Nigeria gets first solar power campaign

Nigeria Solar Campaign

Africa's renewable energy potential is well-known. The problem is that it's mostly well-known to people living outside the continent, therefore increasing awareness of renewable energy technology among the African people is vital.

Fortunately there are plans afoot to do just that. Solar Jooce has announced that it will start a "Solar for the Masses" campaign in an effort to heighten solar awareness in rural communities in Nigeria. The campaign is expected to kick-off in Abuja this May.

A statement from Solar Jooce said the campaign will last around one month and its sole aim is to increase people's knowledge and understanding of solar energy and its benefits, as well as increasing the presence of the technology in Nigeria. The company's initial ambitious target is to provide basic solar appliances to 3600 homes within the 36 states, an average of 100 households per state.

Lighting up Nigeria

"I believe strongly that Africa, which has remained at the bottom of the Human Development Index for centuries, will make a radical turn for the best when our world distinctly enters the Solar Age. The continent will be propelled into the First World by her comparative advantage in the supra-abundance of Solar Energy," said head of Solar Jooce and former Minister of Science & Technology and a member of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria, Major-General Sam Momah.

The social and environmental benefits of solar power are significant and will be vital to improving Nigeria's energy security as well as teaching why it's important to value and protect its surroundings.

The company will be calling on corporate Nigeria to support the Solar for the Masses campaign year after year by "Sponsoring a Community" - until most of rural Nigeria is lit up with solar energy.

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Daniel Jones

Daniel is a Politics and Philosophy graduate from Cardiff University where he also worked as a section editor on the award winning student newspaper. After university he joined an IT support company where he was a B2B online writer. He loves anything to do with sport and joined GDS in July 2009.

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