Jesse Moore, CEO and Co-Founder, M-KOPA Solar was at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to receive the award in front of executives from 1,000+ mobile companies from around the world.

He says, “This is great recognition for M-KOPA at the ‘Oscars’ of the mobile phone industry. Everyone I spoke to at Congress is loving how our mobile technology is helping our customers move beyond the grid and transforming millions of lives.”

M-KOPA Solar, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, is the global leader of “pay-as-you-go” energy for off-grid customers. Since its commercial launch in October 2012, M-KOPA has connected more than 280,000 homes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to solar power, and is now adding over 500 new homes each day.

For more info, visit website http://solar.m-kopa.com/