Solar Panda
Energy Management · Solar Energy
15hiring now · +5 posted in 30 days
$8Mlatest round · Series A · Aug 2025 · 14 mo ago
10+team · employees, estimated range
3cities with offices
Overview
Solar Panda is a solar home systems company founded in 2016 that sells power to off-grid Kenyan households. Its kits are paid for in small mobile money instalments and unlocked remotely. The company operates a large agent and service network across Kenya.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$8M
1 round on record
Latest round
$8M
Series A · Aug 2025 · 14 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
15
+5 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Due for its next round
14 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
13/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 28, 2025
Acquisition Solar Panda acquires VITALITE Zambia Limited, marking further expansion in Africa · solarpanda.com
Aug 28, 2025
Recognition Solar Panda ranked as one of Canada's fastest growing companies for 2nd year · solarpanda.com
Aug 28, 2025
Raised a round Series A $8M
2016
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.15%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Aug 2025 | $8M | — | solarpanda.com |
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
53/100
Stable
Open positions
13
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
15 days
faster than 64% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
93% ▲
Finance
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$8M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2025 | $8M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Solar Panda over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
4
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Python
SQL
Cloud & platforms
Power BI
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
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News
The CBC features Solar Panda in "Africa's record solar buildout"
March 3, 2026 Solar Panda is featured as one of the pioneering success stories in the business of loan-to-own Solar Home Systems in sub-Saharan Africa in "Africa's record solar buildout includes tiny rural rooftops - and these Canadian companies". Solar P
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The Globe and Mail Feature: Solar Panda brings power to African countries in need of affordable electricity
Toronto, Canada, November 20, 2022 In a special feature to The Globe and Mail's Report on Business, journalist Alex Cyr reports on Solar Panda's impressive growth to date and the impact of its solar home system business in Kenya. With climate change, one
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Solar Panda ranked as one of Canada's fastest growing companies for 2nd year
by The Globe and Mail's Report on Business PRESS RELEASE Toronto, Canada, September 30, 2022 - Solar Panda, a Canadian company that provides solar systems to off-grid homes in sub-Saharan Africa, has been ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in
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Canadian clean tech company has brought light to 1,000,000 Kenyans
PRESS RELEASE Toronto, Canada, June 9, 2022 - Solar Panda, a young Canadian company that provides solar power systems to homes without access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, has achieved the significant milestone of lighting the homes of 1 million K
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Solar Panda and Azuri Technologies announce Servicing Agreement
Nairobi, Kenya January 19, 2022 Solar Panda and Azuri Technologies have entered into an agreement for Solar Panda to service Azuri's 50,000 active customers in Kenya who are currently paying for their financed solar home systems. Additionally, Azuri's ext
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Solar Panda expands to Sénégal, bringing clean, affordable energy to West Africa
Dakar, Sénégal; Toronto, Canada, May 22, 2025 - Solar Panda, a leading provider of solar home systems in Africa, is excited to announce its expansion into Sénégal. This marks an important milestone in the company's mission to bring clean, reliable, and af
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Solar Panda s'étend au Sénégal, pour apporter une énergie propre et abordable en Afrique de l'Ouest
Dakar, Sénégal; Toronto, Canada, May 22, 2025 - Solar Panda, l'un des principaux fournisseurs de kits solaires en Afrique, est fier d'annoncer son implantation au Sénégal. Cette expansion marque une étape clé dans la mission de l'entreprise : offrir une é
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Migori
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Nairobi
Kenya
HQ
Migori
Kenya
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Embu
Kenya
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales