Kelly Imoyi
“Thank God another door has opened to me…before now, I was just engaged in tailoring…being a tailor is good but when I came to know about solar and started doing this installation, more funds are coming…. I now pay more bills which I couldn’t afford before, put more food on the table which I also […]
Adebanjo Akinrutan
“Now that we have solar power, the amount of noise pollution by generators is reduced. Situations where you want to sleep but can’t because of the noise from your neighbors’ generator, that doesn’t happen anymore… it has been a long time we have seen something like this …we don’t see such often here so we […]
Kehinde Emmanuel Tayo
‘’My name is Kehinde Emmanuel Tayo, CEO of Vectis Business Option, a company built on the promises of renewable energy to bring power to the people of this great country. Our quest to solve energy challenges has brought us into the mini-grid-energy space to provide power for the people in the underserved and unserved communities […]
Steven Idikunle
‘’My name is Steven Idikunle. I am the owner of Philipcom Hotel. About a few months ago, we acquired solar electricity that we are using. And the solar light is helping a lot. Before now, we were using a generator, and we burnt a lot of fuel as a result of that. Normally, we did […]
Pa Malo Felix
‘’My name is Pa Malo Felix, the Olaja of Ogheye community. This solar that came to this Ogheye community, we love it, and we are enjoying it. Before the solar came, we had generators in this community, but due to the condition of fuel, we haven’t been able to power the generator. In that case, […]
Tari Jackson
My Name is Tari Jackson. I have been living in Fish Town since 2002. And, in 2003, I started the fish drying business, which we send to Yenagoa. We are always drying fish every day. So, when we heard that there is a cold room here in Fish Town and this is really going to […]
OGHEYE ENERGY CABIN, OGHEYE, DELTA STATE
To support the wide uptake of the technology solutions by identifying, engaging and training the workforce for operating and maintaining the Energy Cabin and Solar refrigerating units as a hub, as well as community based entrepreneurs and stewards that will market the solar renewable solutions in Ogheye, Sangana and Fishtown communities. PIND through partnership with […]
COMMUNAL SOLAR COLDROOMS
Through a similar community-centred energy-in-a-box solution, PIND also collaborated with Vectis Business Options limited to retrofit the solar refrigeration units at Sangana and Fishtown communities, and also provide businesses services by selling the service to fisherfolks and households within these communities; operate and maintain the solar refrigeration units By this intervention, over 250 fisherfolks within […]
Stakeholder – PIND
“The findings from PIND’s study revealed some systemic constraints in the cocoa value chain. These include low productivity of farms arising from poor agricultural practices; predominance of older and ageing trees with low yields; absence of high-yielding seed varieties; inferior quality beans arising from poor post-harvest practices – leading to discount prices of Nigerian cocoa […]
Blessing Samuel
‘’My name is Blessing Samuel. I live in Rivers State. I got to know about the NDYEP training project through a friend who happened to be a member of the Rivers State Youth Empowerment ministry. Before I joined the PIND training program, I had no idea whatsoever with anything that has to do with aquaculture. […]
