Shamba Technologies

Shamba Technologies is a British renewable energy company which has been operating in Tanzania since late 2009. Through our Tz subsidiary we have been develo...

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Industrial/Energy
  • Location TZ Dreams, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Currency GBP
  • Founded December 2009
  • Employees 3
  • Website shambatechnologies.com

Company Summary

Shamba Technologies is a British renewable energy company which has been operating in Tanzania since late 2009. Through our Tz subsidiary we have been developing innovative renewable energy products for the East African market. Our initial focus was on biogas and we worked with a Dutch company to redesign and install low-cost plastic biodigesters. We have recently completed the R&D on a new solar grid product which we will be launching in Q1 2013

Team

  • Oliver Lloyd Kynaston
    Director - Co-founder

    Oliver received a first class degree in Physics from the university of Bristol in 2005.
    He then went on to join RES as a technical analyst. His role involved designing and optimising wind farm layouts for multi-megawatt energy projects.
    He left RES in 2009 to form Shamba and moved to rural Tz to research domestic renewable energy products. He worked as a biogas consultant and recently worked to develop a new platform in domestic PV technolog

  • Edward Stephen Matos
    Director - Co-founder

    Currently I'm in the process of developing a number of clean energy businesses in Tanzania, including two biodigester products and a solar lighting product. I am doing this through a social enterprise called Shamba Technologies.

    My background and main interests are in renewable energy and international development, though I also have some experience in mechanical building services.

  • Oliver Kynaston

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