How Africa Is Hacking Its Energy Crisis
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2015
- Although 600 million people live without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, Seeker Stories met 3 inspiring Tanzanians who found unique ways to hack the energy crisis.
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Executive Producer: Laura Ling
Producer: Paige Keipper (Hansen)
Cinematographer: Matthew Piniol, Spencer Snider
Editor: Jordan Dertinger
wow, this makes you appreciate things you take for granted every single day
+the3spoonsOFsugar I agree! In preparation for this story, I shut the lights out in my house during dinner, etc. to see how my kids would react and to show them the dark reality that so many people live with. --Laura Ling
the3spoonsOFsugar - your so true bro I really appreciate it you know I thank God for everything
Whoever was the director for photography and video angles, did a flippin awesome job!!
Couldnt agree more!
What inspirational people! Thanks for sharing their stories.
+TLC This is what you used to be. . .
+Antoine Rashad OMG I'm done 😂😂😂
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I can't afford to give up..
Keep trying brother.. May God help you in your Journey to secure a better life!
The power of determination is far greater than power from a grid. Thanks for sharing these stories!
Thanks for all the comments! Many have asked about solar. There's lots of innovation happening around solar. Sadly, it's still too expensive for many. But hopefully, with investment, strong political will and an end to endemic corruption, things can change and in a sustainable way. There is such great potential for Africa to become a powerful, positive force. The people I met were truly inspiring. Imagine the possibilities if they had access to reliable energy, like so many of us. --Laura Ling
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+Seeker Stories A solar controller, a solar panel and a 40AH deep cycle battery should be able to charge the phones of an entire community. In my country, that should be around U$300-350.
+Seeker Stories The advancement of new technology changes everything.
you get can get a solar phone charger for maybe 15 dollars or less
+Aldrich Allen Barcenas only 300? why the hell don't they do it?
This is easily the most inspiring thing we've seen in a long time. Great work!
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This is the only war worth fighting
I just want to go there and do something about it.
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+Bat Cat Who's stopping u?
+Bat Cat and do what exatly?
but you can, donate to charity or something
That's the thing, i don't have money but i have time and energy.
These three are doing incredible work! Great video, as always.
This video made me fell happy about the fact I can just charge my phone with a simple power plug and that I have electricity at home. Sometimes you dont realiaze how much of an advenage you have over some things until you see other people not have that. Its surprising that one of the most basics of things in the developed world, energy, is being lacked in places like these...
What is this amazing channel and why have I only just discovered it? Thanks for all the work you guys do. This is truly amazing stuff:)
thank you, that was very insiring. i won't be taking electricity for granted anymore.
hello my name is sunny and i live in tanzania , laura ling am beyond thankful for showing the world how much life is difficult here , i almost burst into tears , u just saw the drop of water not the inter ocean , tanzania has a lot of problems. as may just notice a lot of the people in the video don't know how to speak English, it because the education here is terrible!!!! .. all in all thank u @seeker stories for shining a light to us .on behalf of my country thank u and we love you guys !!!! asanteni na karibuni tanzania p.s be greetful for what u have
I'm falling in love with this channel with each documentary. I specially like the way Laura Ling approaches difficult subjects, without being cheese nor judgmental.
This video is really inspiring. I am a student but I really wish I too can be like Laura. I would also love to travel the world, know the problems people face and try to help in whatever way I can. Great work Seeker Stories!
This is touching
Thank God for giving us so many things we don't appreciate it
Such a powerful video. It makes you realize how priveleged you are and how difficult life is for people living without electricity but still they manage to live with a smile on their face. I really hope Africa becomes completely developed one day and reaches its true potential. It may not happen in our lifetime but I know it will one day. Africans deserve a better life with the best oppurtunities.
Wow I live in Tanzania but given the area I'm in I don't quite experience it as much, this video is worth sharing with the new president as he has been in power for a month and is already making a difference
in what way?
+Alex Turlais here is an article of the things his done 3 weeks since his been in power:
www.sapeople.com/2015/11/29/10-ways-tanzanias-awesome-new-president-shows-how-to-lead-an-african-country/
And I have actually witnessed them, if you want to see more info, there is a news channel that puts some videos on RUclips. Just look up ITV tanzania, it's in swahili but if you go through it, you will see videos of some of the things he has done. It's now around 5 to 4 weeks since his been in power and he has done more since that article I posted was written.
Curtis Martin im very impressed. if only we had politicians like that here
+Alex Turlais where?
Curtis Martin the UK
This might be one of the most inspiring and informative videos I've seen in a long time
Thank you Lisa. This was a wonderful piece of work on your part and a real eye opener for me.
this makes me appreciate the things i take for granted everyday , thank you keep do it
wow seeker stories production are getting extremely good !! they will hit more than a million subs i swear by then I'm able to say that i know them when they are at 100k +subs XD
Getting a generator is hacking an energy crisis? I just thought from the title, that there would be some creative methods for using/obtaining energy.
+Brandon Spears Yeah, thought the same thing. Title implied some solutions...
great story and coverage! thank you!
This is an absolutely beautiful video. Thank you for sharing with us.
I was living under a very same situation until i complete my secondary school 2006. It wasn't because of energy crisis. it's because we were in poverty. My dad had to work years in abroad to support our family. My mother never gave up on us. She made me and my brothers study well. She went through many hardships. But never asked us to drop the school and go to work. After i see this video, My earlier life comes in front of me. I am so thankful to my parents. Now i see those people with same spirit and i can say they can do it and they will do it.
For the record I have a bachelor's degree and i work for a IT company presently. I didn't become a scientist or astronaut but some how got out of poverty. There is still a long way to go. Thanks for the video.
this is a great piece. wonderful work.
This video has made me appreciate being able to do almost everything I can do on a daily basis. It's crazy to think that we all live in country's with hardly no problems when the other half of the world is well... With this, and we do next to nothing to help unless it profit's us.
The story touched me.
This is one of the best inspirational seeker story
I was in Tanzania this summer and blackouts were so common. We had one that lasted about three or four days.
AMAZING SHOOTS, I loved testtube from the beginning and with Discovery boasts it makes you guys loveable F xx
I heard about this from my Grandma (i'm an african-Gujarati) who grew up in tanzania they lit candles around their home
I go to Sudan every two years, quite next and very comforting, well of course except for the power black outs of course, however every time I went, the blackouts are decreasing, (though, they went for a few hours, few times for a day or two)
typo error in the first sentence, quiet comfortable and nice
Goverment lacks of actions, but its normal for developing countries like Africa. Very Inspiring video i ever seen on RUclips.
Africa is not a country
and this is the typical person who takes everything they have for granted and only care about themselves
Cameron Harper My mistake. Thanks for correction!
WOW Great video!!
I would love to watch that video mentioned at the end, but I only watch RUclips on mobile and annotations don't work. Please add the link in the description. None of your channels do it often enough. It costs viewers.
+Svetlana Ivanoff Hi Svetlana! So sorry about that! We actually did include the link this time because our audience has definitely mentioned that before, but it was a little further down in the description so you might have missed it. Here's the link ruclips.net/video/rcBpuxawcVs/видео.html and as always, thanks for watching!!
+Seeker Stories lol i see wat u did there....
What a great video!
"i will not let the darkness hold me back"
i love laura so much
some day the land left behind will shine once again. until then, may god bless the spirits of the people.
Damn, this video makes me want to visit africa.
Electricity is so important. It's not to be taken for granted. They're both strong and inspiring... :D The people in this video deserve electricity and I want them to get it. Truly inspiring people... :D I subscribed... :D
Vice grade documentary! (great stuff)
Very inspiring story! It made me think that the currently developing world could be a second chance for the developed world to help and get things right the first time as in make the infrastructure to be sustainable instead of having to rework on how we're doing things currently.
Sharing this! I can't believe I tell myself that I can't live without my phone, tablet, computer etc, but these people have it worse.
The only time I've ever been in a blackout is when I was visiting family in Vietnam with my mom and then it was only for like 3 hours and for all the times I've been in Vietnam,I've only experience light outs 4 times.2 in one year and 1in another and 1 in another.Ive never experienced a light out in America.
This country and its inhabitants deserve the light. #powerafrica
Need more stories where technology is changing lives for the better
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last women's laughter says it all.
suddenly I realize, how much my country has progressed since my childhood.
There are phone charging stations at my school. At all 3 campuses in the CSN network.
it is a really good video.
curious, what camera is being used in these videos
this is a very nice video, but I have a question. at 6:42, it shows us the village from the outside, but there are no stars showing, why is that?is the light pollution still enough to block out the stars? It sounds silly but I really want to know if
+some guy online Maybe there's heavy cloud cover?
Yes. . .the black/african man/woman has been through alot and we will continue to persevere through struggle.
Hello. I live in South Africa. 'Load Shedding' as its referred to here has almost been accepted as a part of life. Energy is state-monopolised and often falls under mal-administration. Recently, the government is opting for a nuclear energy programme which may be supplied by Russian energy company Rosatom or other countries like France but all at an even bigger cost to the people on the ground. So there's a big lobby against the program and more interest in renewable energy. Solar energy is becoming more popular in residential areas but powering infrastructure is the major issue that the nuclear program aims to solve. The state energy company Eskom has been really slow to act against the emerging energy crisis. Currently, they're suppliers are running at a loss to supply raw materials and may stop supplying. At the same time, concerns about the future availability of coal is growing. South Africa's energy shortages has not blown into a crisis yet but there and many factors that could act simultaneously to leave the country seriously in the dark. Renewable energy seems to be the best solution and interest and investment may be growing. But fixing issues like mal-administration, corruption and non-preemptive acting can prolong our current energy security and prevent future load shedding whilst building up a more energy efficient South Africa.
Also, central to this problem is Information asymmetry because affordable micro units have been around for decades.
Ok. Apparently Africa is doing better than I thought. However it still seems pretty scary to think that when there's a blackout, because there are no street lamps, people literally can't see anything. These people seem so nice and yet they don't have the opportunities that we have. I wish them the best too.
This is amazing. how do i work for you guys?
That kid broke my goddamn heart
we can actually learn to not take these things for granted here
Honestly being African and growing up there yes it sucks when the power goes off But it is also sometimes is a blessing in disguise because it forced me to have an imagination as child since TV was not an option, it taught me to fight for what I wanted, it taught me to manage my time carefully, and I cannot count the amount of fun times I had with my family in the dark because it forces us to interact. Also I have killer sense of orientation in the dark although my little toe has suffered severe damage😹😹 oh and flashlights are life +the jokes around the power outages are so funny.
Beautiful toy people are amazing THANK YOU WE LOVE YOU
"I'm studying Always, all the time because i want to be a doctor, so i can help my Family and community, and to make it a little better for my life. I have to use kerosene lamps, which affect my eyes, my eyes feel painful and they sometimes produces tears, which is really hard for my eyes" - Do you ever feel like giving up ? "I cant give up, i will work as hard as i can so as to reach my goals, i will not let the darkness hold me back." i cried.
Put solar panels in the Saharan desert. I think maybe 1/8 of Algeria is what is needed to power the entire planet which is a lot but I think it could be worth doing. Ideas?
+Krilln pretty obvious solution tbh. People have bike powered chargers in the Jungle in Calais, thought that was pretty inventive.
+Krilln I don't know why solar panel companies don't try to market their products in Africa, seems like it could be really successful.
By technology, it is accomplishable, but in reality, it is impossible (think nobody will fund them money for doing so)
+Krilln solar makes a lot of sense but without a government to subsidize the cost, its too expensive for now. The cost is dropping. Just 10 or so years ago, even the U.S. couldn't even afford solar panels but prices are getting better.
+Krilln Do u understand the tech and economics behind solar panels?
What's the name of the song from around 6:45?
Everyone should watch "Billions in Change" on RUclips to see how problems like these can be addressed rather quickly. Good people are making a huge comeback.
Maybe people there in Tanzania could get some powerbanks which charge based on movement? This will make their phones easier to charge!
Vincent Yap I am Tanzanian I live in Dar es Salaam I study at a university here its 0010 as I type and electricity is on and we do have power banks. the situation isnt as bad in Dar
We live in the first world countries complain about "Starbucks cup gone red" or "internet getting lag", meanwhile there is people out there can't even have access to a simple things like electricity and clean water.
seems fun actually
It's sad that this is happening. I really think solar energy could help. Especially near the Sahara or the other deserts like the Kalahari.
This is the reason I wish I could make and build solar panels and wind turbines cheaply. Because there is a population there that has potential that isn't being utilized. Imagine how amazingly awesome it would feel to build a renewable electric power plant in the village with the young man and few years later walk into a hospital and see him in there caring for a patient.
I wish that boy has a successful life ahead of him! Looks like he's very determined to change his life, unlike a white kid next to my house who doesn't want to go to school and just want to play video games.
my country used to have a lot of blackouts but not anymore so i know it sucks
The kid wanting to be a doctor should be helped to get to the US or another western country, we need people like him
Africa needs doctors more than the West does right now.
is it wrong if i want to go to africa and build power station using solar panel and selling power?
we've been living without electricity since the start of time... It is only just a few centuries ago that we use electricity
Very inspiering story! It is both amazing and horrific to se Rachel assist women giving birth using only her cellphone as source for light. She is a true hero!
My way of fighting energy poverty is to invest in home solar systems via the newly started crowdfunding platform Trine. This far I have invested in 3 projects in Kenya, Zambia and Zanzibar and later this year 1354 people will have access to electricity because of my investments.
My motto is: no one can do everything but everyone can do something!
There's a filipina who invented a lamp powered by salt water. I'm not sure if it already available in the market but it was featured in the recent apec summit. Can you make video about this?
Kiwano gelato? Makes me want to visit. :)
I acidently picked it and thought it was a add 😆XD
what causes the blackouts?
Good luck, Africa.
Russia China India Japan other countries must improve the infrastructure I almost cried have to build roads bridges schools hospitals telcommnications electricity China can make this happen bring electricity education is necssary god make way in Africa that deserve a better better life ...... Have your mercy on them
These people don't need cellphones, they need headlamps! For $15 the can get l.e.d. headlamps that work great, fit anyone, and have adjustable light levels. Much cheaper then their cellphones. Amazon sells them worldwide. Heck, they even include batteries.
+mrbr549 Forgot to mention that Amazon also sells a solar/hand cranked weather radio/flashlight that will also charge cellphones! So if they just have to use a cellphone when they don't have access to a charger or even have a light at home, they can plunk down $22 bucks(including cables), and get this amazing dynamo radio. Problem solved...you're welcome!
+mrbr549 Cell phones are incredibly useful with the information they can provide the people there. Even homeless people in the developed world will often have a cellphone before other things you might think are more necessary.
Google has worked on low cost cell phones so that people in Africa can access information on the internet with them.
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2489701,00.asp
do you know how much 22 dollars is for them and do you even think they could get it deliver to the smaller villages t
When u watch this don't u have the feel of going there and helping them
The intro was so silly, it was like that kind of "Poo Puari has to walk four miles every day just for a handful of dirty water for the family."
But now it's "Poor Diego has to walk four miles every day to charge his iPhone 6s, he and his family cannot afford clean and reliable electricity, donate to 'iPhones Right' and let Diego have another 8 hours of battery for £2 a day."
5:09 geez that mole tho
In the old days in Korea, we used to bury the kimchee in the ground 3 feet deep to keep it refrigerated. Seems like they could save on propane if they buried the drugs in a ground in the medicine chest?
I am a Tanzanian living in Dar es Salaam studying at a university here, its 0021 as I type lights are on my vodacom internet connection is fast. i guess what am trying to say is although most of what is depicted in the video is true Dar es Salaam city is not as bad
awww
Instead of connecting everyone to a national grid, there should be a small solar panel 'farm' in each village/town/suburb, to stop the country becoming a polluted country before it even stars. Or make a nuclear factory in the most isolated place near water
3:47 "I will not let the darkness hold me back". At least he knows he is inferior.
+Koregan Fuck off
No, guys. What he said is commonly known as a joke. Sometimes referred to as "a fucking joke. you morons".
***** I didn't call you a moron. Even though I should have, because your grammar is so atrocious, I have a hard time understanding what you even tried to say there.
***** Down to my level? You mean off your high horse, right? I'm not the one insulting and judging people because I believe their humor is inferior. That was all you, buddy.
+Koregan "you just have no life and no friends" Would still rather that than being black.
the darkness is fine, what about the heat when there is no fan to move the air around?
...have I missed the proposed solution? I have experienced black-outs in Ghana and Pakistan and generators were the only commercially available solutions. I was kinda hoping for a real hack, not only stating the problem :(
This is so sad! One day I'm going to help them. Start a electric tower somewhere close to the center of the city. I want to do something for them.
Starving children in Africa could've eaten those phones