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Great work Davidson Bennywhite! You are affecting great impact to rural communities in Nigeria above and beyond the provision of the first affordable and reliable source of clean power with Okra Solar.

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Hi fam, hope you're enjoying christmas / benders ?? ?? This is the last and most exciting highlight from my recent site visit with the Renewvia Energy team. The post is about Davidson Bennywhite (orange shirt) and some amazing ladies Idiam, Evelyn, Faith and Levi I. (in the back of the pic). Benny played a key role in installing Renewvia's mini-grid but his impact didn't stop there. Remember how I mentioned power theft being an issue? Benny was the guy to identify how meters were being bypassed, and to corroborate meter-off households against obvious usage of energy from seeing lights being on. Now here's the main story from this post - it's about local community members maintaining the infrastructure. When failing meters became an obstacle for Renewvia things started to slowdown because Benny couldn't quickly access components, OEMs, or even the broader Renewvia team — so he took matters into his own hands. Benny identified the faults in the meters (usually relatively simple and recurring fixes, like an issue with the contactor or the battery cell) and then he repurposed parts from other faulty meters to get things back up and running. Benny didn’t keep this knowledge to himself. He’s been training a group of awesome local ladies —Idiam, Evelyn, Faith, and Better—in basic electronics skills. These ladies are now fixing meters and they've also taken the lead in installing a significant part of the Okra mesh-grid in the neighboring community of Emakalakala. Seeing the ripple effects of job creation and community empowerment in action was super awesome. This visit gave me a new perspective on localized repair models. At Okra, we currently handle aftersales support through warehousing and logistics in Nigeria, which means faulty Pods have to be shipped to Abuja—a process that can be both costly and time-consuming. But seeing Benny, Idiam, and their crew in action made me realize there’s a huge opportunity here. Imagine training more local legends like them, equipping them with spare parts and skills to handle repairs directly in their communities. This could make after-sales support faster and more scalable—all while creating more jobs on the ground. This is why I love site visits, always something new to learn from the community? What do you think about these lessons? I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas!?See ya in 2025. ????

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