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Goma, The Democratic Republic of Congo

About Nuru

Providing 10 million delighted Congolese people with world-class power by December 2030. Nuru, meaning “light” in Swahili, encapsulates Nuru’s vision to amplify the incredible human creativity in Congo by providing millions of delighted people with world-class renewable energy and connectivity services. Nuru deployed Congo’s first commercial solar-based minigrid in 2017 and launched its first MW-scale solar minigrid in Goma in 2020. To date, Nuru has delivered > 4,500 MWh of world-class energy at 99% uptime to 3,000 clients (~22,000 direct end-users) through 4 mini-grids operating in Goma, Beni, Tadu and Faradje totaling 1.69 MW. These results make Nuru DRC’s leader in utility solar-hybrid minigrids.

Founded in 2015 by Jonathan Shaw.

Founded
2015
Employees
125
Total funding
$50.2M
Headquarters
Goma

Leadership

The top of Nuru's org chart, with how many people report into each leader.

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Jonathan Shaw

Chief Executive Officer

25 reports

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Archip Lobo

Co-founder And Chief Operating Officer

17 reports

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Juliana Kerrest

Chief Development And Sustainability Officer

4 reports

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Juliana Philippa Kerrest

Chief People And Sustainability Officer

1 report