Dan Rosa

CEO•Oolu
Senegal
Founder

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Expertise

Public policy
International development
Energy sector research
Off-grid solar solutions
Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) business models
Rural electrification
Congressional development coverage
Fundraising
Business development
Sales leadership
Renewable energy
Distributed energy systems
Primary Sector
Financial Services
1Roles
0Investments
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Biography

Daniel Rosa is Vice President Sales at Ignite Power (formerly Ignite Energy Access), Africa's largest distributed renewable energy company. He also serves as Director at westa.solar and is a 2024 Fellow of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute. Previously, he was Co-Founder and CEO of Oolu from January 2017 to March 2024, and Co-Founder and COO from March 2014 to December 2016. Oolu was founded in 2015 with Nilmi Senaratna and incubated in Y Combinator (Summer 2015). The company provides off-grid households in West Africa with solar energy solutions. He worked as Energy Policy Consultant at K&L Gates from 2011-2012, where he researched and covered congressional developments for energy sector clients. Before founding Oolu, he researched off-grid solar models in South Asia and West Africa and lived in rural Senegal. Oolu was recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2022.

Education

A

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Relations

American University

Y

Summer 2015 Batch

Y Combinator

2015

Languages

EnglishFrench

Awards

  • 🏆World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2022