SolarWorks

At SolarWorks! we're passionate about bringing to market high quality well-designed yet affordable solar products that provide lighting and electrical power to consumers in emerging markets where electricity isn't available or reliable. We offer a range of products that work well in environments ranging from rural to urban and from shacks to small homes.

About us

One of our key insights is that even people with limited purchasing power don’t want to have a poor quality or ugly-looking product; they don’t want a “poor man’s lamp”. This is why we make products that have an aspirational design that people are proud to own and put in their house.

To deliver on the criteria mentioned above, access to the latest solar cell and battery technologies is fundamental. All SolarWorks! products are designed and developed in the Netherlands at the Technical University of Delft’s incubator. The head office, research and development, and supply-chain intelligence are all based in the Netherlands to ensure that our products are developed using state-of-the-art technology, true to Dutch design standards. Our commercial head office is located in Johannesburg, a base from which we can harvest local knowledge and expertise across Southern Africa to inform the creative process and deliver products that suit the needs of our consumers.

What is our culture like?

The management team, spread over the 2 locations in Delft and Johannesburg, consists of 3 adventurous and easy-going Dutch guys, who all travelled the world extensively and decided they wanted to get more out of their working life than just a monthly salary. Two of them even "escaped" from large multinationals themselves in order to join the SolarWorks! adventure. The management team work with a great bunch of people in the Johannesburg office, who come from a very 'exotic' range of countries that includes Iceland and Zimbabwe!