Pay-go-solar company, Fenix, changes name to ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria

Fenix International, a pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar energy company has announced a change of name to ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria at a press conference held in Lagos on June 29.

The company started out as Fenix International in Nigeria, in 2018 as part of ENGIE, a leading independent electricity producer around the world. The name change integrates the Nigerian unit into the global brand.

“The name change is a result of ENGIE integrating Fenix International with ENGIE Mobisol, another solar home systems company; and mini-grids provider, ENGIE PowerCorner under one entity and one name – ENGIE Energy Access,” the company said.

This integration puts ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria in a unique position as the only energy player offering end-to-end off-grid energy solutions with both solar home systems and mini-grids under one roof, the company said.

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Bankole Cardoso, the Managing Director of ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria, at the unveiling held in Lagos, said the company is poised, not only to bridge the gap in access to electricity in Nigeria but also actively contribute to the improvement of the country’s relatively poor energy statistics.

“As Fenix International, we only offered solar home systems, and with ENGIE Energy Access we are now able to offer both solar home systems and mini-grid solutions to our customers.

“Our decentralized solutions cover the full spectrum of energy needs from basic lighting and phone charging (with our basic kit selling for N44,500 and can be paid off in 20 months) to more advanced systems for households all the way to powering productive use equipment to promote entrepreneurship and boost economic activity in rural communities across Nigeria.

“So far, we have had great success by impacting the lives of over 200,000 Nigerians and we have ambitious growth plans to scale even faster and wider across Nigeria, allowing us to bring our clean, reliable, and affordable energy to millions of Nigerians over the next five years,” he said.

The company has operations in 11 states across Nigeria including Lagos, Kwara, Oyo, Kogi, Enugu, Ebonyi, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Ondo, and Niger.

Cardoso also said that partnership with organizations like Paga, MTN, Enugu State Government, DSTv, Nigeria Rural Electrification Agency, has played a key role in the company’s success.

Universal electrification is the seventh of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that the global community has committed to achieving by 2030.

With Africa (and by extension Nigeria) accounting for a major part of the population of people without access to electricity, Cardoso is confident in the role that ENGIE Energy Access will play in changing Nigeria’s access to energy statistics.