There are now affordable off-grid power options emerging in Kenya.
The United Nations estimates that 1.5 billion people across the globe still live without electricity, including 85 percent of Kenyans, and that three billion still cook and heat with primitive fuels like wood or charcoal.
Kenya people now, instead of walking miles and waiting days to get their cell phones charged can now deploy $80 Chinese solar panels to provide cell recharge power along with other options for lights and cooking.
A small amount of off-grid energy makes a huge difference in quality of life including indicators like health, education, commerce, and social connections.
Big companies are already consternating over the fact that “there is no business model” for exploiting these markets. So, how can scaling happen at local levels without larger exploitations? Why does every local gain need to become a non-local colonization strategy?
