Featured in Spark of a yellow sun – 07-2022

Dropping in on Kenya

Kenyans are “curious and quick to adopt new things,” Drop Access CEO Norah Magero tells pv magazine. But skepticism about new tech is only natural, so the NGO is trying to drive the adoption of solar panels, solar pumps, and solar refrigeration by increasing energy literacy.

By

Blake Matich

18 Jul 2022

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I believe you started Drop Access in 2018 – where did the idea come from?The genesis of everything came when I worked for a solar company in Nairobi. And it dawned on me then that due to affordability rural communities weren’t really getting the opportunities for solar solutions. So I moved to a rural community …

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