Husk launches distributed renewable energy platform for the Global South, powered by AI
Husk unveiled a new vision for the company in Q4 2025, introducing an AI-enabled distributed energy resources (DER) platform that positions the company to deploy 2GW of assets in the Global South by 2030.
At the Africa Investment Forum (AIF), Husk also formally launched its Series E fundraise to scale the new platform, and received expressions of interest from investors for up to $235 million. Husk aims to raise $400 million in total.
Our team in Nigeria was also awarded Minigrid Project of the Year by the African Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) for setting "a new benchmark for Africa's solar industry."
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Manoj Sinha, Co-Founder & CEO
MARKET FOCUS
Husk's new DER platform serves community, commercial and residential customers
Backed by an AI-powered digital infrastructure, Husk announced a significant evolution of its growth strategy in Q4 2025, with a target of deploying 2GW of assets and serving 30 million customers in the Global South by 2030. Already recognized as the market leader in community solar minigrids, Husk has been deploying a range of distributed energy resource (DER) assets over the past decade (as demonstrated in a recently announced 1MW government project in Nigeria). Our newly announced DER platform, centered around our mission of “Powering Prosperity”, addresses three distinct customer segments – communities (isolated and inter-connected minigrids), businesses and institutions (C&I solar) and residential (rooftop solar). In achieving its targets, Husk will displace tens of thousands of diesel generators, and create more than 30,000 direct jobs. Manoj Sinha, CEO, said that “our new positioning is fully reflected in the businesses that we are operating and scaling in India and Nigeria today. This opens up exciting new growth opportunities to take our nearly 10 years of experience and apply it with even greater impact… It also provides us the flexibility to serve new markets by tailoring DER solutions that best suit each country.”
Underpinning the platform are predictive and agentic AI, Husk’s “central nervous system”. For example, Husk’s AI algorithms accurately predict energy demand at each minigrid site and agentic algorithms optimize operations of the power generating assets to meet the demand at the lowest possible cost at every 30 minute interval. These are state-of-the-art algorithms that not only minimize the delivered cost of energy, but also maximize renewable energy in the overall energy mix and provide improved customer service.
FINANCIAL OUTLOOK
Husk formally kicked off its $400 million Series E capital raise at the annual Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in Rabat in Q4 2025, at the invitation of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Husk was the only distributed energy company invited to present to investors, with CEO Manoj Sinha outlining the company’s vision for scaling its DER platform, including topline revenue projections and use of funds post Series E, with the goal of an IPO in 2029. Investors at AIF signed expressions of interest worth up to $235 million, from both debt and equity providers. Also at AIF, Husk was invited to speak at an exclusive roundtable hosted by Africa50 and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Fund on scaling distributed energy.
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
In 2022, Husk CEO Manoj Sinha was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA). Three years later in Q4 2025, the company was awarded the Minigrid Project of the Year by AFSIA in recognition of its industry-leading work in Nigeria, home to Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest off-grid population of 80-90 million people. “Husk’s achievement set a new benchmark for Africa’s solar industry,” AFSIA noted, citing Husk’s commissioning of 53 minigrids in calendar year 2024 in Nigeria, at an average of 4.4 per month, with plans to build hundreds of MWs more. Husk was also recognized by the Financial Times and the World Bank for its “highly commended” innovation in the minigrid industry, as part of the Africa Sustainable Futures Award.
IN THE NEWS
Below are highlights of Husk's recent media coverage:
Africa24 interviewed CEO Manoj Sinha on the sidelines of the African Investment Forum (AIF) to discuss our new DER platform
Husk was highlighted by Bloomberg as a global best practice for removing electrification bottlenecks that are hindering global growth
Read more from SolarFinanced Africa about the 1MW C&I project completed by Husk in Nigeria
The Supercool podcast hosted by Josh Dorfman discussed AI, distributed solar and the Global South with CEO Manoj Sinha
