Sunlabob World Map

Sunlabob's headquarters in Vientiane, Laos.

In 2008, Sunlabob launched a south-south business initiative with Ugandan company TSSD. Now solar powered charging stations are operating in a number of remote Ugandan villages. The franchise came about thanks to a prize won at the World Bank Group's Lighting
Africa Development Marketplace in 2008.

In Feb 2012, Sunlabob won a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) contract to supply and provide related services for 4 Solar Power Plant Systems (8KW, 6KW and 3KW), communications and computer equipment for remote border posts so as to improve the efficiency of customs operations.

In Feb 2012, Sunlabob won a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) contract to supply and install 3 Solar Power Plant Systems (20 KW, 10 KW and 5 KW) to provide electricity supply to two different locations in Ganta Town, and the Rubber Science Technology Institute at Harper. The objective of the project is to strengthen the socio-economic resilience of vulnerable communities through the development of productive skills of youths, crucial in gaining access to employment in local commerce sectors.

In Feb 2012, Sunlabob won a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) contract to supply and install Solar Power Plant Systems (20 KW and 16 KW) to provide electricity supply to Industrial Growth Centres that have been established to promote agric-entrepreneurship development for rural youth, men and women.

In October 2011, Sunlabob was contracted by the management of a UNESCAP tender awardee to supply solar water pumps and solar panels.

In October 2011, Sunlabob won a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) contract to supply solar water pump accessories to the Gash Barka region in Eritrea, located in East Africa.

In May 2009, Sunlabob was approached by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED), and Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI), to carry out an assessment of the feasibility of the solar lamp project in Afghanistan. After initial research, a business approach was designed and a 2-phase operational model was proposed (adapted from Sunlabob’s existing models in Laos and Uganda).

In Mar 2011, Sunlabob won an international tender for a World Bank financed procurement contract, handled locally by the Rural Electrification Office of the Department of Electricity (part of the Ministry of Energy and Mines), to supply and install 12,000 Solar Home Systems (30W and 50W), including spares, to 7 provinces across Cambodia.

In 2010, Sunlabob established Sunlabob International Pte Ltd and broadened its international presence in Singapore, principally to enhance marketing and business development operations.

In October 2011, Sunlabob was contracted by the management of a UNESCAP tender awardee to supply material for the construction of a grid connected system at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) building in Bangkok.

In June 2011, Sunlabob won an international tender to supply and install Solar Energy Systems for District Health Facilities under the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste. The systems are to be used in health facilities, in areas where there is no connection to the power grid, to store vaccines and keep medical supplies sterile.

Since 2010, Sunlabob has been conducting technical training sessions and supplying Solar Home Systems and Solar Lantern Rental Systems to Tanzania via a local partner.
Sunlabob is also in the process of establishing partnerships with Tanzanian organisations to implement Solar Lantern Rental Systems.

In 2011, Sunlabob entered into a partnership with Universal Consultancy Services of Nepal. The partnership is based on a one year reciprocal exchange of participants in the framework of the South-South programme
initiated by Norwegian government agency, Fredskorpset (FK). As part of the programme, Universal Consultancy Services sent 2 young professionals to work for Sunlabob in Laos.