Kashpawa modernizes prepaid electricity. No more manual token entry, unexpected blackouts, or guesswork. Just seamless, automated energy management.
In Rwanda, keeping the lights on is an active, daily negotiation. Unlike Western models built on passive post-paid monthly billing, utilities like the Rwanda Energy Group (REG) utilize a prepaid system.
When you buy electricity, you receive an SMS containing a 20-digit Standard Transfer Specification (STS) token. To turn that digital currency into physical power, someone has to manually punch those twenty digits into a stiff plastic keypad. If you make a mistake on digit nineteen, you start over.
"Infrastructure shouldn’t require a trek across the house. We believed this was a bottleneck worth solving."
Kashpawa moves energy management off the wall and into your control through a simultaneous software listener and a proximity hardware adapter.
For Kashpawa to succeed, it must be as accessible as the energy it manages. We have engineered a three-tier cost structure designed for the Rwandan market.
Kashpawa Lite: The mobile app and QR tracking system. Zero hardware, instant data visibility.
The Adapter: A one-time purchase for full keypad automation. Designed for a $7 manufacturing cost (BOM).
Platform Fee: A tiny convenience fee per token purchase to power our cloud infrastructure.
Founder & Lead Developer
I am a Software Engineering student at St. Cloud State University with a singular focus: leveraging technology to solve high-friction infrastructure problems in Rwanda. Kashpawa is the result of my passion for bridging the gap between legacy hardware and modern digital convenience.
We are currently seeking strategic partners, technical advisors, and early-stage investors to help scale our hardware production and refine our cloud integration with regional utility providers.