Mankoadze is a system-critical link in the fish cold-chain to Ghanaian and West-African consumers.

About REDAVIA

REDAVIA offers solar power for businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. The REDAVIA system is based on a pre-configured model, including high-performance solar modules and electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale, and redeploy. Businesses benefit from a cost-effective, reliable, clean energy solution with minimal upfront investment.

Press Contact:

REDAVIA, Gabriella Zeugin
+49 89 2426 8869
g.zeugin@redaviasolar.com

KKTR’s operations create employment and promote environmental sustainability by enabling Ghana to maintain timber exports whilst undertaking reforestation to regenerate the country’s remaining living forests. 

REDAVIA’s Solar Carport solution empowers companies like KKTR to focus on exactly these goals of economic growth and sustainability. The Solar Carport provides cost-efficient, renewable energy under a flexible lease contract, while making the most efficient use of the land KKTR already owns by utilizing their parking lot as an instrument for energy generation. Additionally, REDAVIA’s premium aluminum carport provides shading and protection for vehicles, for an upscale parking experience. 

“While we have always focused on the sustainability of timber, now we are very excited to venture into sustainable energy as well,” said Elkin Pianim, Chief Executive Officer of KKTR. “Additionally, the savings we make with REDAVIA’s solution will enable us to grow faster as a company and employ more people.”

Erwin Spolders, CEO & founder of REDAVIA, confirmed, “Solar power reduces costs, generating savings that can be reinvested into the business, while also reducing the carbon footprint of the business. It’s a win-win scenario.”

About Kete Krachi Timber Recovery

At full capacity KKTR will be the largest sustainable hardwood timber operation in Africa and will provide a significant boost to both local employment and to the Ghanaian economy, producing valuable hardwood with minimal environmental impact. With Ghana’s forest cover reduced by 90% since 1900, salvaging timber from Lake Volta will enable Ghana to maintain timber exports whilst undertaking reforestation to regenerate the country’s remaining living forests. Find out more at www.ketekrachi.com

About REDAVIA

REDAVIA offers solar power for businesses in West and East Africa. The REDAVIA system is based on a pre-configured model, including high-performance solar modules and electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale, and redeploy. Businesses benefit from a cost-effective, reliable, clean energy solution with minimal upfront investment or technical skills. Find out more at www.redaviasolar.com

Press Contact:

REDAVIA, Gabriella Zeugin
+49 89 2426 8869
g.zeugin@redaviasolar.com

SGS Sustainability Strategy continues to be built around four pillars – Professional Excellence, People, Environment, and Community – supported by Group wide policies, global programs and local initiatives. Their Environmental pillar focuses on decreasing annual CO2 emissions, so they welcomed the chance to scale up their renewable energy usage.

The FTS-40CP was designed to convert business parking lots into energy generation hubs. Now businesses like SGS are able to benefit from REDAVIA’s well-known cost-efficient energy and flexible lease contracts, while making the most efficient use of the land they already own by utilizing their parking lot as an instrument for energy generation. Additionally, REDAVIA’s premium aluminum carport provides shading and protection for vehicles, for an upscale parking experience.

“SGS continues to prioritize our Corporate Social Responsibility, in Ghana and across our global organization,” said Samuel K. Gyan (Kiki), Managing Director of Anglophone West Africa (Ghana, Sierra Leone & Liberia) at SGS Ghana Limited. “We’re happy the REDAVIA carport allows us to scale up the size of our solar installation, taking another step towards closing in on our environmental goal of decreasing CO2 emissions, while still making the most of our land.”

Erwin Spolders, CEO and founder of REDAVIA, stated, “We’re very excited to be able to offer this new product. The FTS-40CP will enable business owners like SGS to maximize their space, gaining clean, cost-efficient energy and a refined parking experience for their customers all in one. It’s a win-win scenario.”

About SGS

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 95,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,400 offices and laboratories around the world. Find out more at www.sgs.com www.sgs-ghana.com

 About REDAVIA

REDAVIA offers solar power for businesses in West and East Africa. The REDAVIA system is based on a pre-configured model, including high-performance solar modules and electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale, and redeploy. Businesses benefit from a cost-effective, reliable, clean energy solution with minimal upfront investment or technical skills. Find out more at www.redaviasolar.com

Press Contact:

REDAVIA, Gabriella Zeugin
+49 89 2426 8869
g.zeugin@redaviasolar.com

The innovative REDAVIA pay-as-you-go system consists of a pre-configured Unit containing high-performance solar modules and high-quality electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale and redeploy. REDAVIA’s flexible lease agreements provide customers with a cost-effective, reliable, and clean energy solution and the operational adaptability to market changes. 

To date, REDAVIA has installed 21 solar Units and contracted 25 further solar Units at diverse businesses in Ghana. With a €500,000 first funding tranche from Lendahand’s crowdfunding platform, REDAVIA will pre-finance, procure, import, and install 10 more solar Units of 84 kWp each at commercial and industrial (C&I) customer sites in Ghana, impacting a total of 15,000 employees and other stakeholders. This is the first of up to 10 tranches that REDAVIA intends to raise on the Lendahand platform, totaling €5,000,000 over the coming years. 

“Anytime there’s a chance to contribute to true innovation in the solar sector in Africa, we get excited by the opportunity to enable our crowd to be a part of it,’’ stated Tobias Grinwis, Head of Investments of Lendahand. ‘’The opportunity to support the pioneering work REDAVIA is doing to support businesses, create jobs and improve people’s lives through their solar farms is something we’re incredibly proud to be a part of.” 

“Access to affordable and clean energy in the commercial and industrial sector is paramount to the sustainable development of a country,” stated Erwin Spolders, CEO and Founder of REDAVIA. “As REDAVIA continues to grow, we are excited to see support from crowdfunders who want to promote the social and environmental benefits of our work.”

About Lendahand

Lendahand is the leading online impact investing platform from Europe where socially conscious investors can invest in entrepreneurs and sustainable initiatives that contribute to the SDGs in emerging countries. Lendahand aims to create a world-wide initiative through which people from all over the world can provide fair and transparent financial support to entrepreneurs in emerging countries. Lendahand will provide structurally sound propositions that will focus on lowering the interest rates presented to entrepreneurs. www.lendahand.com/en-EU

About REDAVIA

REDAVIA offers solar power for businesses and communities in West and East Africa. The REDAVIA system is based on a pre-configured model, including high-performance solar modules and electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale and redeploy. Businesses and communities benefit from a cost-effective, reliable, clean energy solution with minimal upfront investment or technical skills. www.redaviasolar.com

Press Contact:

REDAVIA, Gabriella Zeugin
+49 89 2426 8869
g.zeugin@redaviasolar.com

Lendahand, Lucas Weaver
lucas.weaver@lendahand.com

In order to save costs on their current electricity bill, Movelle elected REDAVIA to deploy a solar farm at its cold storage site. REDAVIA’s flexible lease contract enabled Movelle to supplement its grid power with more affordable, clean solar power, without the burden of a large up-front capital outlay. 

Designed for maximum ease, REDAVIA’s contract also includes installation, maintenance, and 24/7 technical monitoring. Last week, REDAVIA’s onsite engineers deployed an initial 90 kWp of solar at the Movelle site. After a smooth deployment and early operation period, both parties are already planning to scale up the solar farm with a second phase of 84 kWp, for a total of 174 kWp at the site.

“As both a family business and a market leader, we are delighted that the REDAVIA model enables us to balance both environmental concerns and financial viability,” said Alan Osei-Assibey, CEO of the Movelle Group. “Our partnership with REDAVIA will allow us to reduce both operational costs and carbon emissions.”

Erwin Spolders, CEO & founder of REDAVIA, confirms, “Solar power reduces costs, generating savings that can be reinvested into the business, while also reducing the carbon footprint of the business. It’s a win-win scenario.”

About the Movelle Company

The Movelle Company has built extensive capabilities in sourcing and trading commodities over many years. Opportunities exist at the national, regional and global level for a wide range of fish, meat and agricultural commodities; further opportunities exist in global markets for the provision of international trade services. The Group has capabilities in trade financing, risk assessment and management, port operations, specialist transport and warehousing, gained from successfully completing numerous international trade transactions. https://movellecompany.com/

About REDAVIA

REDAVIA offers solar power for businesses and communities in West and East Africa. The REDAVIA system is based on a pre-configured model, including high-performance solar modules and electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale and redeploy. Businesses and communities benefit from a cost-effective, reliable, clean energy solution with minimal upfront investment or technical skills. www.redaviasolar.com

Press Contact:

REDAVIA, Gabriella Zeugin
+49 89 2426 8869
g.zeugin@redaviasolar.com

Jo Thys, Vice President of Cocoa Africa, said, “At Barry Callebaut, we want to make sustainable chocolate the norm. Already, 14 out of 59 (24%) of our Group’s factories are running on 100% renewable energy. The solar farm at our factory in Tema is another important step in our long history of investing into a sustainable value chain.”  

Erwin Spolders, CEO and founder of REDAVIA, stated, “We are thrilled to partner with a market leader on their sustainable energy initiative. REDAVIA offers businesses the win-win of cost-efficiency and clean energy that allows them to save money and achieve their sustainability targets at the same time.”

In 2016, the Zurich based Barry Callebaut Group launched a program called Forever Chocolate to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025. Under the Forever Chocolate program, Barry Callebaut has committed to four targets to address the biggest sustainability challenges in the chocolate supply chain: To eradicate  child labor from the supply chain, to lift more than 500,000 cocoa farmers out of poverty, to use 100% sustainable ingredients in all products, and to become carbon and forest positive. In order to become carbon positive, Barry Callebaut does not only look at the carbon footprint created by its own operations and energy use, but also takes into account the carbon footprint of the entire supply chain, including the production and processing of all raw materials and related land use changes.

About Barry Callebaut

With annual sales of about CHF 6.9 billion (EUR 6.0 billion / USD 7.1 billion) in fiscal year 2017/18, the Zurich-based Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products – from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to producing the finest chocolates, including chocolate fillings, decorations and compounds. The Group runs about 60 production facilities worldwide and employs a diverse and dedicated global workforce of more than 11,500 people. www.barry-callebaut.com

About REDAVIA

REDAVIA offers solar power for businesses and communities in West and East Africa. The REDAVIA system is based on a pre-configured model, including high-performance solar modules and electrical components. It is easy to ship, set up, scale and redeploy. Businesses and communities benefit from a cost-effective, reliable, clean energy solution with minimal upfront investment or technical skills. www.redaviasolar.com

Press Contact:

REDAVIA, Gabriella Zeugin
+49 89 2426 8869
g.zeugin@redaviasolar.com