https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening

@AwetTesfaiesus
Not only solar panel or batteries.
It's the way to enable small steps forward:

Chapter 2: The $0 Transaction Cost Miracle
Quick history lesson: In 2007, Safaricom (Kenya’s telco) launched M-PESA, a mobile money platform that let people transfer cash via SMS.

@AwetTesfaiesus it has already happened in Pakistan https://www.dailyclimate.org/pakistans-solar-surge-is-turning-the-energy-system-on-its-head-2673235199.html

@Nowhereman @AwetTesfaiesus

Lets hope Wero goes the same way!

#Wero

@AwetTesfaiesus

Here in Europe, we ignore developments in Europe at our own peril.

A good friend of mine is a black woman from South Africa who lives in Germany and works in the medical sector. But whenever she talks up the African market at conferences, she gets routinely dismissed because "they couldn't afford our products anyway".

@juergen_hubert which industry are you in?

@AwetTesfaiesus

I work for a company that develops software for the energy sector. My department develops SCADA software - i.e. the software that controls power and utility grids.

@juergen_hubert

There I'd estimate the market smaller, but it's sure there.