What Can African's Afford, That You Can Not?

Renewable energy installations come with an upfront cost that poor communities in Africa and Asia cannot afford. People spend the little that they earn immediately with no real savings, throwing them into a vicious circle of using dirty fuels like kerosene that are costly, inefficient and hazardous to health. Eight19 breaks these barriers to clean energy via this simple solar battery pack that customers can pay as they use.

In Kenya, for instance, we charge about $1.40 (120 shillings) for a week’s use of the system and users tell us they save around $2-3 on kerosene and a further probably $1.50 on what they would have to pay someone to charge up their mobile phone so on a week by week basis so people are getting the solar but actually saving money at the same time.

Source: You can't afford this  IndiGo Escalator