The riverine community of Oweikorogha in Bayelsa State is like other hard-to-reach places without access to electricity. Accessible mainly by boat, it was, for decades, powered by generators while diesel was affordable. When the price of fuel went up, the town was left in darkness.
Small businesses counted losses. Women processing cassava raced against the sunset. Children struggled to read by candlelight or a kerosene lamp. Night-time meant locking doors early. The generator was both saviour and headache, a painful reminder that a country rich in oil could still not give its own people steady electricity.
Today, that story is changing. Steady electricity now flows in Oweikorogha, not from the distant national grid, but from an 80-kilowatt solar mini-grid supported by All On, a Nigerian company set up to provide off-grid electricity to rural communities. For many residents, it feels like life has finally started moving forward.
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