The best reward for a company is...

The best reward for a company is a happy customer !

Joan Ogwang is not one of them.

She’s a woman entrepreneur from Kenya. In Kisumu, she created the "Solar Fire Bakery" in 2022. She trained herself and started with a first Lytefire oven. At that time, she was part of our team of trainers and also working for another company.

Between 2023 and 2024, her business growth has been +180%. In June 2024, she broke even and made her first profit. Now she is opening a second shop and she continues to organize great training around solar bakery.

Last week, during a meeting with World Vision Kenya and Suomen World Vision, one of the directors shared about her visit to Joan’s solar bakery a few weeks ago.

And she mentioned with such a big smile : "Joan’s bread is better than any other. So yummy ! Her solar bakery is the best bakery in town."
Sylvia Atayi, Elgeyo Marakwet Cluster Manager, WV Kenya

That’s the best reward. For Joan and her team, and also for us.

With her 2 Lytefire ovens, Joan bakes : Brown bread - White bread - Block cakes - Queen cakes - Puffy pastry pies (but still facing a challenge on positioning 😃) - Cookies - Roasted Peanuts - Scones - Buns

Joan’s courage is a day to day inspiration. We hope to cooperate with her even more.

We are aware of the cost of any big solar oven to power a business. That is why our efforts as social entrepreneurs combined with international NGO’s efforts is making a real difference to support the productive use of clean energy.

We are very excited to share soon with you about an upcoming project with Joan.

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