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
Gender
Micro-Entrepreneurs
East Africa
West Africa
Clean Cooking
Cold Storage
Smart Energy Systems
What gender-responsive financing can unlock for women entrepreneurs
A Gender Results-Based Financing pilot shows how targeted incentives can unlock income growth, resilience, and opportunity for women entrepreneurs.
08th March 2026
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