Solar Sister
Finorah Manyala has extensive experience in social enterprise and community development, currently serving as the Country Director for Solar Sister since January 2022. In this role, Finorah leads efforts to empower youths and women to distribute clean energy products within their communities. Prior to this position, Finorah was the Country Manager at LivelyHoods from July 2011 to October 2022, where the focus was on training and employing disadvantaged youths and women in Kenyan slums to improve access to essential products through a micro-consignment model. Earlier experience includes working as a Social Worker at Kito International from April 2010 to June 2011. Finorah holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Sociology from Moi University (2016-2018) and a degree in Social Work and Community Development from Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology (2006-2008).
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Solar Sister
Solar Sister envisions a brighter world powered by women. In sub-Saharan Africa, where over 600 million people have no access to electricity and over 700 million rely on harmful cooking fuels, it’s women who bear the huge burden of this energy poverty and who disproportionately shoulder the harmful effects of climate change. Solar Sister believes women are a key part of the solution to the clean energy challenge. This is why we invest in women's enterprises in off-grid communities. We combine the breakthrough potential of solar and clean cooking technology with a deliberately woman-centered direct sales network to bring light, hope and opportunity to even the most remote communities in rural Africa.