Solar everywhere: Commercial phone chargers dump petrol generators over fuel costs
Small-scale entrepreneurs running commercial phone charging hubs, a critical lifeline in a country with chronic grid instability, are staging a quiet revolution, ditching petrol for solar energy to survive a brutal economic climate.
Commercial phone charging booths are vital infrastructure in Nigeria, here a vast majority of the poulation relies on mobile phones for banking, small business operations, and daily communication, yet lack reliable power at home to keep their devices alive.“I used to spend between N7,000 and N9,000 Naira daily on petrol just to keep my charging boards running,” said Kingsley Adeji, who operates a 50-port charging kiosk.
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