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Serengeti Energy

Serengeti Energy Ltd.

Dakar, Senegal

SolarHydroEnergy Storage
80 MW installed
Profile last updated: April 30, 2026

About

Serengeti Energy is a renewable energy company headquartered in Dakar, Senegal specializing in Solar, Hydro, Energy Storage.

Serengeti Energy is an independent renewable energy company that develops, builds, owns and operates solar PV, battery energy storage and hydropower plants across sub-Saharan Africa. It is domiciled in Mauritius with regional offices in Nairobi, Cape Town and Dakar. The company follows an integrated model from early development through EPC-style main contracting, operation and maintenance, and asset management, and states that its activities follow IFC Performance Standards.

Headquarters

Dakar, Senegal

Focus areas

solar PVhydropowerbattery energy storageindependent power producersub-Saharan Africaclean energy transitionIFC Performance Standards

Products & services

Business models

IPPB2BEPC

Value chain

DevelopmentEngineeringConstructionO&MAsset Management

Service areas (1)

  • Renewable energy development, ownership and operation

    Develops, builds, owns and operates solar PV, battery energy storage and hydropower plants, selling power under long-term PPAs with creditworthy off-takers.

Locations

Headquarters

Almadies, derrière Dakar City, en face du Siège de la Banque Mondiale, Dakar, Senegal

Operating locations (3)

  • ABC Towers, 4th Floor, Waiyaki Way, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
  • KOFISI Kaskazi, 9th Floor, General Mathenge Drive, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
  • 20 Vineyard Rd, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa

Service regions

RwandaUgandaSierra LeoneSouth AfricaMalawiSenegalZambia

Projects

10

Sol Plaatje Hydropower Plant

OperationalHydropower

Run-of-river hydropower plant built into the existing concrete of Sol Plaatje dam on the Ash river, with a single horizontal Kaplan turbine-generator; power evacuated at 11kV to the grid.

2.3 MW capacitySouth Africa

Nyamwamba I Hydropower Plant

Hydropower

Hydropower plant on the Nyamwamba River with three horizontal Francis turbines; power fed to the national grid at 33kV via Nkenda substation.

Kilembe, Uganda

Nyamwamba II Hydropower Plant

Hydropower

Hydropower plant upstream of Nyamwamba I on the Nyamwamba River with two horizontal Francis turbines; power fed to the national grid at 33kV via Nkenda substation.

Uganda

Stortemelk Hydropower Plant

Hydropower

Compact hydropower plant built into the existing concrete at Botterkloof Dam on the Ash river, fed by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project; vertical Kaplan turbine-generator, power evacuated at 22kV.

South Africa

Mpanga Hydropower Plant

Hydropower

Hydropower plant at Mpanga Falls on the Mpanga River with three horizontal Francis turbines, evacuating power through a 33kV line.

18 MW capacityMpanga Falls, Uganda

Rwaza 2.7MW Hydropower Plant

Hydropower

Hydropower plant drawing water from the Mukungwa River through a weir, with two horizontal Francis turbines; power evacuated at 30kV to Mukungwa substation.

2.7 MW capacityRwanda

Baoma I Solar PV Plant

Solar PV

First IPP solar PV plant of its kind in Sierra Leone, with panels on single-axis trackers, string inverters and a medium voltage smart transformer station, connected to the Bo-Kenema grid at 33kV.

Sierra Leone

Merino Hydropower Plant

Hydropower

Run-of-river hydropower plant on the Ash river upstream of Sol Plaatje, with a single horizontal Kaplan turbine; power evacuated at 22kV.

3.7 MW capacitySouth Africa

Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme run-of-river hydropower plant

Hydropower

Run-of-river hydropower plant on the Ash River within the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme, expected to generate 30 GWh per year, wheeled via the Eskom grid and traded by Etana to Growthpoint Properties commercial buildings.

5 MW capacitySouth AfricaClient: Growthpoint Properties

Nkhotakota I Solar PV Plant

Solar PV

Solar PV plant with over 59,000 panels on single-axis trackers, 132 string inverters and 4 medium voltage smart transformer stations, connected to the Malawi National Grid through a 66kV substation.

Malawi

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