M-kopa solar panel.[Photo/Mkopa]Solar energy provider M-Kopa is set to procure additional 500,000 photovoltaic solar panels.

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The panels are meant to meet the demand.

According to M-Kopa solar board's Chairman Mugo Kibati, the firm has signed a deal with Solinc East Africa.

"We are pleased to announce that dependent on economic conditions and prevailing regulatory and policy environment, we need to add about half a million solar panels from a local manufacturer," said Mr Kibati. 

He made the revelations on Tuesday in Nairobi.

Mr Kibati stated that the company has sold over 100,000   solar panels.

 "We also appeal to government to offer attractive fiscal regime to spur investment and create local jobs in the solar industry," he said.