Publishing date: 17 September 2021

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description: Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

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Publishing date: 16 September 2021

Location: Dakar, Senegal

Description: Communication:

• Stakeholders at all levels (from Government ministers/CEOs to villagers);
• Non traditional business partners (NGOs, small business partners etc);
• Schneider Electric Access to Energy team and beyond.

Flexibility to travel (approximately 25%).

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Publishing date: 15 September 2021

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Description: Easy Solar is looking for a Sales Analyst to join their team. The Sales Analyst will report to the Head of Sales will be responsible for compiling and analyzing sales and market data and providing valuable feedback and actionable insights to guide our promotional and sales activities.

To be successful as a Sales Analyst you should be able to analyze large amounts of data, accurately project sales trends, identify sales opportunities, and provide practical guidance to optimize sales strategies and increase market share.

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Publishing date: 10 September 2021

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Description: The Associate will primarily support communications for the Efficiency for Access Coalition and the Global LEAP Awards. Efficiency for Access is a global coalition working to promote high performing appliances that contribute to clean energy access for the world’s poorest people. The Global LEAP Awards is an international competition to identify and promote the world’s best off- grid appliances, accelerating market development and innovation.

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Publishing date: 30 August 2021

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Description: Knowledge, Skills & Competences:

• Comprehensive understanding of the Ugandan off-grid Solar PV sector and its PUE and SI trends;
• Ability to process, analyse and synthesize complex technical information from different disciplines in the areas of energy, business, financial services among others;
• Ability to network, build and maintain professional relationships with government, development partners and private stakeholders.

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Publishing date: 30 August 2021

Location: Lomé - Togo

Description: Manage all the strategic aspects of the business including the unit economics, new products introductions, funding initiatives profitability of the company’s existing and new products and oversee the relationships with strategic stakeholders. The role holder will work closely with all departments for the achievement of the company’s 10-year plan.

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Publishing date: 28 August 2021

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Description: The Regional Portfolio Manager will be responsible for growing and managing a healthy customer portfolio in their region, by hitting sales targets, enforcing good customer relationship management and hitting loan recovery targets.

This crucial position has many important operational responsibilities, including: motivating and monitoring the performance of your Sales Team and Loan Recovery Team; directly managing and coaching a Sales Manager and Loan Recovery Officer; investigating any issues affecting the repayment rates in your region e.g. fraud; managing stakeholder relationships within your region; and bridging the information gap between the field and HQ, with the overall aim to deliver commercial excellence and overall business growth.

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Publishing date: 27 August 2021

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Description: GreenMax is currently seeking to select a proven RBF professional with deep Africa off grid energy experience to manage the RBF Window of the aforementioned new fund during its inaugural period and beyond, and to further develop GreenMax’s RBF fund management practice.

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Publishing date: 20 August 2021

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Description: The Advisor for Energy and Low Carbon Development is a regional role focused on supporting access to energy and low carbon development programming - ensuring that our programming accelerates equitable economic growth while reducing the risk of climate change and degradation of environmental resources through the access of sustainable, reliable and affordable energy.  

The position will draw on Mercy Corps’ global experience working at the nexus of market systems development, climate change adaptation, access to energy, food security and nutrition, land use and natural resource management, disaster response and recovery, and governance. The Advisor will be instrumental in helping Mercy Corps define strategy and implement programming for a new climate economy that maximizes economic, social, and environmental co-benefits.

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Publishing date: 17 August 2021

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description: You will be responsible for creating innovative strategies and the associated project roadmaps for improving sales, agent network management and developing effective tools which will help Bboxx operations to surpass their sales targets and a sustainable retail network.

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Publishing date: 12 August 2021

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Description: Your role is key to the success of Acumen's portfolio in East Africa. It will require understanding the patient capital model, the energy & agriculture sectors, finding disruptive companies with an edge, doing your due diligence, and investing… and then the hard work begins: adding value to their efforts so that they are more likely to break through the noise. Command of the numbers is essential. The edge is understanding how to partner with leaders to help build their business.  You will report to the East Africa Director.

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Publishing date: 9 August 2021

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Description: To ensure effective & efficient financial management throughout the entire business and enhance overall compliance to regulatory and statutory requirements for sound business performance.

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Publishing date: 3 August 2021

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description: The Power DC Product Manager (PPM) owns the vision and roadmap of the BBOXX solar home systems product range. The PPM ensures the commercial success of the Power DC range by constantly validating user requirements and development costing versus market potential and future predictable revenue. He/she is accountable for coordinating all product definition, development and introduction activities across the relevant departments in a matrix approach.

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Publishing date: 2 August 2021

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description:

• Design training plans and training strategies to scale training up to 5,000 users (blended learning, LMS);
• Develop training materials in collaboration with various teams and maintain them;
• These materials will include training guides and videos for our knowledge base and Bboxx Academy;
• Maintaining an up-to-date view of all specific change activity, being actively involved in the planning and delivery processes (to support the change training);
• Creating of specific change-related material – e.g. product/solution guides, training, screenshots, videos, gamification – for effective training delivery;
• Develops, writes, and distributes training manuals, videos, guides, and training aides to ensure staff are informed of updates, new features, and policies related to assigned  software.

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Publishing date: 29 July 2021

Location: Niamey, Niger

Description: As the Business Development & Sales Executive, you will be part of the d.light Global Partnerships team, which focuses on identifying and managing product distribution partners. You will report to the Partnerships Director - Africa. Your overarching goals will be to identify and onboard new strategic partners, particularly interested in procuring and distributing solar lanterns. This is a B2B sales position.

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Publishing date: 27 July 2021

Location: Africa HQ, Kigali

Description: Be the focal point for customer account for all B2B matters. Operates as the point of contact for assigned customers: Kenya, Rwanda, RDC; Service multiple clients concurrently, often meeting deadlines.

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Publishing date: 26 July 2021

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Description: Create and implement a marketing strategy, measure its effectiveness, contribute new ideas and ensure “Bboxx” brand guideline is respected in all communication channels.  

Responsible for developing plans and executing projects and initiatives that support the broader, short and long-term marketing strategy. Works in collaboration with other internal stakeholders to ensure that the brand remains relevant to customers and that all initiatives support the brand promise. Additionally, takes a lead in managing vendor partners and communication agencies, and all aspects of their projects.

On the communications part, the candidate must Provide support to the Marketing & Communications Coordinator in the implementation of Corporate Communications activities in the areas of reputation management, internal communications, media relations, social media, community investment initiatives, issues, crises preparedness and management. 

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Publishing date: 23 July 2021

Location: Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Nairobi (Kenya) or Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

Description: The off-grid sector has already improved the lives of over 400 million people with clean, affordable energy and will play a vital role in achieving the sustainable development goals and clean energy transition. As the voice of the off-grid solar sector, GOGLA plays a leading role in ensuring the sector’s potential is understood by critical actors including policymakers, investors and market enablers.

The main aim of the Policy and Advocacy Manager is to develop and implement, together with the Head of Policy and Regional Strategy, GOGLA's activities aimed at realizing an enabling policy environment for the sector and work with GOGLA's members, partners and stakeholders to deliver on global and regional priorities, activities and workplan.

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Publishing date: 22 July 2021

Location: Lilongwe or Mzimba, Malawi

Description: The Mzimba Horticultural Market Development Project, is a four year project for which Practical Action is seeking funding. The project is a collaboration with a local partner and has a budget of approximately €1,500,000 over four years.

The Programme Manager will act as Practical Action’s representative in Malawi, in dealings with the partner and with the in-country office of the donor. They will be responsible for supporting the partner to meet programme delivery and reporting requirements, for directly taking forward specific programme elements (e.g. on gender) and for liaising with the donor in-country where relevant.

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Publishing date: 14 July 2021

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Description: To manage the organization’s compliance activities in the country and operate with a day-to-day focus on M-KOPA Uganda.

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