John Bennett Oct 01, 2009

Solar Charged Phones in Kenya

Kenya introduces the first commercially available solar powered mobile phones, giving increased access to communication to those in rural areas unable to access mains power. Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important to many Africans, providing not only communications, but also banking services.

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one comment on “Solar Charged Phones in Kenya”

  1. johnny says:
    August 20, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    Fascinating, I wonder how long before we see this in the UK.

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