Sunstart Solar Pumps

Solar water pumps are developed to fit irrigation needs of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The pump has got an IoT based controller that enables farmers to adopt PAYG model for their monthly instalment payments.

Farmers pay a down payment of $100 and make monthly payments of $62.50 for a period of 9 months, using the mobile money service M-Pesa, directly to the Sunny Irrigation account. This allows them make use of it for the period paid.

The attached IoT based controller also collects environmental data such as humidity and temperature, this data is remotely transmitted to S.I serve which is later analysed and used to offer free agricultural advisory services to farmers. This enables farmers practise smart agriculture and increase their yield to earn more.

Pump spec (15 m head, 1100 litres/hr)

Sunstar Pump specs

- Head of 15m
- Horizontal distance capacity is 100m
- Irrigation capacity of up to an acre with 2 low pressure sprinklers.
- Minimal maintenance
- Power rated at 120Watts

Smart controller

-Collect environmental data such as humidity
- Power surge protection/current stabilizer
- GPRS tracker