SLS Energy operates a “Battery-as-a-Service” model in Rwanda for industrial customers such as telecom towers. Its primary focus is on collecting retired batteries from e-mobility companies and e-waste companies, repurposing them and adding IoT controls for remote monitoring, to deploy on an “as-a-service” model in static applications. The company’s is partnering with One Acre Fund – a major agri-services company in sub-Saharan Africa that sells agricultural inputs, critical agronomic support and warehousing assistance, links produce to markets, and offers financing packages on an “as-a-service” model to smallholder farmers. Together, with support from PREO, they are piloting an “Irrigation-as-a-Service” model for smallholder farmers by deploying 100 Solar Water Pump (SWP) units equipped with second-life batteries. Each irrigation service kit contains a rechargeable battery pack system, inverter, electric pump, and delivery hoses.