About us

Nuru (Swahili for “light”) is a company dedicated to enhancing connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a goal of providing 10 million delighted Congolese people with world-class power by December 2030. Nuru deployed Congo’s first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and has a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma, the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub-Saharan Africa. We have another solar hybrid site in Beni and two in the Oriental province (Tadu & Faradje).

Nuru was first established under the name Kivu Green Energy in August 2015. We changed our name in September 2019 to reflect our expansion beyond the Kivu regions into other parts of DRC.