https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
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Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
(climatedrift.substack.com)
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Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
(climatedrift.substack.com)
@AwetTesfaiesus
Not only solar panel or batteries.
It's the way to enable small steps forward:Chapter 2: The $0 Transaction Cost Miracle
Quick history lesson: In 2007, Safaricom (Kenya’s telco) launched M-PESA, a mobile money platform that let people transfer cash via SMS. -
Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
(climatedrift.substack.com)
@AwetTesfaiesus it has already happened in Pakistan https://www.dailyclimate.org/pakistans-solar-surge-is-turning-the-energy-system-on-its-head-2673235199.html
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@AwetTesfaiesus
Not only solar panel or batteries.
It's the way to enable small steps forward:Chapter 2: The $0 Transaction Cost Miracle
Quick history lesson: In 2007, Safaricom (Kenya’s telco) launched M-PESA, a mobile money platform that let people transfer cash via SMS. -
J Jürgen Hubert shared this topic on
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Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
(climatedrift.substack.com)
Here in Europe, we ignore developments in Europe at our own peril.
A good friend of mine is a black woman from South Africa who lives in Germany and works in the medical sector. But whenever she talks up the African market at conferences, she gets routinely dismissed because "they couldn't afford our products anyway".

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Here in Europe, we ignore developments in Europe at our own peril.
A good friend of mine is a black woman from South Africa who lives in Germany and works in the medical sector. But whenever she talks up the African market at conferences, she gets routinely dismissed because "they couldn't afford our products anyway".

@juergen_hubert which industry are you in?
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@juergen_hubert which industry are you in?
I work for a company that develops software for the energy sector. My department develops SCADA software - i.e. the software that controls power and utility grids.
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I work for a company that develops software for the energy sector. My department develops SCADA software - i.e. the software that controls power and utility grids.
There I'd estimate the market smaller, but it's sure there.