BEAM-backed BBOXX Togo launches Tomorrow’s Connected Community

BBOXX Togo, a next generation utility and investee of BEAM, the investment platform created by Bamboo Capital Partners, has today launched a new concept called Tomorrow’s Connected Community. The concept brings BBOXX’s mission to life by transforming lives and unlocking the economic potential of entire communities in developing countries through access to energy. Tomorrow’s Connected Community is being rolled out in the rural village of Sikpé Afidégnon in Togo, following its inauguration by the H.E. President Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Republic of Togo. The entire village, comprised of 300 houses and 4,000 people, is to be powered by solar electricity including streetlights, households, schools and small shops. The community can also access other utility products and services, such as clean cooking solutions, internet services and water pumps.