Mashada Blogs » AfriGadget » Car Batteries and LEDs in Mali http://www.mashada.com/blogs/ Mashada Blogs » AfriGadget » Car Batteries and LEDs in Mali Gregarius 0.6.1 en AfriGadget: Car Batteries and LEDs in Mali http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/uFpf1MZNHeY/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:18:09 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/uFpf1MZNHeY/ Erik Hersman Matt Berg has put together a wonderful photo montage on how LEDs and 12v batteries are changing the face of connectivity and cheap lighting in Mali. Reproduced here with his permission are the images from the (large) PDF.

“The mass market solution (LED + small rechargeable battery + 1 W solar panel) that will really make a difference will be Chinese and at a price that will encourage extremely fast adoption rates.”

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“Used car batteries you can see are the “power lines” in a lot of African villages that form the basis of distributed power distribution.”

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