Leroy T. Nyangani
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So today l want to celebrate the small wins and parade the installations we have made, marking Zimbabwe's first-ever smart distributed gas grid.
Number 1.
This was our first baby. We work with
@Your_Handigas
Zimbabwe for this particular client.
@RangaMberi
@fortunechasi
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in 5 years you will definitely have an alternative power company but the journey starts today. We have connected the first power plant to our VPP and are on our way to trading our first electron. This has been the hardest thing to execute but there is no better team to try 🚀
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l had the opportunity to tell my and NeedEnergy's story yesterday at one of the biggest Early Stage Energy Accelerator if not the biggest in the world!
in 2017 While carrying gas cylinders on my shoulder balancing bakers inn and engineering school didnt think l would get here.
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Keep building they said and that's the best advice any startup will ever get. l remember during the early days we used to knock into doors that would unlock this for us but now the clean cooking microgrid at highlands park will be powered managed and monitored by
@NeedEnergyzw
🚀
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What a CEO is paid for, Selling the Story, Demo Day at the
@GoogleStartups
Climate Change Accelerator
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Getting yourself a lead investor that says we will give you 50K while we do corporate DD on you for the next 4 weeks to close the deal so that you have some cash in your bank account Kuti muwane chekudya. This is when you know they would move mountains for you.
God is Good!
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Ama future CEO e Zimbabwe will be regional even global and hardly in a suit and tie.
Great day at
#SETTF22
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This day l represented not just
@NeedEnergyzw
but Africa, as the first African Energy-Tech startup to make it to arguably one of the best early stage energy accelerators in the world.
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After an intense first two weeks in Oslo, we had the opportunity to spend time in Berlin as we launched NeedEnergy GmbH in the biggest Economy in Europe. The smart meter roll out in Germany is a great opportunity for us not to miss in the next 10 years 🚀.
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When James Manyika mentions you in a full lecture you sure are trying your best to use AI in bringing impact.
Watch from minute 50 but also watch the whole lecture
@NeedEnergyzw
🚀🚀🚀
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We got featured on
#climatescout
, This is also a cool 3 min pitch to learn more about our work! This year could be the turning point for
@NeedEnergyzw
🚀🚀🚀.
Thank you
@angelicadietzel
for the spotlight.
@ChadMhako
@JoeyK_EDA
@chidostartsup
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Happy to share with you that
@NeedEnergyzw
has been selected to be part of the
#Equinor
&
#TechstarsEnergyAccelerator
2023.
Well l don't know how to celebrate this well enough because l am still asking myself if we really got this far!!
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Our technology will be responsible for delivering a full microgrid to this project, Appreciating small steps and wins everyday.
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Happy to share that
@GoogleStartups
has opted in to help
@NeedEnergyzw
grow and scale its business with 10 other incredible startups in the climate space. This is their inaugural climate accelerator in the Middle East and Africa.
#AcceleratedWithGoogle
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Day 2 at the Africa Climate Summit/Week.
Thank you to our mentor
@RahimShamsy
from the
@Equinor
&
@Techstars
Energy Accelerator for organizing the trip, We have been working Virtually on Zoom but this week we got to work in person.
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We are in the newspaper today!!
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The impactful side of diplomacy.
Had the great honour to dine with His Majesty's British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pete and his team, engaging on the role entrepreneurs can play in impacting lives for the greater good.
Thank you
@PeteVowles
and
@thandimuringa
Fun evening with completely new crowd of young entrepreneurs from Zimbabwe making a difference with passion, agility & resilience. Thanks for coming round. Ndinovimba muchazodzoka zvakare kuzotandara!
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Humbled we have always wanted to be recognised on merit, build technology that is impactful and could scale across borders.
@ChadMhako
@nematombo
@CalvinTeddy
@fortunechasi
@drarnakarick
@tino_54
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Thank you
@UtedziV
for hosting us at your farm. Generations will look back and be grateful for your work and dedication in providing clean energy access for all.
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Yesterday we ended our working session with a game of 5 aside, any startup out there in Harare who would love us to create a startup league my DM is open and in the morning we were back at it.
Final Score
@NeedEnergyzw
6- 4 These Other Youngstars 😂.
#WorkHardPlayHard
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Big announcement today for
@NeedEnergyzw
, though we will be termed the ultimate accelerator guys, but also that has been our break out strategy.
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In Oxford and London This week anyone in my network willing to connect and invest in NeedEnergy, let's grab coffee, water and drinks.
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l am happy to share with you that we have made it for this year's EnergyNext cohort by Startupbootcamp Australia.
This presents a global opportunity for us and a key learning curve on leading energy markets.
@RangaMberi
@tino_54
@ChadMhako
@Gugusiso
@DexterButho
@Jocelyn_Nyaguse
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Thank you
@StartUpGET
for the great experience. The
@NeedEnergyzw
Team loved every moment and the relations we have built will go a long way for us 🚀🚀
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@MqhelisiS
Actually fuck it, let's make this guy win
@mk_tycoon
@begottensun
@DesireMasunda
, l will personally use my next months salary to build the first fund for this guy if you with me. get him a designer, lead engineer and l will develop the business ground up and get him to seed.
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IPPs in Zimbabwe who want to venture into hybrid grid tied systems and are looking for credible OEMs, l am hosting the Business Development Lead for MAN Energy Solutions the German OEM/EPC, please let me know if you would like to chat with them. late afternoon or evening.
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We finally Received our
@NicoleKelner
artwork on the pic is Daleroy our CTO with the frame.
And we have been awarded as a top 15 startup for
@StartUpGET
class of 22 in the world by the
@WECouncil
and
#Dena
.
@ChadMhako
@Techzim
@RangaMberi
@UtedziV
@Keyngstn
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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@MqhelisiS
99.9% of people who commented there have never built anything in their lives. To me this is the guy l would be an Angel investor to his project if l could. Sign him 10K plus my advice just from this video.
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@KuraChihota
@NeedEnergyzw
successfully launched one at 68 ridgeway, and the microgrid is on course to pay back the investment in 4 years and cash wise it's doing well for them.
@NeedEnergyzw
will manage the billing, smart metering, the management and trading all under one platform
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Here is to number 20. 20% through our milestone of 100 meters.
@TroikaDesignZw
and
@SmangaMad
🤝 Thank you so much !!
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@GeorgeNhewe
@fridaydrinks_
Isu Tinawo Ma Gas Kuno Ari intelligent ane ma meter, little risk of fire accidents as we pipe from the outside. Gas delivery guaranteed post installation as monitoring and data aides that!
Doing our little bit to diversify the energy mix.
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@RangaMberi
This mall has a grid tied hybrid PV system. It will be Zims first Virtual Power Plant. it will trade power in real time for the tenants after the meter* Energy Source in use tariff* , This is one exciting small power project in Zim!
@ChadMhako
@JoeyK_EDA
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OFCOZ I STILL LOVE YOU! As a climate tech startup we still have to justify why we build technology that enables the sale of LPG, but the ability to deliver projects with
@zuva_petroleum
,
@Enviro_Village
Gas and the
#PrivateUtilityCompany
in one year deserves celebrating.
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l am rooting for these guys to win in this market because my former head boy is a co-founder there and the team is made up of generally great guys. These would be a nice touch and upgrade to the Matatus
Proudly presenting the Roam Move, Kenya’s first locally manufactured electric bus! ⚡️ 🚍
We've dived deep into Africa's bus market, analyzing how matatus are used & what passengers truly need.
The result is the Roam Move.
Find out more here:
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The Chief
@DesireMasunda
is on the front page today as
@NeedEnergyzw
is featured by
#climatehack
. l believe we are doing great work worth this mention 🚀🚀🚀.
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The version of our dashboard and platform is really improving as we continue with our product development
@NeedEnergyzw
@CmdRaptor
can you approve nje ukuthi sisendleleni
these are the first baby steps in building Sub-Saharan Africa's distributed grid for both gas the transition fuel and renewables. Our platform is cloud-native hence easy to scale and integrate with other IoT devices.
The goal is to create Africa's Virtual Power Plant and Grid
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If you asked us
@NeedEnergyzw
that we would be on an international platform contributing to the knowledge base for the energy industry, we would have said that we would love that dream to come true well it sure has come true.
Please join me and the great panel....
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l am glad that in 2022 we managed to get 100 users.
85 Smart meters for our distributed smart grid for clean cooking.
18 Smart meters and monitors for embedded generation microgrid, A VPP in Zimbabwe at the edge.
Ever grateful to the
@NeedEnergyzw
team.
Happy New Year!!
Thank you
@CalvinTeddy
and Twitter Fam this week we managed to find new homes for our smart metering service for gas.
Number 6.
This is the countdown to the first 100 users.
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Can LPgas be a utility? This is a question we
@NeedEnergyzw
have been trying to answer since day one. As an energy analytics startup it is our intention to enable the building of a distributed gas grid where both energy providers and consumers can find value.
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l am thrilled to announce that we have been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program. It is our goal and mission to use AI and machine learning technology to provide sustainable and clean renewable energy solutions.
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Enjoyed a great night out with
@Gugusiso
We discussed the hardships of being startup founders
@thumezahq
and
@NeedEnergyzw
😅. She is someone l look up to and took the time to learn from her.
This is a support group for all local startup founders who may want to join.
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Here is what l learned from data analytics this week in managing energy.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence have a strong use case in energy demand forecasting whereas solar energy production can be modeled for a given location using physics-based tools.
👇
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What a way to end the week 😍😍
Congratulations to the 15 SET Award 2022 finalists!
#SET22
👏
@iNexCircular
,
@Modvion
,
@powerup_tech
,
@EnvioSystems
,
@EnergyNeu
,
@r8technology
, Green Li-ion,
@LiveEO_space
,
@LeydenJarTech
,
@ridecake
,
@onomotion
,
@pantoniuminc
,
@JazaEnergy
,
@manamuzelectric
,
@NeedEnergyzw
#SET100
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So what do we really do
@NeedEnergyzw
, Had an interview with the team
@netguru
, It's a great read.
@tino_54
@RabbiNash
@CalvinTeddy
@ChadMhako
@StartUpGET
@OmdenaAI
@drarnakarick
@muchibwaa
@fortunechasi
@RangaMberi
@SmangaMad
@nematombo
@BulawayoChiefs
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@NeedEnergyzw
has graduated from the prestigious CDL program at the Säid Business School, Oxford University.
They say it's hard to get in, it's hard to stay in, it's hard to graduate and our VPP project was motivation enough for our mentors to allow us to graduate
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Think in other terms, congratulations to the brilliant trio 🚀.
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Excited to let you know that l will be speaking on behalf of
@NeedEnergyzw
at the Enlit Australia conference on Wednesday.
Please follow Tweet below to register to attend 👇🏾
@tino_54
@UtedziV
@BusisaMoyo
@RangaMberi
@michaeldera
Excited to be speaking at the Enlit Australia conference tomorrow.
We have a selection of incredible speakers who will be discussing the latest in tech and innovation in the energy sector.
Register to attend here:
#energy
#cleantech
#energyconference
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@nitefreakdj
makes you proud as a Bulawayo Boy and a Zimbabwean. His tracks cranking the mood at rooftops of 5 star hotels !! and l will be like we come from the same neighborhood. 🇿🇼🚀🚀
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l had the opportunity to sit down with
@StartUpGET
for an interview.
As a finalist in the
#QualityEnergyAccess
category, We offer AI-based insights to micro-grid operators & Our big hairy goal is to aim to serve 600m people without access to clean energy.
👇👇
Meet
#EnergyFrontrunners
@NeedEnergyzw
✨
Our finalists in the
#QualityEnergyAccess
category offers AI-based insights to micro-grid operators & aim to serve 600m people without access to clean energy. 🌍Meet them at the
#SETTF22
on 20.09. Register here👉
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We got featured by
@dotzedw
on our work as
@NeedEnergyzw
. l would like to invite you to take some time and watch this insightful video about
@NeedEnergyzw
. And a great announcement is embedded in the video on our upcoming projects with
@zuva_petroleum
.
@Techstars
alumni
@NeedEnergyzw
is providing effective, intelligent solutions to Africa's growing energy demands.
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Number 22
We really have come a long way the concept works, its time to take the next step in this journey.
It is some traction, our monthly recurring revenue has reached USD 1000 in a space of five months.
Over 3T of gas has been sold through our infrastructure.
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@NeedEnergyzw
has made it into the
@creativedlab
Oxford climate stream, This is a great validation of our amazing team, solution, and the importance of the market we serve. I look forward to tapping into the great minds at CDL-Oxford. Super pumped up right now!
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Today is another day of
80 knots check
V1 check
Vr Rotate
Positive Climb Rate: Gear Up
400 ft check
500 ft engage Auto Pilot.
l now appreciate flying Thank you
@NeedEnergyzw
contributing to emissions on my way to COP28 😅😅
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these are the first baby steps in building Sub-Saharan Africa's distributed grid for both gas the transition fuel and renewables. Our platform is cloud-native hence easy to scale and integrate with other IoT devices.
The goal is to create Africa's Virtual Power Plant and Grid
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#Byo
Number 18
The hardest Installation ever at least for me. l literally worked 22 hours straight on this day.
We commissioned this installation at exactly 02:15 AM. l told the team that it is at times like these that we should believe in ourselves and our ambitions.
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@barcacentre
Xavi should have trusted Balde there, Balde has the confidence to take on players
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You deserve smart metering for your gas consumption. You can try out our solution at your place for free!! then give a review.
The benefit, you now know how much gas you consuming everyday and everymonth and the delivery to your place is automated.
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Good going Mzala, taking
@sciencylearning
to the European Innovation Week is a big achievement, you should be celebrated🚀.
This week, I’m in Berlin for European Innovation Week. On Monday, I had the chance to talk about "IoT for Africa by Africa," highlighting
@SciencyLearning
STEM kits that prepare learners for these technologies & the digital future. Excited to connect with ecosystem players!
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So the
@NeedEnergyzw
team has made the selection days for the Startupbootcamp EnergyNext accelerator. If we make it, it is an opportunity for us to have a global presence but also a moment to reflect on where we have come from as a team.
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Number 2.
This was our second installation again we work with
@Your_Handigas
Zimbabwe
@henryhakula
@tino_54
@afrikancoder
@RabbiNash
@CmdRaptor
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Number 21.
My background is in Chemical Engineering AKA as Process Engineering in some circles.
Today's installation directly Utilised my Engineering knowledge, Providing the Heat needed for this small food processing plant.
Today we celebrating the skills learnt.
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#SunFi
gives me courage as a startup founder, They are now my big brothers be it they want it or not 😅😅. l have learnt a lot from interacting with them while sharing our experiences.
Also had a great time catching up with
@simmonsduane1
after our first encounter in Oslo!
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What a week 🔥🔥.
📷 copyright “dena/Maximilian Grosser”
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@heybereket
Building Africa's Renewable Energy Virtual Power Plants and Grid with
@NeedEnergy
to increase clean energy access to the over 620 million people.
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Number 48.
This week we had this installation e Mpopoma, l love the fact that installations in high density suburbs are no longer an outlier in our portfolio.
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We continue to grow the grid, glad that we could provide our services to areas like Goromonzi, Distributed in its literal sense and we will make sure that this farmer never runs out of gas for his cooking and heating.
Number 14
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Number 3.
WIth
@DesireMasunda
our operations lead, his 8 years experience in the oil and gas downstream services has been our light beacon.
@TotalEnergies
@TotalEnergiesZA
look how cute and smart(intelligent) your gas-as-a-service could be driven by AI.
@NuvoEnergy
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l am attending my first ever tech startup conference with
@StartupExtreme
, super pumped!!!
If anyone in my network is attending let's link up!!
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@Tech_Madziva
@mtlmusuma
We are keen on helping you not to exclude stove and heating for your service, incorporate this to your whole installation then you can fully give your end users a great user experience for your system. And Beautiful work you doing there💪🏾.
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@ChadMhako
They are, l remember Desire
@DesireMasunda
leaving his Job at Puma Energy to fully focus on NeedEnergy, We did not even have money to cover just his rent. The man knows how to keep the lights on and the people smiling. l and
@NeedEnergyzw
wouldn't have done it without him
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The intention is to have 100 connected houses by year end. Today we have reached double figures and managed to reach 10% of our set target.
Here is to number 10.
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NeedEnergy's recent deployment just got featured on
@cleantechnica
.
Could we have deployed Zim's first Virtual Power Plant at the Edge?
🚀🚀🚀
@NeedEnergyzw
NeedEnergy Launches Its First Project As It Moves To Get Zimbabwe Closer To The Grid Edge
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Number 23.
Putting some extra hours on a Sunday.
The grid expands and we acknowledge the effort we have put in this last Quarter, but we also can do better as we race to that 100 meters installed mark.
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We end this week in Bulawayo.
We had an installation in Nketa and the evolution of the product and service to fit a segment we thought we could not service earlier on shows you what deployment can teach you and it's influence on Product development.
Number
#35
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l know that most people are currently experiencing power cuts in Zimbabwe. This has created a shock to general energy consumers like you and me.
To minimize the shock there are alternative services (LP gas and solar) you could use during this time and beyond
A 🧵
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Urban microgrids/community solar will be a thing!!!
Someone is lying to natives & telling them that paying R20 000/month to stay in these concentration camps is soft life.
999
2K
8K
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Safe societies devalue their young males, until the wolves are at the door.
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14K
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Number 4.
This was our fourth installation, great work with the team at
#gasandgear
. The craftsmanship 😍😍 truly compliments the tech
@basera_john
farmers could run on this innovation too, what do you think?
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l will be presenting
@NeedEnergyzw
at the
@sbcAUS
EnergyNext Demo Day.
Please do come through and see how we and the other startups are changing the way energy is sold, consumed, and reused.
Registration Link:
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@MaS1banda
We can help you with this Ma'am with a complete gas smart meter digital updates and a dedicated delivery service!!
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l kindly asked
@feishuoshu
to come up with a city structure for my hometown Bulawayo and this is the result, Beautiful indeed.
@ThisIsCharleson
@miyamikolee
@BusisaMoyo
@BulawayoChiefs
@CityofBulawayo
@Tjenisani
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Is there no one on this timeline who can convince old mutuals alternative investments team kuisa ka 10M paside and turn it into a 5 year fund for starters.
@tmukogo
@ChadMhako
@andrea_hoxbucks
@tadiwadzuda
@DoroIgnatius
@victor_mapunga
Anglophone Africa sucks up most of the attention that tech in Africa gets
But there's a lot of innovation happening across French-speaking Africa too
ICYMI, here's a look at some of the founders seizing the opportunities that Francophone Africa offers today
(via
@AfridigestHQ
)
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Dark Mode 😍😍
@CmdRaptor
@afrikancoder
@michaeldera
@tadiwadzuda
@mikeyny_zw
@_kanhaiyasharma
@ChadMhako
The version of our dashboard and platform is really improving as we continue with our product development
@NeedEnergyzw
@CmdRaptor
can you approve nje ukuthi sisendleleni
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Number 7.
The organic effect in this neighbourhood could be a game changer. Again Thank you
@RangaMberi
for the boost
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Founders gather around, this is meant to be a joke but it does not feel that way.
@ChadMhako
@RyanKatayi
@Gugusiso
@DexterButho
@chidostartsup
@kalimunzwa
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I will post these on the thread once we are done and commissioned. For now it's a progress update on our installation at an eight units cluster housing development.
Proud of the effort the
@NeedEnergyzw
team has put as we deployed 8 meters in 5 days on this project.
🚀🚀
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Big Win Big Mentality, the Team is getting better tactically and technically.
Any SMB, even Big Ones and startups who are willing to start/join a league let me know.
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50 installed meters has always been that milestone we wanted to reach, today was the day.
Today is validation that the concept works.
The target is still 100 meters🚀🚀🚀
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Congratulations nothing beats a strategic investor on your Cap Table
🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 Incredibly proud to announce that Kuchera has secured
@BEUMERGroup
as investors! 🎉This is a testament to the hard work and dedication we poured into developing a much-needed solution in material handling. 🙌
@beamberlin
@FAM_GmbH
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Had an awesome time catching up with the founders today.
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Number 36
Today we did an installation in
#Figtree
. l think we now at a stage were we can replicate our product and service delivery in most areas in the country.
Without data servicing this client would be hectic for any gas company. We have simplified that!
@BusisaMoyo
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@begottensun
Thank you Big Bro for all the running around, you one of a Kind and
@NomalisoN
Ngiyabonga Sis Wami konke kwahamba ngendlela.
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Thank you
@CalvinTeddy
and Twitter Fam this week we managed to find new homes for our smart metering service for gas.
Number 6.
This is the countdown to the first 100 users.
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Also attached are the startups we will be learning from, l am proud that we not just showcasing as a Zimbabwean innovation but an African one.
@RangaMberi
@Jocelyn_Nyaguse
@thumezahq
@SmangaMad
@CalvinTeddy
@RabbiNash
@Gugusiso
@DexterButho
@tino_54
@mk_tycoon
@eight2fivehub
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