Leapfrogging to Solar in Africa

December 13th, 2011 by Zachary Shahan

Just as the developing world leapfrogged landlines (going straight to cell phones), it seems it is leapfrogging some dirty energy options and going straight to clean, renewable energy. Africa’s poor, for example, are getting a new line of solar energy products that shoot them forward in a variety of ways. Video below:

And a ToughStuff TV ad for Kenya:

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Tags: Africa, Africa solar, quickies, solar africa, toughstuff

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http://www.bennu-solar.com/ Yotam Ariel

While ToughStuff no longer exists, other solar lantern companies are serving many villagers. Greenlight Planet ( http://greenlightplanet.com/ ) is one, and here is a list of others: http://bennu-solar.com/

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Yotam
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David

This is something I suggested at the recent Powering Africa Strategy Summit. If you’d like to read my presentation, let me know. david at mypowerstation dot biz