GoSol.solar in Uganda with Plan International, Sept 2018
Cooperation with SmartUp Factory, September 2018, in Tororo, Uganda.
→ More info and pictures on the Uganda project page and blog.

Two of the newly trained entrepreneurs proudly show their first solar baked bread.

Eager students at the first Solar Bakery training at SmartUp Factory Tororo: 7 young women and 5 young men participated and will form the staff of a cooperative solar powered business.

GoSol's instructor Lorin Symington delivers a class on solar thermal entrepreneurship.

Theory and practice: Experiencing the power of the sun with a magnifying glass.

Hands on: The students assembled and disassembled the SOL5 multiple times to get familiar with the process of installing, moving, and maintaining the SOL5 Oven.

Preparing the dough: Students learned how to make bread, pastries and other baked goods.

To launch the incubated business, a showcase day invited the public.

Entrepreneur Obwana is proud of his packaging job, and of the delicious solar cookies inside.

Tasty, golden brown muffins, ready for sale. These muffins were baked without burning charcoal or consuming electricity, increasing profit margins for our new entrepreneurs.
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Solar Entrepreneurs Irene and Grace showing off their freshly baked queen cakes.

Skills and cash: During the course the students make the first sales, aiming to give them the starting capital to continue the busiess when the training is completed.
GoSol.solar in Tanzania with Wärtsilä, June 2017
→ More info and pictures on the Tanzania project page and blog.
GoSol.solar in Kenya with Wärtsilä, April 2017
→ More info on the Kenya project page and blog.

Lorin Symington and Heikki Lindfors in front of the newly inaugurated SOL5 Solar Oven made possible through founding sponsor Wärtsilä.
GoSol.solar in Kenya with World Vision, May 2016
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