Okra Solar

We landed at EAIF 2026 with three missions: give people a real, tactile experience of mesh-grids at the main conference, launch a financing product the industry was waiting for, and pan-African regulators into one room to draft mesh-grid policy.

All three landed.

Huge thanks to Abba Aliyu and the REA Nigeria team for championing the regulatory blueprint, to Caroline Nijland and the GET.invest team for moderating the roundtable, to CrossBoundary Access for the investor lens, to ARE for another great conference and to our partners at Energise Africa for joining us in launching our new joint crowdfunded financing product.

3 missions, one great week! Stay tuned for the outcomes.

Every last-mile deployment comes with its own unique challenges. Obe-Nla was no different. 🌊

Situated along the coastline, traditional grid infrastructure was never a realistic option for a community like this one. Built on waterlogged land, where saltwater corrodes metal, damages concrete and the population is too small to make a mini-grid viable for developers, mesh-grids are the only solution that makes sense. And for a fishing community that needs freezers to preserve their catch, reliable electricity is a lifeline.

And that's exactly what the Ashdam Solar and Okra Solar teams came to deliver. ⚡

After three days of tireless work, Samuel, Ashdam Solar's project manager on the ground, described the experience as both exhausting and deeply rewarding, with real, meaningful progress made every step of the way.

And when you hear from the community itself, you understand why. Lorgo, a fisherman in Obe-Nla, called it a miracle: electricity in his home for the first time, light where there was none before. 💡

This is what bringing Power to the People really looks like.

We're looking for an Electrical Engineering Intern to join our Porto team. This is very serious business. 🇵🇹⚡

This is a 6-month IEFP internship, so if you're eligible for IEFP programs and ready to get hands-on, keep reading.

You'll be working alongside our engineering team on the hardware that powers many last-mile communities around the world: running tests, building schematics, monitoring our Mesh-Grid systems, and making sure everything we ship meets the bar. You'll build, test, improve and grow in the process. 🔋

We're looking for someone with a background in Electrical Engineering or a related field, a sharp eye for detail, and the curiosity to keep learning every day.

650 million people still live without electricity. The work we do here matters, and so will yours. 🌍

Ready to jump in? Apply via the link below and come help us bring Power to the People: https://www.okrasolar.com/careers/electrical-engineer-intern