Wits Enterprise serves as a conduit for researchers and innovators to access the business development expertise, strategic networks, and scaling support that transform university-born research into real-world impact. This story highlights how Wits Enterprise is partnering with Peco Power to do exactly that.

Wits Enterprise is proud to highlight our ongoing partnership with Peco Power, a South African renewable energy company that grew out of innovation at Wits University. While familiar to many in our community, it is worth revisiting who they are and why this collaboration matters.

At the heart of Peco Power’s offering is its flagship PowerBrick™ technology: a modular, solar-powered, plug-and-play system designed for households and small enterprises in off-grid or unreliable-grid communities. The PowerBrick is robust, safe, and scalable, allowing users to expand their systems as their needs grow. Combined with a community-based business model and supported by affordable rent-to-own options and mobile app integration, this innovation is not just providing energy, it is creating jobs, building resilience, and lighting up lives across Africa.

It is precisely this combination of cutting-edge engineering and a bold, inclusive business approach that makes Peco Power exactly the kind of partner Wits Enterprise is committed to supporting. Together, we are working to secure the resources needed to scale their impact – deploying green energy systems at scale, creating youth employment opportunities, and strengthening social and economic cohesion in communities.

Our collaboration reflects the very essence of Wits Enterprise’s mission: to connect world-class innovation with meaningful opportunities, and in this case, to break barriers to employment and transform communities. We call on our Wits community, researchers, alumni, funders, and industry partners, to help scale the University’s research, innovations, and the impact being created by spin-outs like Peco Power. By sharing expertise, resources, and networks, we can turn university ingenuity into lasting impact and power transformation across Africa.