M-KOPA Solar, with PREO funding support, is piloting a project in rural Kenya to test whether providing micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with an affordable bundle of a solar home system, smartphone, and e-voucher for business stock can enhance their economic viability. Not only do micro-enterprises stock essential household goods, they can also provide other downstream services to communities, such as phone-charging, telecom data vouchers, mobile money services, etc. The bundle, sold on a PAYG basis in collaboration with an e-commerce platform, aims to empower MSMEs by offering them access to affordable business stock on the platform and business management tools, while unlocking access to credit and energy for their businesses. The project targets businesses like general stores and agribusinesses, aiming to boost revenues, build competitiveness through the adoption of e-commerce, create jobs, digitise rural supply chains, and upskill entrepreneurs, with a focus on gender balance in business ownership of the enterprises.