Poa Internet Ltd is a low-cost Internet service provider that develops and delivers unlimited, affordable internet to individuals, households, and small businesses in Nairobi, in particular in the poor and underserved communities.
Poa offers broadband services and public Wi-Fi hotspots. It buys fibre connection bandwidth from existing telecom companies and relays the signal to their network of own towers connecting them to customers’ antennas, which allows clients to receive bandwidth via radio frequencies.
Today, the company serves more than 10,000 customers via >60 towers and is expected to scale across Kenya and East Africa. Construction of the towers requires limited time (3-5 days), limited workforce and limited surface. These are significantly lighter, lower powered and less impacting than traditional cell towers. The towers operate from grid power and consumes between 50-150W each, which is supplied by the landlord of the building. The towers provide service to customers via Distribution Points (DPs). Poa generally constructs the DPs themselves, but often rent space on existing cell towers operated for the Entry Towers.
The technical assistance is aimed at defining and implementing an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) adapted to Poa’s context, including a set of policies, procedures, tools and trainings.
Poa offers broadband services and public Wi-Fi hotspots. It buys fibre connection bandwidth from existing telecom companies and relays the signal to their network of own towers connecting them to customers’ antennas, which allows clients to receive bandwidth via radio frequencies.
Today, the company serves more than 10,000 customers via >60 towers and is expected to scale across Kenya and East Africa. Construction of the towers requires limited time (3-5 days), limited workforce and limited surface. These are significantly lighter, lower powered and less impacting than traditional cell towers. The towers operate from grid power and consumes between 50-150W each, which is supplied by the landlord of the building. The towers provide service to customers via Distribution Points (DPs). Poa generally constructs the DPs themselves, but often rent space on existing cell towers operated for the Entry Towers.
The technical assistance is aimed at defining and implementing an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) adapted to Poa’s context, including a set of policies, procedures, tools and trainings.
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Total raised: $56.1M
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Belgian In... | bio-invest... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.01.2022 | - | $28M | - |
| 19.01.2022 | - | $28M | - |
| 10.11.2020 | - | $100K | - |
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| 19.01.2022 | POA closes $28M funding round to expand internet service | Infrastructure investment platform Africa50 led a $28 million funding round to support internet service provider Poa Internet’s expansion in Kenya. The equity investment will also facilitate a broadening of operations into other African ter... |
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| 18.01.2022 | Kenyan low-cost ISP Poa Internet secures $28 million in round led by AfDB-backed Africa50, plans to link region with cheap, limit-free connectivity | In 2020, Africa50, an infrastructure financier backed by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group and a good number of African governments, hosted an innovation challenge that sought affordable and reliable solutions for last-mile internet ... |
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