Founded by Didier Dinamou, the young company designs self-contained terracotta refrigerators powered by photovoltaic solar energy. Inspired by ancestral jars, these fridges are specifically designed to keep water fresh in the Sahel regions, which are particularly affected by drought, and thus improve living conditions for the local population.

Cameroon‘s government has exempted from customs duties the imports of the PV components needed to build rooftop PV systems. The list includes, among others, domestic or industrial photovoltaic cables and modules, solar inverters, charge controllers and batteries. Only products that are not manufactured locally may be subject to the exemption.

Cameroon’s minister of water and energy (Minee), Gaston Eloundou Essomba, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the International Solar Alliance (ISA). The partners want to establish a Research Center for solar technologies and applications in Cameroon.

Cameroon has opened its doors for higher education training in renewable energy with the creation of departments in that field at all 11 state universities, a move aimed at creating jobs and accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the fight against climate change.

The plan revolves around seven points, one of the main ones being the search for financial sustainability and an improved energy mix, in particular, through the development of solar energy, according to the Ministry of Water and Energy.

A project provides solar-powered sewing machines to socially disadvantaged women in rural areas in Cameroon, which frequently sees outages all over the country. In addition to the machines, the young women receive seamstress training.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is lending 53 million euros (34.7 billion CFA francs) to the Cameroonian government for the construction of 87 solar photovoltaic micro power plants in 200 localities not connected to the national electricity grid. It is part of the third phase of the programme to electrify 1,000 localities with solar.

The investments are part of the 3rd phase of the project to electrify 1,000 localities with solar energy, launched in 2016 by the Cameroonian government and its Chinese partner, Huawei Technology. The first two phases, which are still being implemented, will electrify 165 and 184 localities in Cameroon, respectively.