Altech is an enterprise based in Goma, North Kivu, which specialises in the distribution of pico solar PV products in the DRC. In 2016, Altech decided that its institutional sales model was approaching saturation and so to scale up it needed a model to reach households that do not enjoy fixed incomes. In partnership with ÉLAN RDC, it tested a model of credit distribution with 111 local ambassadors (84 men and 27 women) that offered products on credit through door-to-door sales and recovery. This model generated sales of 5,700 pico solar lamps in six cities (Goma, Bukavu, Kinshasa, Mbandaka, Kisangani and Lubumbashi) within one month.