Photizo

Chemotronix Limited

Photizo

Building a decentralized African carbon market platform & network

Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

NGA

Hybrid of for-profit and nonprofit

In Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people lack access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy leading to poverty, food insecurity, and climate vulnerability. In Oyo State, Nigeria alone, over 4.4 million people remain disconnected from the power grid, facing an energy deficit of over 400MW. Meanwhile, the lack of transparent, digital monitoring systems for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate finance has made it difficult for African projects to access carbon markets or track their environmental impact. Globally, Africa contributes less than 4% of global emissions yet suffers disproportionately from climate-related losses, including heat stress, crop failure, and respiratory illnesses. However, over 600 million people in Africa still lack electricity, and without urgent investment in distributed renewable solutions, this gap will widen. Chemotronix is solving this by deploying Project Photizo, a pilot 700kW solar-wind agrivoltaic farm with integrated IoT-based Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) tools to track real-time GHG reductions and generate high-integrity carbon credits. This not only improves clean energy access in rural communities but also builds trust and transparency in Africa’s emerging carbon market, enabling governments, companies, and farmers to participate in climate finance and achieve net-zero goals.

Chemotronix has developed a smart carbon market and clean energy platform that helps African communities access renewable energy, generate carbon credits, and track their climate impact in real time. At the heart of our solution is Project Photizo—a 700kW agrivoltaic farm that combines 500kW of solar energy and 200kW of wind energy to power rural communities in Ejioku, Ibadan, Nigeria. This farm also supports agriculture underneath the solar panels, boosting food production and income for farmers. What makes our solution unique is our IoT-powered digital platform. We install custom hardware devices at energy sites that monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy use, and clean energy generation. These devices send data to our software, which uses blockchain technology to securely record, report, and verify emissions reductions. This makes it easy to generate and sell trusted carbon credits, opening access to climate finance for local projects. We also provide a user-friendly dashboard that shows the number of individuals connected to clean energy, the amount of CO₂ avoided, and real-time environmental impact. This solution is already registered under the African Carbon Market Initiative (ACMI) and aims to scale across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Our solution serves off-grid rural communities, farmers, and local governments in Sub-Saharan Africa—starting with underserved populations in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, where over 4.4 million people lack reliable electricity access. These communities face challenges such as energy poverty, low agricultural productivity, youth unemployment, and exclusion from global climate finance. We directly serve rural farming communities in Ejioku, Ibadan (Lagelu Local Government Area)—a region populated by small, medium, and large-scale farmers whose livelihoods depend on regular crop sales at nearby markets every five days. We also serve organizations and governments seeking tools to measure, report, and reduce their emissions but lack transparent, localized digital infrastructure to participate in carbon markets. Through Project Photizo, we plan to deploy a 700kW agrivoltaic farm that generates clean solar and wind energy while allowing crops to grow under the solar panels. This dual-use system maximizes land productivity and provides sustainable power for farming, food preservation, and small businesses like kiosks that line the community streets. The site’s location near infrastructure corridors like the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road and the proposed Ibadan Dry Port positions it for long-term impact and economic integration.