Africa is short of electricity resources, but half of Africans have mobile phones. How do Africans charge their mobile phones?

We can take Tanzania in Africa as an example. Even in the most remote villages in Tanzania, many families have at least one mobile phone, and the national mobile phone penetration rate exceeds 60%. In sub-Saharan Africa, the poorest region in the world, there are about 253 million mobile phone users.

Even in Rwanda, it is estimated that about 70% of the population has a mobile phone. Their biggest problem is not that they can't afford a mobile phone, but how to charge it. Because in Tanzania, nearly two-thirds of the 49 million people live in rural areas, there is no power grid, and every inch of the wall can't be found. This is normal for people living in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Only less than 10% of households use electricity.

The rest of the population can only use alternative energy sources, such as paraffin, charcoal and firewood. So the question is, how do these Africans charge their mobile phones? One possible way is that many people spend a day driving in the city to charge their mobile phones, which can be described as charging once, which takes several months.

However, this can only solve the temporary needs, but it cannot fundamentally solve the problem. In order to charge African people's mobile phones, the whole world is trying to find a way. In the end, the best solution is to use the same indispensable thing in rural Africa: solar energy. A few years ago, American companies launched a solar charging kiosk on the African continent, which looked like a mobile van selling ice cream. It can charge 20 mobile phones at a time, and the total installation cost is about $600.

In order to make this equipment expand rapidly in the African continent, the company initially adopted the form of franchising, and interested locals can apply for training after the exam. In return, they have to pay 80,000 Tanzanian shillings per month, which is equivalent to the cost of RMB near 280 yuan.