Overview of the project

In Senegal, 70% of the rural population is without electricity. To light up, this population resorts to candles or kerosene lamps, solutions that are both expensive, dangerous and harmful to health, with women and children being the most exposed. At the same time, network problems and the high cost of acquiring a smartphone hinder access to information and digital technology, as well as economic development and education.
In this context, MOON proposes an integrated and innovative solution for energy and digital access, adapted to the needs of the off-grid population in West Africa:

• Powerful, quality and guaranteed solar kits. A LED lamp in each room allowing to live, work and study in the best conditions. USB ports to charge your phone, your tablet, your flashlight, your radio… (energy inclusion)
• MOON customers pay back their kits little by little in “Pay As You Go” and without moving, thanks to digital payment (“mobile money”). This is an opportunity to save and develop their professional activities (financial inclusion)
• A “MoonPhone”: a Smartphone adapted to local uses that allow people to discover digital technology, to access development applications that work with a weak network and without an internet connection (education, health, business, citizenship…) and to improve their purchasing power. Controlled and supervised by an internal Supervision Platform, the MoonPhone is activated and deactivated remotely according to the client’s reimbursements (digital inclusion)
• a network of agencies: they allow the storage and sale of MOON kits and are a place of exchange between MOON and its customers (last mile issue)