Sam Dargan Email & Phone Number

Kigali, Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda

Ignite Power (www.ignite.solar) is a fast-growing Distributed Infrastructure platform focusing on rural distribution and financing. Ignite developed a proprietary FBOT model for providing large scale mobile payment-enabled and solar-powered solutions on leasing terms. Ignite’s unique Private Public Partnership model works in collaboration with host governments, utilities and local banks and uses the toolkit developed in infrastructure projects as well a suite of software tools to unlock scale and favorable risk / reward profile for the projects’ success.The company signed two agreements to serve 500,000 homes (https://goo.gl/VTSZaW) and already connects 250-500 homes a day (https://goo.gl/Nu9Brr). Ignite has operating projects in three countries and in development phase in four more - with the ambition to become the most inclusive and further reaching financing and distribution platform for rural solutions.

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda

I worked with the sales team on building market linkages to Africa, and on product development for a range of products targeted at developing markets.

This is where I started learning about solar power. It was an off-grid hospital, and energy issues were my responsibility. This was an amazing blessing. The 3 years I spent at Shyira provided me the opportunity to combine practical experience designing and installing PV with an intense academic self-education on PV engineering.

Was sole employee of the Oakland Plantation Free Range and Organic Chicken farm.