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ABOUT

Affordable Solar Electricity is a South African-based, fully black-owned, B-BBEE, full service solar power company with a broad range of interests that include Project Management, Project financing, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, with primary interests in Power Purchase Agreements, Build Operate and Transfer contracts and Build and Handover turnkey solutions.

A mechanical engineer, Balla Masemola Founded Affordable Solar electricity to address the energy needs of clients in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as the rest of the world. With a passion for sustainability, Balla Masemola's role as Managing Director is to ensure that projects meet the triple bottom line standard of not only financial viability, but social and environmental sustainability also. Balla's combination of international experience in the energy sector and strong South African Pedi cultural roots drive the company in a direction that not only achieves the highest level of technological advantage but also congruence with the traditions of project locations.

A mechanical engineer, Balla Masemola Founded Affordable Solar electricity to address the energy needs of clients in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as the rest of the world. With a passion for sustainability, Balla Masemola's role as Managing Director is to ensure that projects meet the triple bottom line standard of not only financial viability, but social and environmental sustainability also. Balla's combination of international experience in the energy sector and strong South African Pedi cultural roots drive the company in a direction that not only achieves the highest level of technological advantage but also congruence with the traditions of project locations.

Balla Masemola
Managing Director
Pagale Masemola
Technical Director

A Pr. Engineer with 15 years experience, Pagale Masemola, former Chief Director at the Department of Energy overseeing an annual budget of over R3 billion, heads the technical division at Affordable Solar. HE also has a vast knowledge of power sustems from his years at Schneider. He specializes in:

- Consulting / Project / Programme Management, Electrical Engineering and Construction.

- Power Systems analysis and design

- Electrical Network Management and power quality

Sepheu Masemola
Financial Director

As the Financial Director, formerly management at ABSA, Sepheu Masemola's role at ASE is to assure the financial viabillity of projects that ASE engages, to financially model projects into language decisionmakers can understand, to communicate with the financial community to assure projects are financed to the benefit all stakeholders.

David Mahlangu
Project Manager/ Electrical Engineer

David holds a B Tech. Eng in power engineering, A Post Graduate diploma in Business Management from University of Kwa Zulu Natal, a masters degree in Project Management from University of Southern Queensland (Australia). He is registered with Engineering Council of South Africa as Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr. Tech Eng),David held several positions in the public sector. He was an Engineering Technician, Managing Engineer, and a Director for Electricity Development at the City of Tshwane metropolitan municipality.

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