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When the lights went out for the fourth time in a single day last December, Catherine Ime did not reach for the diesel generator she had been running for six years.
Instead, she turned to solar energy, a solution that is increasingly becoming common across Nigeria.
The business owner in Abuja had spent the previous weekend getting quotes for a rooftop solar system. By new year’s day, the panels were up.
“Catering for a large household without a steady electricity supply resulted in massive food waste, as bulk-cooked meals and refrigerated groceries routinely went bad,” Ime told BusinessDay.
For years, her family had battled erratic electricity supply, spending heavily on fuel while enduring the inconvenience of prolonged blackouts. With family members working remotely and a household dependent on electricity for everyday activities, the cost of
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