LifeBox

Mohamed Khaled has been selected as part of UNICEF Innovation30: Young Innovators Shaping the Future.

Countries of Solution Deployment: Egypt

Innovation Accelerator: African Youth Climate Hub, Morocco

"Our planet's future lies in sustainable solutions. With LifeBox, we're not just lighting homes; we're igniting hope,” says young innovator Mohamed Khaled, 29. With passion and foresight, Mohamed designed LifeBox, an innovative decentralized solution for access to clean energy and water with low costs.     

The solar-powered innovation is an all-in-one, self-contained unit that has the capacity to desalinate water from up to 45 thousand milligrams a day, delivering a staggering 600 cubic meters of fresh water daily (600 thousand litres). A single unit can generate up to 130kw per second. With its plug-and-play design, LifeBox can quickly serve 100 houses or even provide for communities of up to three thousand houses in one day. “It acts as a microgrid so that it provides energy for houses, for farming purposes, and clean water for drinking to livestock”, Mohamed explains.  

Over 350 million children worldwide do not have access to electricity. Once scaled, the LifeBox could transform the lives of 200 thousand children in less than a year. It also makes an ideal relief hub for climate-related disasters and other emergencies. Furthermore, a mere 10 LifeBox units can offset 580 tonnes of CO2.   

Understanding the financial constraints many rural inhabitants face, Mohamed’s company NoorNation introduced a pay-as-you-go system for LifeBox. This payment system ensures that clean energy and water are not luxury purchases but accessible necessities.

LifeBox is used in 13 Egypt locations and will soon expand to Tanzania. “Our vision is to empower 1 million people across Egypt and South Saharan Africa with their daily life essentials of clean energy and safe water.”