Oct 2, 2019

Oct 2, 2019

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Xavier Helgesen

Xavier Helgesen

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Zola Electric

Zola Electric

Zola Electric

Zola Electric

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Xavier Helgesen, the co-founder and former CEO of Zola Electric, a provider of solar and storage systems in Africa.

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Xavier Helgesen, the co-founder and former CEO of Zola Electric, a provider of solar and storage systems in Africa.

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Xavier Helgesen, the co-founder and former CEO of Zola Electric, a provider of solar and storage systems in Africa.

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Xavier Helgesen, the co-founder and former CEO of Zola Electric, a provider of solar and storage systems in Africa.

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Since its founding in 2012 as Off-Grid Electric, Zola Electric has served over a million people with clean power in five countries.

Xavier is a serial entrepreneur, founding Better World Books and Indaba Systems after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. Better World Books was a founding B Corporation and has raised over $20 Million for literacy and donated over 20 million books. Xavier founded Off Grid Electric, Africa’s fastest growing solar leasing company. The company was founded on a vision to make solar affordable and accessible to the 1.3 billion people who live without electricity. Off Grid Electric has won the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the Ashden Award, and has raised over $100 Million in private-public capital to solve one of the world’s biggest problems.

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