Many people populate in Africa require electricity , but do n’t have it . Luckily , something of a solar power revolution is underway in Africa , triggering a undulation of conception from solar energy entrepreneurs . One of them is a princess descended from an ancient Mossi warrior , who stresses that the effective way to battle this trouble is by empowering the people to prepare and assist themselves .
Princess Abzeita Djigma from Burkina Faso in Western Africa run a company calledAbzeSolar , which provide a innkeeper of solar power products to rural area and villages . The local install and sell the products themselves , thereby providing renewable electricity to the people , but also boosting local economy . The International Energy Agencyestimatesthat there are 620 million multitude survive without big businessman in sub - Saharan Africa alone .
Last month , Djigma ’s company was picked as one of14 winning innovatorsas part of a contender have got by the United Nations to address the 17Sustainable Development Goals , and she represent at UN Headquarters in New York .
Djigma is a descendant of warrior princess Yennenga , reckon the mother of Burkina Faso ’s Mossi ethnic group , which makes up 40 % of that nation ’s current universe . So Djigma say she feels a common sense of responsibility to facilitate her own country , and beyond . Her “ Mama - Light ” product line includes solar - power street brightness level , solar H2O warmer , portable reading lamps , huge array of solar panels for businesses , and more . Then , AbzeSolar provides technical training to the local community so that folks know how to install and maintain the solar products .
This method acting of solar production and didactics among community is catching on . Earlier this year , we report onGravity Light , a Kickstarter that wants to produce a clever lamp that needs no battery , way out , or even Sunday to crystalize . Ideally , communities in places like Kenya could start producing it themselves as a local business . Hopefully we ’ll see more innovators , like Djigma , help empower people by giving them the technical school they necessitate to get on the electric grid .
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Image via AbzeSolar .
This story is part of a special serial about the United Nations ’ plans to solve world-wide issues using emerging applied science . Read more about ithere .
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Correction , 10:44 a.m. : There are 1.3 billion people go without exponent worldwide , not in Africa . The headline has been correct .
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