About
Odyssey is a technology company that provides a digital platform for planning, tracking, deploying, and financing off-grid and grid-edge solar solutions.
Project Focus
Shell Foundation is supporting Odyssey to develop a comprehensive asset management platform to better track, visualise, and target more technologies and use cases, including productive use of energy, solar home systems, and clean cooking. This is aimed at improving sector economics and unlocking greater finance for scale.
Odyssey’s improved offering will ultimately make solar more accessible for low-income people living in rural and remote parts of Africa currently unnelectrified.
Insights and impact
Latest news and updates
FCDO
Fostering Innovation
Smallholder Farmers
East Africa
Post-Harvest Processing
How solar irrigation is transforming the lives of smallholder farmers in Kenya – lessons and the road ahead
Solar-powered irrigation is helping smallholder farmers in Kenya build resilience to climate shocks, improve nutrition, and reduce post-harvest losses.
28th January 2026
FCDO
Fostering Innovation
Micro-Entrepreneurs
East Africa
Cold Storage
Building climate change resilience: The impact of cold chain adoption for Lake Turkana’s fishers
Cold chain adoption helps Lake Turkana fishers reduce spoilage, increase incomes, and build resilience to climate change.
09th December 2025