{"id":4393,"date":"2025-05-27T15:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/about-us\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:29:13","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/en\/about-us\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4393\" class=\"elementor elementor-4393 elementor-47\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23076b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23076b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca46fb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca46fb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527fa92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"527fa92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our history<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb789f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ebb789f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baa4f36 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"baa4f36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efbb662 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efbb662\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dffa3bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dffa3bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kuno_roth-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2705\" alt=\"Kuno Roth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kuno_roth-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kuno_roth-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kuno_roth-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kuno_roth-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kuno_roth.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66fd7a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66fd7a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b046fe7 elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"b046fe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"The story of Solafrica began in 2009 with a few solar panels installed by five young people on the roof of Barack Obama's grandmother in Kenya. In 2025, 160 young Kenyans will complete their training as solar specialists. This development fills me with gratitude and gives me courage: Solafrica shows that small steps can lead to big changes.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Kuno Roth, Co-Pr\u00e4sident Solafrica<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e49c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5e49c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d723e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28d723e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-864839d balance elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"864839d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Grandma Obama makes history  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653fda4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"653fda4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe90a99 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe90a99\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11f62e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c11f62e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solafrica-Ueber-uns-Sarah-Obama-1320x883-1-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1159\" alt=\"Solafrica-Ueber-uns-Sarah-Obama\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solafrica-Ueber-uns-Sarah-Obama-1320x883-1-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solafrica-Ueber-uns-Sarah-Obama-1320x883-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solafrica-Ueber-uns-Sarah-Obama-1320x883-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solafrica-Ueber-uns-Sarah-Obama-1320x883-1.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc6b26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcc6b26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd99542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd99542\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The story of Solafrica began in 2009 on the roof of a house in Kenya. More precisely: on the rooftop of Sarah Obama&#8217;s house, the now deceased grandmother of the former American president.   <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}\"> <\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Shortly before the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Greenpeace wanted to draw Barack Obama&#8217;s attention to the potential of renewable energies. As part of an educational project, local young people quickly installed a solar system on his grandmother&#8217;s roof. In return, Sarah Obama wrote a letter to her famous grandson.  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}\"> <\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Solafrica was born out of this campaign. We are now active in various African countries with our innovative projects. The goal remains the same: to provide access to renewable and sustainable energy in economically disadvantaged regions while protecting the climate.  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46474ad hide-in-english e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"46474ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c6ebc3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c6ebc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33cba4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33cba4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selection of media reports<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed18f55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed18f55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-131d1c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"131d1c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\"335552541\":1,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Courier New\",\"469769242\":[9675],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"o\",\"469777815\":\"multilevel\"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">SRF, Regionaljournal Bern Freiburg Wallis, December 13, 2021<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/audio\/regionaljournal-bern-freiburg-wallis\/wie-obamas-grossmutter-ein-berner-solarprojekt-anschob?id=8b0176bd-4a26-4945-a287-e7d7a96483b2#autoplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Obama&#8217;s grandmother pushed a Bernese solar project<\/a><\/li><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\"335552541\":1,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Courier New\",\"469769242\":[9675],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"o\",\"469777815\":\"multilevel\"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Confederation, June 27, 2025<\/span> <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.derbund.ch\/hilfswerk-solafrica-bringt-solarstrom-in-afrikanische-doerfer-223867072940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do good for Africa &#8211; and check whether it works there too<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\"335552541\":1,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Courier New\",\"469769242\":[9675],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"o\",\"469777815\":\"multilevel\"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">20 minutes, November 7, 2025<\/span> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.20min.ch\/story\/solarvignette-fuer-10-franken-kompensierst-du-den-stromverbrauch-deines-handys-103443676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solar vignette: for 10 Francs you can offset the electricity consumption of your cell phone<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\"335552541\":1,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Courier New\",\"469769242\":[9675],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"o\",\"469777815\":\"multilevel\"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The magazine, November 28, 2024<\/span> <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ein-Tag-im-Leben_Seite_37_MAG_2024-11-30.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;My scar might not exist if we&#8217;d had light&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\"335552541\":1,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Courier New\",\"469769242\":[9675],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"o\",\"469777815\":\"multilevel\"}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Swiss Confederation, December 2, 2021<\/span> <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.derbund.ch\/berner-erhalten-europaeischen-solarpreis-590656091999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernese receive European Solar Prize<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa89732 hide-in-english e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa89732\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccd539 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ccd539\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edcbacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edcbacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Statutes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a196b30 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a196b30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238527a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"238527a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW121005186 BCX0\" lang=\"DE-CH\" xml:lang=\"DE-CH\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121005186 BCX0\">Here you can find the statutes of the association <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW121005186 BCX0\">Solafrica<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121005186 BCX0\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0275f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0275f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/solafrica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Statuten-24.06.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Statutes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d0e1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13d0e1a\" 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