SOGEPAL (Sociedade de Gestao de Participacoes Limitada)

What SOGEPAL (Sociedade de Gestao de Participacoes Limitada) does

SOGEPAL (Sociedade de Gestao de Participacoes Limitada) is a privately held, for-profit company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Maputo, Mozambique. According to its firmographic profile, SOGEPAL develops and distributes clean cooking stoves and off-grid solar lighting solutions targeted at low- and middle-income households in Sub-Saharan African markets, with operating geographies listed as EMEA.

The company maintains a web presence at bio360-africa.com, which serves as the digital home for the Bio360 Africa 2026 exhibition — an in-person bioenergy trade event scheduled for 17–18 June 2026 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in South Africa. The website and event are operated by BEES SAS, a Lyon-based French web services firm founded in 2005 with €60,000 of share capital (registered in Lyon under 481 865 137). The corporate, operational, and contractual relationship between SOGEPAL and BEES SAS / Bio360 Africa is not defined in the available data, and SOGEPAL's stake in or role at the exhibition cannot be confirmed.

No revenue, headcount, pricing, funding history, leadership team, certifications, patents, or named end-customer data are available for SOGEPAL. The business model through which clean stoves and solar lanterns generate revenue (direct sales, pay-as-you-go, microfinance channel, donor-subsidized distribution, or hybrid) is not documented in the source material. As a result, unit economics, channel mix, and scale cannot be assessed from the evidence base.

Name

SOGEPAL (Sociedade de Gestao de Participacoes Limitada)

Legal name

BEES SAS

Website

https://bio360-africa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SOGEPAL is a privately held Mozambique-based company, founded in 2010, that develops and distributes clean cooking stoves and off-grid solar lighting solutions to low- and middle-income households across Sub-Saharan African markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clean Household Energy Products

NAICS

Biomass Electric Power Generation (221117)

SIC

Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Biomass Plant EPC & Integration (Design/Build, Balance of Plant) (EUAAAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biomass CHP & Cogeneration Plants (Industrial & Utility) (EUAAAGAA), Biomass Combustion & Boiler Island Technology (Grates, Fluidized Bed, Burners) (EUAAAGAG), Heat Recovery & Thermal Integration for Biomass Plants (Economizers, ORC, Heat Exchangers) (EUAAAGAL)

Keywords

• Clean cooking stoves
• Off-grid solar lighting
• Household energy solutions
• Clean biomass cookstoves
• Solar lantern distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Maputo

HQ country

Mozambique

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SOGEPAL develops and distributes clean cooking stoves and off-grid solar lighting solutions targeted at low- and middle-income households. The company operates from Maputo, Mozambique and has been active in the clean household energy sector since 2010, supplying physical energy products that displace traditional biomass and kerosene usage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clean cooking stoves
• Off-grid solar lighting solutions

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Gallagher Convention CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026The Gallagher Convention Centre serves as the venue host for Bio360 Africa 2026. The venue is located in South Africa and provides facilities for the exhibition and conference activities.
• BEES SAScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBEES SAS is the organizing entity behind Bio360 Africa. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Lyon, France, BEES SAS operates secured internet services and websites with a capital of €60,000, registered under number 481 865 137 at the trade and company register of Lyon.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• M-KOPA: Kenya-based pay-as-you-go solar home system financier and distributor serving off-grid African households. Comparable off-grid solar product and customer base to the solar lighting component of SOGEPAL's offering.
• BioLite: US-headquartered company with major Kenya operations producing biomass cookstoves that generate off-grid electricity for emerging markets. Direct overlap with SOGEPAL's clean cooking stove and off-grid lighting offering.
• BURN Manufacturing: Kenya-based manufacturer and distributor of clean cookstoves and biomass-based cooking fuels for African households. Direct peer given the SOGEPAL short description of clean cooking stoves for low- and middle-income African households.
• Zola Electric (formerly Off Grid Electric): Tanzania/US-headquartered off-grid solar provider serving African households with solar home systems and appliances. Comparable off-grid solar lighting product category and African customer base.
• Sun King (formerly Greenlight Planet): Global pay-as-you-go off-grid solar lighting and appliance provider with significant Africa distribution. Comparable product category (off-grid solar lighting for low-income households) and customer base to SOGEPAL.
• d.light: Kenya-founded pay-as-you-go solar lighting and energy products distributor serving low-income households across Africa and Asia. Direct overlap with the off-grid solar lighting leg of SOGEPAL's described offering.
• Bio360 Expo (Europe): European bioenergy trade exhibition organized by BEES SAS (same parent entity as Bio360 Africa). Most directly comparable given shared organizer, similar event format, and identical bioenergy industry vertical — essentially the European sister event to Bio360 Africa.

Emerging players

• Sistema.bio: Mexico/Kenya-headquartered biogas digester company serving smallholder farmers across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Overlaps with the bioenergy and clean cooking themes of both SOGEPAL (cookstoves) and Bio360 Africa (bioenergy event).
• Africa Clean Energy (ACE): Lesotho-based manufacturer and distributor of efficient biomass cookstoves and fuel pellets for African households. Comparable clean cooking stove product category and African emerging-market customer base.
• Equatorial Power: Uganda-based biomass power plant developer and operator converting agricultural residues into electricity. Comparable African bioenergy theme to the Bio360 Africa event platform and adjacent to SOGEPAL's biomass/cookstove space.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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