Jonathan Shaw, Founder of Nuru

About Jonathan Shaw

Jonathan Shaw is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nuru, a solar-powered metrogrid utility company operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He co-founded the company in 2015 with Archip Lobo to expand power capacity in the DRC through renewable energy infrastructure. Shaw is Kenyan-born and has secured international funding to deploy large-scale off-grid solar hybrid mini-grids across Africa.

Jonathan Shaw at a glance

• Company: Nuru
• Total raised: $49M
• Investors: International Finance Corporation (IFC), Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP), Proparco, E3 Capital, Voltalia

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