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Jonathan Edward Shaw is the founder and CEO of Nuru, a solar-powered metrogrid company in eastern DR Congo. Nuru is the first company to bring a commercial solar hybrid mini-grid online in Congo, and in February 2020, commissioned the largest off grid solar hybrid mini-grid in Africa in the city of Goma. Nuru is developing projects in six provinces in Congo with the aim to deploy 40 MWp of solar hybrid sites in Congo by the end of 2023. Jon and his family live in Goma, he holds a PhD from the University of Michigan.