Lighting up Lesotho’s future
Our story
Khantša Energy is a social enterprise co-creating clean energy solutions through indigenous knowledge by providing mobile solar power to rural communities in Lesotho, and operates in the highlands districts of Roma, Thaba-Tseka, Qacha, and Mokhotlong.
Our work was born out of connecting with the villagers and hearing about their everyday stories regarding their dire need for electrification. Energy deployment and infrastructure remain one of the challenges of the continent with more than 620 million African people who still lack access to electricity.
Adopting renewable energy through solar power speaks volumes to an ongoing endeavour, where the African continent surpasses all other regions in having the most potential for renewable energy.
Botho
Our value of Botho - which means to be and belong subsequently borrows from African scholarship on community and inclusivity, Khantša Energy 'moves differently' in declaring that placing people first in development projects, comes down to tailoring the design and implementation of projects to the needs and capabilities of people who are supposed to benefit from them.
Given the Basotho history, no longer should people be identified as ‘target groups’, rather, if we must speak of them abstractly, we should consider them as intended – beneficiaries. They are to be benefited, rather than impacted.