Solar power to the people
“I want to convert the entire region to be off-grid. That’s how I see the market. By doing that we will empower them, making them more independent, making their businesses and their lives more in their own hands, not in the hands of dictators.”
(Ahmed Zahran, KarmSolar CEO)
Ahmed Zahran launched KarmSolar in 2011 to provide electricity to farmers who lived off-grid or couldn’t access state-generated power, but his idealism originates from the start of his professional career, as a financial planner for oil giant Shell in Tunisia and later in carbon trading in the London office.
“Making money is easy. Creating value is very difficult,” he said. “When you create value, and show people how to create value, you can really immensely impact communities.”
Read the full interview by Edward Cousin - via Wamda.
[Photo title by Green Prophet - Flickr]
