Having Eco Sense

Today I want to reflect on my experience as an eco entrepreneur, particularly regarding why practical demonstration of eco-initiatives is important. You see, in the few times I stayed at our Solartel Phone Charging Kiosk in Lagos, quite a number of people have to come to ask me questions about the viability of solar PV system. They ask me questions like "does solar work?" "Can it carry my TV, DVD player, Fan, AC...?" "What if there is no sun, how will it work?" and so many others. I enjoyed answering their questions.

The truth is quite a lot of people do not know how Solar PV system works. Perhaps because the commonest solar project they know of, which is Solar Powered Streetlights, more often than not fail after sometime;Nigerians have come to doubt the reliability of Solar PV systems. Yet the truth is Solar PV requires a bit of science in its design for it to work coupled with energy management in its application. We have demonstrated this to a number of elite clients that could afford it and we are presently demonstrating to grassroots people with Solartel where over 100 phones have been charged and eco currencies are made everyday but Sunday.

Believe me when I tell you that the sun can power Africa and reduce our energy poverty to nothing. With eco sense we can. It begins with small innovations to massive ones. At Zeus Energy Limited, we are currently working on a solar powered lighting/ charging model for grassroots people called "ITONA". I will update you on its designs as it evolves. Look out for Solartel and Solartech next time you visit Computer Village and charge your phone on the go. 

Like we say in Lagos, kosi time. 

See you soon.

WSO 

MAKING ECO CURRENCY- ESSENCE OF SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability in business is the real bane of small businesses in Nigeria and I’m sure all over Africa where most small business owner have to spend the bulk of their meagre profit on fuel for their generators. With electricity supply from national grid uncertain and epileptic to power businesses, the result is that most small businesses here die prematurely and the owner will be left to battle poverty and its dark children.

To provide succor and alleviate energy poverty that bite keenly into the skin of SSE owners in Nigeria, our sister company Ecowatt Nigeria Limited is in the lab innovating different ranges of energy solutions for Small Scale Enterprises using Solar Energy. We just launched ‘Solartel’- the first Solar Powered Charging Kiosk to provide phone charging services to people in need of it and it’s been a fireworks of success.

Solartel is a holistic Solar PV system designed with high grade components to convert sunlight to electrical energy for commercial use. Since its launch in Lagos fortnight ago, its operator have earned over N5000 eco-currency from harvested sun. Isn’t that splendid? You needed to see the joy on Baba Ibeji’s face (the operator) to make money from sunlight.  He was unemployed and unhappy before but soon he will become Bill Gates and it’d be like the way Barcelona made a comeback against PSG (lol).

Seriously, the sun has started making millionaires of former unemployed young men and women of Nigeria and our vision is to extend the goodies to over 1000 SSE’s. Olakunle and Andre Moeller (our German Genius) are innovating another version of the Sun-Machine styled ‘Solartech’ for phone technicians and repairers. You gonna love it!

The sun is shining bright. Let’s make eco currencies together.

Cheers.

WSO

PS: Wasn’t it unbelievable what Barca did to remain in UEFA Champions league? Neymar Jnr. Is a wizard….#ForcaBarca