RENU Partners with Mesh++ to

Manufacture Solar-Powered Internet

Routers in Uganda

Kampala – 31

July, 2023

Enabling Research & Education Collaboration

ENU has partnered with Mesh ++, a connectivity solutions manufacturer

based in Chicago, USA, to manufacture solar-powered Internet routers

in Uganda, which combine renewable energy from the sun with advanced con-

nectivity technology to deliver an Internet access solution like no other. These

will be the first Internet routers to be manufactured in Uganda, and they will be

accessible to all Ugandans that wish to have stable and affordable Internet

access in their businesses and homes, without having to worry about cabling,

unstable electricity, and the monthly power bills. Routers are pieces of equip-

ment that when interconnected, provide the highway and backbone through

which Internet communication is made possible.

Access to the Internet is becoming more important everyday as the world

increasingly relies on it for communication, education, business, and beyond,

and yet the infrastructure to access the Internet is still insufficient in most of

the developing countries. In addition, the connectivity infrastructure in place

currently relies on the national electricity power grids to deliver access to the

Internet yet problems of poor electricity supply persist in developing countries,

Our deployments are quite a few in Africa and

specifically in Uganda, which is why we are so

excited to announce engagement in a partner-

ship with RENU to manufacture these nodes right

here in Uganda, in fact, the first wireless routers

to ever be manufactured in Uganda. We are so

thrilled and so thankful to the RENU team, and so

excited to start this venture”. Danny Gardner, Di-

rector, Mesh ++.

with most households and communities not connected to a reliable supply of

electricity, or in the worst cases not connected to the national grids.