
Jaza Energy
Model & Strategy
Jaza provides affordable and reliable access to renewable energy to people in rural Tanzania through solar-powered, rechargeable battery packs that customers take home and use to power lights and small appliances. Jaza hires and trains women from local communities to operate and manage its network of “Hub” battery pack charging stations.
The company provides power to homes at a fraction of what a typical off-grid household spends on kerosene for lighting while avoiding the significant negative health and environmental effects of kerosene.



Jaza is led by co-founder and CEO Jeff Schnurr, an experienced entrepreneur with a deep history in Tanzania. Prior to Jaza, Jeff founded and served for ten years as CEO of Community Forests International, a nonprofit that connects people to the forests that sustain them in Tanzania and has empowered communities to plant more than 3 million trees. In 2015, Jeff was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Impact
Jaza has built and deployed over 75 Hubs, each serving up to 250 households each, and providing clean power to over 38,000 people. Over 150 women are employed and empowered to manage the solar hubs in their communities.
Jaza estimates that it has replaced 509,000 liters of kerosene, thereby avoiding more than 1,362 tons of CO2 emissions and reducing the related human respiratory diseases and home fire accidents that are prevalent with the use of kerosene.
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Jaza Stars just doing their thing. Swapping batteries and lighting up a continent.
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RT @DanielleFong: my friend @sebmanchester set up an amazing energy company @JazaEnergy (Jaza is Swahili for charged) provides power fo…
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RT @ShellFoundation: @JazaEnergy customers report benefits including increased safety, pest prevention and detection, higher quality light,…
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RT @BusaraCenter: Interesting statistic from the study w/ @JazaEnergy conducted in Kigoma and Mtwara regions of 🇹🇿, where Jaza brings affor…
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Today we did our 1.5 millionth battery swap. Jaza has provided approximately 186,000 people with access to clean,… https://t.co/zdAaZR4HoC
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RT @WECouncil: 📢Have you met our 2022 #SETAward winners? Join us in congratulating @modvion, @EnergyNeu, Green Li-Ion, @pantoniuminc & @Jaz…
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RT @StartUpGET: And the #SETAward winners are 🥁 @modvion @EnergyNeu, Green Li-Ion, @pantoniuminc, & @JazaEnergy! Congratulations! You've…
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RT @dena_news: 🍁🍁 Zweites kanadisches Start-up unter den Nominierten sichert sich den letzten SET Award des Tages in der Kategorie „Quality…
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RT @jeff_schnurr: Go team go!
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RT @jeff_schnurr: We just did our millionth battery swap probably nothing
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RT @theC100: 🚀🇨🇦 Meet the #C100Fellows: @jeff_schnurr, Co-Founder & CEO at @JazaEnergy. Sackville NB-based Jaza works to power the 600,000,…
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RT @StartUpGET: Congratulations to the 15 SET Award 2022 finalists! #SET22 👏 @iNexCircular, @Modvion, @powerup_tech, @EnvioSystems, @Energy…
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RT @DrewCorbyn: @JazaEnergy's battery rental model case study has yielded rich data on the affordability & energy consumption of low-income…
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RT @ShellFoundation: @JazaEnergy are enabling energy access to rural, low-income households in Tanzania through more tailored sales & servi…
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RT @carbotnic: Great to chat with @sebmanchester, Co-Founder and CTO at @JazaEnergy. Jaza Energy is empowering the 1.3 billion people livin…
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RT @jeff_schnurr: A good excuse to eat Jollof rice