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A student connecting electronic components during a practical class

Every installation trains and employs local young people

Learning to Earn builds paid technical work into every contract, so the skills and the jobs stay in the community long after the equipment arrives.

7–10%

of students in Mozambique reach university

Around 90% of young people have no specialised professional path

At the same time, rural sites lack trained local people to support the technology deployed there, and skills stay concentrated in the cities. Learning to Earn tackles both at once.

Learning to Earn

From trainee to local maintenance agent

Instead of relying on imported technical staff, we embed vocational training in the delivery of every contract.

  1. 1

    Recruit

    Together with the donors who fund each programme, we recruit youth teams near the sites we serve.

  2. 2

    Train

    Trainees learn solar PV installation, network troubleshooting and hardware upkeep on real projects.

  3. 3

    Employ

    Trained technicians become paid local maintenance agents. Our aim is a local team in each of the 11 provinces.

Students in school uniform working on a task together

Our commitments

Four commitments behind every project

Green technology

Climate-friendly technology and green energy that protect the environment, with responsible e-waste disposal built into programme design.

Digital & gender inclusion

Digital inclusion and youth employment with gender-balanced, equal opportunities in hiring, training and project leadership.

Community expansion

Growing the number of connected schools and rural communities across the region.

Local sustainability

Building local technical capacity that keeps projects running for the long term.

Our goals for 2028

What we aim to achieve by 2028

These are our first targets, built around the measures we will report on: sites connected, young people trained, and women in our workforce.

These are targets, not results. We are a new company, and we will report our progress against them.

rural schools and health facilities connected and solar-powered
50
rural schools and health facilities connected and solar-powered
young people trained as field technicians
100
young people trained as field technicians
of our trainees and technicians to be women
40%
of our trainees and technicians to be women
provinces with a trained local maintenance team
5
provinces with a trained local maintenance team