Barefoot Power brings solar lighting to off-the-grid areas in East Africa

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Barefoot Power, a for-profit social enterprise operating across East Africa, has built a network of "Solar Entrepreneurs" who are responsible for bringing solar lighting to towns and villages like Musubiro all across Uganda.

Their products, ranging from the extremely popular "Firefly Mobile" – a small 1.5 watt panel with 12 small LED lights and a phone charger – or their full "Village Kits" that can provide lighting to an entire house, are making solar power affordable and accessible to those at the base of the economic pyramid. The small solar panels are portable and once charged, act like a battery.

Barefoot Power currently has 160 Solar Entrepreneurs operating all over Uganda, and an extensive distribution network that makes its products available to customers across Kenya, Tanzania, India, and several other parts of the world.

• The original story – and a related slideshow – can be seen at Dowser.org.

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interesting story