Meet the pioneers

→ Awarded with the Afrique Excellence Prize in 2025

Joan Arwa Ogwang is using 2 Lytefire Pro. She started to test her activity in 2021 and since then she grew the Solar Fire Bakery in Kisumu. With several bakers and salesperson, she is able to offer solar baked bread, cookies and buns to regular customers. In 2024, she opened a second shop in the same area. Joan is also working with us as trainer and project manager to help create sustainable bakeries in East Africa. She is, to our knwoledge, the first woman solar entrepreneur in Kenya and we have been happy to support her installation in 2022.

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Conserverie Fourmi opened its doors in 2024. Created by Manon Robert and Quentin Feutren near Rennes, France, they use the Lytefire to make their energy mix more sustainable. The company offers workshops for individuals and a solar food conservation processing service for professionals. Their wish? "To explore new ways of preserving plant food to strengthen local organic production chains and empower men and women to preserve seasonal fruits and vegetables in a resource-efficient manner, serving the food resilience of the region."

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After a training organized by Plan International and our team, Prudence Yoo Acel Ladegi, Benedict Bithola and friends were so passionate about baking with the Lytefire that they kept going with learning and marketing their recipes. At Smart Up Solar Bakery, they bake 4 times a week. People like the products and sometimes come from miles away to buy their bread or order occasion’s cakes to Smart Up Solar Bakery Nebbi.

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In this project, started in 2025, we have been equipping, training and incubating 6 solar bakeries in East Africa thanks to the support form Jansen PrimeSteps Foundation, focusing on our joint goal of poverty alleviation through entrepreneurship.

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We are very happy to share with you that we are starting three exciting projects with UNDP (United Nations Development Program) in Africa.

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Joan Arwa is successfully running her solar bakery in Kisumu, Kenya (here). Not far from there, in Sego, she recently trained a great group supported by World Vision for the Noswet program. The group members have known each other for years and are very appreciated in the community.

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Conserverie Fourmi opened its doors in 2024. Created by Manon Robert and Quentin Feutren near Rennes, France, they use the Lytefire to make their energy mix more sustainable. The company offers workshops for individuals and a solar food conservation processing service for professionals. Their wish? "To explore new ways of preserving plant food to strengthen local organic production chains and empower men and women to preserve seasonal fruits and vegetables in a resource-efficient manner, serving the food resilience of the region."

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It’s always amazing for us to see someone courageous sharing the spirit and deciding to put time, energy, effort and money into building a DIY solar oven. This one was built early 2025 in Mexico by Pierre Brun and friends from Quebec with our plans.

As you can see, yummy solar food is being baked!

Micro-brasserie Hélie opened its doors in 2023 and organized a successful crowdfunding (here). Created by Romain Zamboni near Montbéliard, it is a strong example of real circular economy. Hélie’s beers use local ingredients. The beer is certified organic and brewed using solar energy, using a solar concentrator Lytefire DIY Stove built and thermal solar panels. Romain is Europe’s first solar brewer. The bottles are reusable,and manufacturing waste is limited as much as possible, some of it being recycled for animal feed. The water needed for cooling is reused in the manufacturing circuit. After 2 years of activity, Romain needs to increase his production and therefor he is switching to a new solar system.
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