Access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa was set to decrease in 2021. Approximately 597 million people did not have electricity connections in the region that year, while in 2020 electrical energy was inaccessible to 581 million Africans.

This means that around five out of every 10 individuals below the Sahara lived in the dark.Growing up in Tanzania and experiencing the challenges of energy access, Upendo Ngussa, engaged in a social entrepreneurship journey to serve women by allowing easier, sustainable, clean energy alternatives.

She founded a company called Mkaa Safi, which deals with the production of renewable energy from agricultural wastes.