# Angaza

> Angaza is a San Francisco- and Nairobi-based software company whose pay-as-you-go platform lets last-mile distributors sell solar home systems, water pumps, smartphones and other life-changing products to off-grid consumers on small, mobile-money installments. Its cloud platform powers more than 200 distributors across roughly 50 countries.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States (with office in Nairobi, Kenya)
- **Founders:** Lesley Marincola (Founder, former CEO (now Executive Chair)), Bryan Silverthorn (Co-founder, CTO), Victoria Arch (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~170
- **Products:** Angaza Platform, Hub, Activator app, Nexus
- **Notable:** Ashden Award for International Financial and Business Model Innovation, Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, The Tech Awards (Tech Museum of Innovation)

## Products & services

- **Angaza Platform** — Cloud-based pay-as-you-go and consumer-financing platform for last-mile distributors - handles device activation, payment collection, agent management, inventory and analytics.
- **Hub** — Web dashboard distributors use to onboard customers, track sales agents, monitor devices and reconcile mobile-money payments in real time.
- **Activator app** — Android app that field agents use to register customers, take payments and unlock or lock PAYG devices remotely.
- **Nexus** — Hardware/firmware reference design and protocol allowing solar manufacturers to make any device PAYG-enabled and interoperable across distributors.

## Achievements

- Ashden Award for International Financial and Business Model Innovation
- Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
- The Tech Awards (Tech Museum of Innovation)
- Echoing Green Fellowship
- Lesley Marincola named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and Bloomberg Businessweek Best Young Entrepreneurs
- Platform reportedly used to sell 5M+ devices and unlock $800M+ in consumer savings

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Leadership transition - Rael Mugambi appointed CEO; Lesley Marincola moves to Executive Chair role.
- **2025-10** — Angaza participated in MWC Kigali 2025, presenting PAYG and mobile-money integration work.
- **2020-11** — Closed $13.5M Series B led by Latitude to fund expansion beyond solar into broader life-changing-product categories.

## Links

- Website: https://www.angaza.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/angaza
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/angazadesign
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FPtlj5lh1ZSzgss6XPqBg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poweredbyangaza/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/AngazaDesign

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Last updated: 2026-05-19