John: October 2009 Archives

Exciting times in Zambia where the team have designed and built the first prototype charging stations, which entrepreneurs will use to charge mobile phones. The ever-increasing popularity of mobile phones, coupled with limited access to electricity, should prove to be a recipe for commercial success for these stations, which have been sized to charge up to 20 phones a day.

Entrepreneurs will supplement their income through the sale of mobile 'talk time'. Watch this space as we develop this idea further and for more interesting solar developments in Zambia.

The new mobile phone charging station which has been developmed in Zambia for small businesses.