Dec 19, 2017   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Bluedrop’s Workforce Training Improving Solar Solutions in Nigeria and Tanzania

Bluedrop Learning Networks, a division of Bluedrop Performance Learning (BPLI-V) announce today it has secured a contract with Solar Sister (Washington D.C) to scale and build the capacity of their Associates in Nigeria and Tanzania. Solar Sister is the world’s first women-led social enterprise unlocking women’s clean energy entrepreneurship and climate leadership at scale. Leveraging Bluedrop’s technology and training expertise will help women entrepreneurs make a living, help their families and improve their communities.

Bluedrop CEO, Emad Rizkalla: “We are committed to help Solar Sister achieve the goals of this important and rewarding project. Our team has successfully delivered our solutions in over a dozen countries and we are excited to now be working with Solar Sister in Nigeria and Tanzania. Not only is Bluedrop increasingly recognized in workforce training solutions globally, this project bodes well for the growth strategy of our St. John’s based BLN division.”

Katherine Lucey, Solar Sisters CEO and founder is excited about the partnership. “We are excited to work with Bluedrop Learning Networks to build a blended learning program that will enable us to catalyze the training we deliver. Using both face-to-face trainings and online learning modules to deliver our training program, we are able to build the skills and abilities of our team and our network of entrepreneurs in the most remote areas of rural Africa. It is a perfect combination of human centered design meets technology to drive development impact."

About Bluedrop Learning Networks:
Bluedrop Learning Networks, a division of Bluedrop Performance Learning (BPLI-V), is an innovator in workforce development. The company provides a training and credential management platform to help governments, unions, training providers, regulators and employers to ensure workers are equipped to succeed on the job. Workers can now access skills development in real time and prove their valid credentials on demand. BLN services division also provides high quality eLearning, simulations and blended training to ensure performance outcomes. For more information, visit www.bluedroplearningnetworks.com

About Solar Sister:
Solar Sister envisions a world with light, hope, and opportunity for everyone, where women and girls are drivers of a sustainable energy movement. Solar Sister empowers women with economic opportunity to bring clean energy to their communities and challenges the clean tech sector to be inclusive of women as powerful agents of change. In Nigeria and Tanzania, Solar Sister recruits, trains and supports women entrepreneurs and is thrilled to work with Bluedrop on innovative and iterative approaches to improve our entrepreneur training. For more information, visit https://www.solarsister.org/