Post a comment Easy Solar has partnered with SEND Sierra Leone to train and deploy female solar technicians to support the installation of solar freezer and solar generator systems across the country.
The partnership seeks to strengthen women’s participation in Sierra Leone’s renewable energy sector, particularly in technical roles where women have traditionally been underrepresented.
Under the joint capacity-building initiative, a group of women has already been trained as solar technicians. Through the partnership, SEND Sierra Leone will coordinate their deployment whenever Easy Solar schedules a new installation, matching each assignment to a technician based on her location and availability.
Meanwhile, Easy Solar will provide technical guidance, product information and other support the technicians require to carry out their work effectively.
Technicians will also be compensated for completed installations.
The technicians will receive additional troubleshooting training focused on solar freezer and solar generator systems. The training will build on their existing solar installation skills and broaden the range of technical services they provide.
Speaking on the partnership, Managing Director, PayGo at Easy Solar, Ben Afrifa, said the company believes the energy transition should create opportunities at every level.
“At Easy Solar, we believe the energy transition should create opportunity at every level, not just for the households we serve, but for the people delivering the service,” Afrifa said.
He said the partnership with SEND Sierra Leone provides trained female technicians with a real and ongoing pathway into skilled technical work, while also helping Easy Solar build a stronger and more representative workforce.
For SEND Sierra Leone, the partnership represents the next step after the training of the women, turning their certification into employment and creating opportunities for longer-term careers in the renewable energy sector.
SEND Sierra Leone District Programme Manager, Alhaji Musa Kamara, said the initiative demonstrates what women can achieve when they are given the necessary training and opportunities.
“We have seen firsthand what these women are capable of once they are given the training and the opportunity to use it,” Kamara said.
According to him, the partnership means the technicians are not only certified but are also working, earning and building their future in an industry that needs more women with technical skills.
The initiative is expected to provide the participating women with paid technical work while helping Easy Solar increase its installation capacity across Sierra Leone.
The partnership also establishes a model where certification leads to work, while practical experience and further training lead to greater technical skills.
Easy Solar said the initiative is part of its broader effort to ensure that increased access to energy also creates opportunities for more people, particularly women, to participate in the country’s growing renewable energy sector.
