ElleSolaire

Empowering women through renewable energy

Join us in transforming rural communities across West Africa with sustainable energy solutions and entrepreneurship opportunities.

ElleSolaire Founder

Kelly Lavelle Nwachuku

Founder

Welcome to ElleSolaire! Our mission is to empower women across West Africa through entrepreneurship and sustainable solar energy solutions. We believe that when women have access to clean energy and business opportunities, entire communities thrive. Together, we are building a brighter, more sustainable future for rural communities across West Africa.

How it started

Khady was met by ElleSolaire's founder in the Sakhagne village, in the district of Ndiago, department of Guinguinéo, in the Kaolack city, 200 km from the capital of Senegal (Dakar). Her story would transform the lives of an entire community, because in order to help Khady, ElleSolaire was created, now supporting more than 8,000 women in Senegal.

Our Impact

Cities Covered

710+

Women Trained in ElleSolaire Academies

246+

Women's Groups Supported

7,000+

Women in Entrepreneurship Community

Women in Action

Real stories of transformation and empowerment

Women entrepreneurs at our Rural Smart Kiosk bringing solar energy and internet access to their community

Community gathering at the Rural Smart Kiosk - empowering women with entrepreneurship training

Women from across rural Senegal united in building sustainable businesses

Hands-on entrepreneurship training session for women in rural communities

ElleSolaire Academy - Training the next generation of women entrepreneurs

Join Our Community

Solar Energy

Clean, sustainable energy solutions for rural communities

Women Led

By women, for women - creating lasting change

Entrepreneurship

Building skills and opportunities for income generation

Social Impact

Transforming lives and communities across Senegal

Our Mission

ElleSolaire is committed to empowering women in rural Senegal by providing access to solar energy and comprehensive entrepreneurship training. We believe that when women are empowered with the right tools and knowledge, they can transform not only their own lives but entire communities.

Through our programs, women gain access to clean energy solutions that enable income-generating activities, from small businesses to agricultural improvements. We provide ongoing support, training, and mentorship to ensure sustainable success.

News Feed

11/18/2025

Internet access through solar energy

ElleSolaire launch an innovative project in the southern Senegal to reduce digital gap in the rural areas. By building and installing a kiosk powered by solar energy and working as a wifi hotspot in the rural areas, ElleSolaire create a multiple usage tool that can improve the lives of billion people in the rural areas in Casamance. The first prototype of this innovation is dedicated to the technical school of Fanda (Niaguis, Ziguinchor), where students, teachers and local people can access to the internet for education and news purposes. The kiosk itself will run small income generated activities kept by women entrepreneurs. Several activities will be run in the kiosk as shop, digital services, mobile money transfert, local food processing.... 30 kiosk will be run between 2025 and 2026 in 30 separate rural areas, to play a key role of reducing digital divide in the rural areas.

5/8/2025

Financial education in peri urban areas

After 2 years supporting the women entrepreneurs building small incomes generated activities in peri-urban areas in Dakar, Ellesolaire launch another academy to train women on how to apply best practices in saving and investing their money. During two days, 70 women learned and practice with an experimented team animating 4 workshops. This academy was sponsord by Eiffage Concessions one of the most valuable local partner for ElleSolaire academies.

4/1/2025

ElleSolaire Academy in Casamance

In April 2025, ElleSolaire was in Kolda, in Sedhiou and in Ziguinchor to train 160 women in entrepreneurship through renewable energy. During 15 days, the ElleSolaire team deploy 5 academies in Dinguiraye(Kolda, Medina Yoro Foulah), Coumbacara (Kolda, Mampatim), Goudomp (Sedhiou), Niaguis(Ziguinchor), Elinkine (Ziguinchor, Oussouye). During theses training sessions, women learned about leadership, solar energy usage to create income generated revenues, marketing and after sales services. After these training activities women will start new income generated activities by selling solars products to their communities. ElleSolaire team will follow those activities to make sure they are running fine to validate their knowledge they acquire during the academies.

3/1/2025

ElleSolaire natural and cultural academy In Saloum islands

With the financial support of the Heritage Management Organisation, ElleSolaire launch the Cultural Academy in the Saloum Islands. The program aims to train and support local actors to protect their cultural and natural heritage. Saloum islands, In Senegal are know as land of biodiversity and multicultural side where people leaving in the rural areas count a lot to this particularity. Knowing that those people need to secure this biodiversity to survive, ElleSolaire bring a training academy to sensitize and train local people to replant de Mangrove, clean the beaches and electrify the public places where women's entrepreneurs process seafoods. This program will engage, local people, local authorities and local investors in order to join hand and work together to protect the natural and the cultural heritage