EGG-energy’s Opening Day in Mvuti
EGG-energy’s opening day in Mvuti was a great success. We signed up eleven customers, completed five installations, and took in Tsh. 637,000 in revenue (480 USD). Interest is strong, and many additional orders were promised.
The day got off to a rocky start, with the wheel falling off of the car.
After catching rides in a dala-dala and a very dilapidated taxi, we made it to Mvuti to sign up our first customer.
We’ve done a range of installations, from a single light to six lights (two batteries). The lights are typically used in the common room, bedrooms, the shop, or outside for security. Almost all of the customers purchased a mobile phone charger. Here are a few pictures of our happy customers after their electricity was installed:
And finally, a very tired EGG-energy at the end of the day, outside of our first distribution center in Mvuti.
We are learning a lot about how to make this business efficient and scalable and are looking forward to sharing these insights with you. More to come soon!
–Jamie
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Hi all, just a quickie to comment on what a great idea this is and wishing you the very best in the project. Im an irish and married to a tanzanian and we are heading to Mvuti in a few weeks for a short visit with family and Im looking forward to checking this out. Im not sure that my father in law has made any purchases with EGG Energy yet but I sure will encourage him to do so.
This looks like such a practical and cost efficient solution for your clients.
All the very best from Ireland -
December 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Excuse me for being OFF TOPIC … what wordpress template are you using? It looks interesting.
January 28th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Thanks for your note! We wish you a great trip to Tanzania and Mvuti, and would be happy to meet you there. Just let us know when you plan on being around, we’ll do our best to be in town at the same time as you!