Insight, economics, and impact from the frontlines of Africa's energy transition.
My grandmother used to say the dark teaches patience. But a mother watching her children study by candlelight learns something else: that we deserve better.
I grew up with the roar of the diesel generator. The first time I heard clean power — I heard nothing at all. That silence changed everything.
In our culture, big decisions are made together, under the shade, with elders nodding. So I gathered my neighbours and told them the truth about the sun.
They said a woman running a shop alone would struggle. Now my lights are the brightest on the street, and the whole neighbourhood comes to me.
