LightSeed Energy
LightSeed Energy brings affordable, reliable solar lighting to families without electricity in rural Africa..
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Clean Technology
- Location Lusaka, Zambia
- Currency CAD
- Founded August 2013
- Employees 2
- Incorporation Type Not Incorporated
- Website lightseedenergy.com
Company Summary
LightSeed Energy provides solar energy to African communities without access to electricity. 85% of Africans live without access to electricity. Families are forced to use expensive traditional fuels like kerosene for lighting at night. Not only is kerosene harmful to the environment, the indoor air pollution it causes is on track to kill more people in Africa than tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS. LightSeed Energy offers a solution to this.
Team
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Tyler O'ReillyCIO and Co-Founder
Tyler is a professional web and application designer with years of experience designing and creating for the web. Throughout his career Tyler has been involved with many non-profit organizations and projects, giving him the chance to pursue his passion in design and do a small part along side those who are truly making a difference.
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Michael PietrzakCEO and Co-Founder
Working with the United Nations at a refugee camp in Malawi, Michael Pietrzak witnessed the challenges that hurt African families, and decided to act. He learned to apply a keen interest in renewable energy and a passion for development work to that challenge. The result is LightSeed Energy, a social enterprise that uses market principles to improve quality of life for the world's poorest.
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