The energy and cold chain backbone for emerging markets. Two proven models, one platform.
Frontières Bay combines commercial & industrial solar economics with cold-chain-as-a-service — two infrastructure categories development finance institutions have backed separately, now delivered as one integrated Energy-as-a-Service platform.
Three countries. Three live sites. A pipeline behind them.
Frontières Bay is not a concept. Systems are installed and running in Mauritania, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, with 100+ portable units deployed since 2018 and a qualified C&I pipeline in Nigeria and Ghana.
Acto, Nouakchott
10 MT frozen fish store at −25 °C, solar + 153 kWh battery, coastal-grade build.
Case study → Nigeria · Solar powerReblong Oil Presses, Ibadan
15 kW three-phase oil press on solar + battery with VFD surge control. No diesel generator.
Case study → Sierra Leone · ProductsFreetown Fish Markets
Modular 250 L solar freezers for market traders through the distributor channel.
Case study →Infrastructure returns with venture-scale growth.
Each site is a self-contained cash-flowing asset under a long-term service contract. The platform compounds as sites are added.
CAPEX per site
Annual revenue per site
Net operating income
Contract length
Unlevered IRR
Development finance institutions have already backed both halves of this model.
We combine them into a single integrated offering — one installation, one contract, one monthly fee.
| Company | DFI check | Capacity | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afreenergy Solar (Senegal) | €4.3M | 30 MW + 10 MWh | C&I Solar PPA |
| InspiraFarms (Kenya/Zambia) | €5.0M | Cold storage | Cooling-as-a-Service |
| Frontières Bay | Phase 1 open | 5–15 MW + cold chain | Solar + Cold Chain EaaS |
Phase 1: prove the platform. Phase 2: scale it.
First deployment in Africa, expanding across Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
Phase 1 — Now raising
- Sites 10–15 across Africa (Nigeria first)
- Solar capacity 5–15 MW
- Battery storage 3–8 MWh
- Cold storage 200–500 MT
- Total project value $5–10M
- Deployment 18–24 months
- Year 5 revenue (platform) $4.1M
- Year 5 EBITDA margin 77%
Phase 2 — 2028+
- Additional sites 15–20
- Geography Africa · S. America · Caribbean
- Raise size $20–40M
- Structure Equity + project debt
- Cumulative sites 25–35
- Model status Commercially proven
Backed by Canada's trade & finance ecosystem
Trade Commissioner ServiceGovernment of Canada
Export Development CanadaEDC
BDCBusiness Development Bank of Canada
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Returns and impact are the same story here.
A founder who has built infrastructure in these markets before.
Dr. Samuel Alonge — Founder & CEO
- Also Founder/CEO of RxAll Inc. — pharmacy credit platform across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and the USA
- Techstars 2016. Backed by SOSV/HAX, Century Oak, Launch Africa and the Gates Foundation (SihAfya)
- Yale-trained pharmacist with 10+ years operating in African markets
- RxAll: $5.65M credit disbursed, 99.89% repayment rate, 5,000+ pharmacy network
- Unfair advantage: an existing business network provides built-in site access, customer relationships and local logistics for FBE's deployments
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