Team
The Solafrica team is organised in a solacratic way. Solacracy is an agile form of organisation tailored to Solafrica, in which leadership tasks and responsibilities are distributed among the team members.
Instead of hierarchies, the focus is on dedicated roles and circles that reflect the different responsibilities and fields of activity. In this way, we promote a dynamic approach and equality in our day-to-day work, workflows and processes.
The Solafrica employees share 950 work percentages.
Elias Kost
Strategy and development
Elias Kost has been a key figure in the further development of Solafrica for over a decade. The former Managing Director represents the organization externally.
Florian Schlegel
Program East Africa
Florian Schlegel is an old hand. The program manager has been using his expertise to coordinate solar projects in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania for more than ten years.
Maria Bongard
Program East Africa
Maria Bongard is project manager in the East Africa program. She is also developing a new project for the reintegration of returning migrants and refugees in their home country.
Flora Conte
Program Santé Solaire
Flora Conte is responsible for the Santé Solaire program. She is working in Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso to light up health centers.
Rebekka Gammenthaler
Institutional fundraising
Rebekka Gammenthaler is in contact with our institutional financing partners. She therefore forms an important bridge to our project managers.
Martin Wanner
Scouts go Solar and Jugendsolar
Martin Wanner passes on knowledge about solar energy to younger generations. He also trains solar ambassadors in the global scout movement.
Anna opladen
Fundraising and Solarvignette
Anna Opladen is responsible for fundraising with private individuals. She also promotes more solar power in Switzerland with the popular solar vignette.
Fabienne Biedermann
Communication
Fabienne Biedermann is responsible for communications at Solafrica. She spreads stories from the projects across the various communication channels.
Martin Theiler
Solar Fuels project
Martin Theiler is working in Ethiopia to build up expertise in the conversion of renewable electricity into renewable fuels.
Renato Breitenstein
Central Services
When you find a solar vignette in your letterbox, Renato Breitensteins has a hand in it. He has the orders under control and keeps the dispatch running.
Anna Abel (maternity leave)
Program East Africa
Anna Abel is a program manager in the East Africa region. She also develops projects and devises strategies to help us achieve our goals.
Claudio Clematide
Financial advisor
Claudio Clematide supports financial management with his expert knowledge. His trained eye and instinct for figures leave no detail unnoticed.
Simon Mosimann
Central Services
Simon has already completed his community service at Solafrica. He now works in Central Services to ensure that everything runs like clockwork.
Theo Werlen
Central Services
Nothing works in the Solafrica office without Theo Werlen. He manages the finances, takes care of personnel administration and pulls the strings in the background.
Tim Bacher
Marketing and Central Services
Tim Bacher creatively works in a variety of media. They write texts, do graphic design, take care of the database and coordinate the backend of the website.
Hélène Genolet
Program Santé Solaire
As program manager for Santé Solaire, she ensures that solar energy is available in Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo where it is most urgently needed – in the health centres.
Project Partners
Amsale Mulugeta
Managing Director Education for Sustainable Development
Amsale Mulugeta founded the Ethiopian relief organisation Education for Sustainable Development in 2009. Together with her team she works closely with local stakeholders in the Solar Learning Project in Ethiopia and ensures that the project runs smoothly.
abigael W. Okella
Managing Solar Mtaani
Abigael W. Okello is our partner in the Solar Learning Youth Centers and Solar Learning for Women projects in Kenya. She is responsible for working with local partner organizations and key stakeholders in government, the private sector and civil society.
SEIDI MOHAMED ABDOURAHMANE
Founder of ACRPE
Seidi Mohamed is head of the Santé Solaire program in Niger. He holds a master’s degree in «Planning and Projects for Third World Cities». He has been involved in various development projects in Niger for over 20 years.
Cète Tiendrebéogo
Managing Director Entreprise SETHI
Cète Tiendrebéogo manages the Santé Solaire program in Burkina Faso. Additionally, he is the regional coordinator for the program. The company SETHI, which he founded, is specialized in information technology and photovoltaic services, with a focus on the health sector. The project team includes other technicians and consultants.
Adideme Koutangni
President of the association Kekeli
Adideme Koutangni is a trained geographer and is head of the Santé Solaire program in Togo. Poverty reduction through own acquisition, sustainability and health of disadvantaged groups, among others women, are a major concern for Adideme Koutangni.
Board of Directors
NADJA SCHERRER
Co-president
Nadja Scherrer is a global marketing strategist with many years of experience in the sustainability sector. She is passionate about supporting Solafrica and emphasises that sustainable development must encompass the environment, people and the economy.
DR. KUNO ROTH
Co-president
As a pioneer of Greenpeace and co-founder of Solafrica, Kuno Roth is intensively committed to a sustainable energy supply worldwide. His tireless efforts and his rich pool of experience are invaluable to Solafrica.
Christine Badertscher
Board Member
Christine Badertscher, National Council member of the Green Party, sees effective climate protection as an economic opportunity. Before studying agricultural sciences, she lived in Cameroon for a long time and therefore has a special connection to Africa.
NADJA SCHERRER
Board Member
Carmen Carfora has extensive experience in corporate communications and ESG. Issues such as equal opportunities, education and renewable energies are particularly close to her heart, which is why she is an excellent fit for Solafrica.