Renewable energy jobs at GreenCo Power Services

GreenCo’s flagship project is the 100 MW Chisamba Solar PV plant in Zambia, which achieved financial close in 2025 through a long-term PPA involving KNBE Corporation Ltd, a subsidiary of ZESCO Limited, Stanbic Bank Zambia, and Africa GreenCo. This project is recognized as the largest grid-connected solar plant in Zambia and was financed entirely by commercial debt without sovereign guarantees (source: linkedin.com). In Namibia, GreenCo Renewable Energy Services (Pty) Limited secured an export licence from the Electricity Control Board in September 2023, marking a significant step toward integrating Namibian IPPs into the Southern African Power Pool and expanding cross-border trading activities (source: africagreenco.com). The company operates across Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, and is entering the DRC market, focusing on buying power from renewable generators and selling into utility, corporate, and market channels without owning large-scale generation assets itself (source: procurement.africagreenco.com, africagreenco.com). The company has completed multiple funding rounds, raising USD 1.5 million in October 2020, USD 15.5 million in May 2022, and securing a USD 40 million facility commitment from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation in October 2024 to support its creditworthiness and liquidity (source: africagreenco.com).

In October 2024, GreenCo secured a USD 40 million facility commitment from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, enhancing its creditworthiness and ability to backstop payment obligations to independent power projects across Zambia, South Africa, and Namibia, positioning it as a reliable energy aggregator and trader for IPPs seeking alternatives to financially strained utilities (source: africagreenco.com). In 2026, GreenCo joined The Africa Debate 2026 as a Silver Partner, highlighting its regional trading model across the Southern African Power Pool and its backing by GuarantCo, InfraCo Africa, and IFU (source: linkedin.com). The company also celebrated the financial close of the 100 MW Chisamba Solar PV project and announced its active presence in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, and upcoming entry into the DRC market (source: linkedin.com, linkedin.com). A September 2026 PIDG portfolio update noted PIDG’s support through technical assistance, equity, guarantees, and a recent USD 10 million private-sector investment to strengthen GreenCo’s liquidity buffer and risk-bearing capacity (source: pidg.org).

GreenCo Power Services offers roles primarily in energy trading, business development, strategy, finance, operations, and regional market development, reflecting its intermediary and trading platform business model rather than project development or asset ownership (source: linkedin.com, africagreenco.com). The leadership team includes co-founders Cathy Oxby (CCO) and Pug Bennet (CIO), along with Dr. Pius Kasolo as strategy director, highlighting experienced management guiding the company’s regional expansion (source: linkedin.com). Staff from South Africa, the DRC, and Zimbabwe regularly collaborate at the Lusaka headquarters, underscoring a multi-country organizational structure and culture of regional teamwork (source: linkedin.com). The company emphasizes collaboration with utilities, IPPs, and investors, with commercial, trading, legal, finance, and market operations functions central to its business activities (source: procurement.africagreenco.com).