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Nigeria: The Next Big Frontier for Rural Electricity Access Mark Amaza and Chibuikem Agbaegbu Igu, a farming village in Nigeria of about 4000 people, has never had electricity, despite being located in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, just an hour’s drive from the seat of Nigeria's Federal Government, Abuja. For villages like Igu, getting access to energy has until now remained a far-fetched dream. But rural electrification in Nigeria is about to get a new lease of life, through the deployment of decentralized renewable energy (DRE) solutions by the country’s states, as well as by the federal government. For years, states have been hamstrung by a lack of awareness of what options exist, especially regarding DRE solutions such as mini-grids and standalone solar systems. The situation began in 1991, when the Nigerian government  began to make conscious efforts  to expand rural electrification in the country by connecting the headquarters of all its local gov...

Power firm Greenlight Planet, targets 30m Nigerians by 2030 Greenlight Planet, a solar home energy company, said it has delivered clean energy to more than two million individuals in Nigeria, while focusing on rapid innovation of its product and distribution strategy. On a mission to power the underserved, Greenlight Planet began distributing its Sun KingTM solar home energy products in the country in 2011. Speaking on its journey in Nigeria so far, Global Business Leader, Sun King-Easy-Buy, Dhaval Radia, said: “Over the last seven years, we have sold more than 500,000 life-changing Sun KingTM solar solutions in Nigeria through strategic distribution partnerships and our own pay-as-you-go distribution channel. Customers have been quick to recognise that an investment in a Sun King product more than pays for itself over time, with several customers experiencing dramatic improvements in household savings, increased productivity for their small businesses and additional study ti...