Having a former Kenya Power CEO as an executive chairman is just laughable. This person was at the helm when Kenyan were been robbed through inflated power bills and shady contracts.
@@MoncoCarser Dude, the guy who made the comment is a Kenyan, I am also a Kenyan and I know what he is saying is true, most of the executives in our government parastatals are corrupt
@@unlockwithjsr There was a guy 2 or 3 years ago who started a microgrid on some island in L.Victoria who was shutdown by Kenya Power and all the infrastructure he had built on the island removed.
That progress illustrated at 1:52 is phenomenal! Increasing electricity coverage from 18% to 65% of the population in just 8 years is incredible especially given that the country is growing but still poor
I just can't imagine why anyone would not be in favor of this. A couple of things not mentioned: Electricity can prevent fires from kerosene lamps. Better energy can also help hugely with indoor air pollution-although if that's to be electricity, that would take a LOT more electricity use than simple things like running a light or a TV, or charging a cell phone.
@@ronaldgarrison8478 building and operating telecom infrastructure in rural areas of the continent... We build solar sites for show and run with grid power for business...
I'm curious about the externalities to Kenyan culture by inserting western ideas of productivity along with energy. I can't say I know how or why it will change things, but I'm curious about the cost as it seems certain that it will.
Rather power company forced to be a bank. If they were a bank they just would have invested in the extraction of raw materials than put their hands in this finicky messy low gain affair.
@@michaelcrockis7679 They are making money on the backs of poorest people. If they saw an opportunity they would be investing in the extraction of minerals. They are there to make money while making YOU believe they are helping poor people with prepaid solar power.
As meat production and consumption is becoming more and more unsustainable, is this model actually reducing the carbon footprint of development or just transferring it from energy production to food production? Also, is it similar to the US chicken industry, which places farms in a cycle of debt? Some more information would be useful.
@@nigel-uno A bank indeed! The governments in east Africa are fighting to extend the national grids. Solar is fashionable when you have a few dollars to spare. Even burning diesel is cheaper than Solar for the villagers in the long run.. This company is making money out of the misery of poor people , Agreed. well said!
This is an important example which nuclear advocates have to look at. I am not totally against nuclear power but I think this is a great example demonstrating just what kind of reach renewable energy can have. You can really scale down solar power so that you can have small power generation in a tiny village far away. You cannot do that with nuclear power.
That's why I believe it's important for university students to have some sort of internships or semester abroad in a developing nation to have their minds open to the various needs around the world. spread the word.
This is so true. I would never move to a place where there was no running water, for another example. I just hope we can create better economic models where these basics are as guaranteed as the air we breathe
@@meribor you'd be surprised by where I live then. A neighborhood where rich, middle-class and poor live. We have people who go to get water in the river and then there are others with farms pumped by powerful machines. The disparity is insane.
The swapping of motorbike battery cells is the eureka moment. Imagine if you can do it to motor vehicles on places where urban density does not allow for widespread charging stations.
Why are we not funding this more??? This should only benefit everybody. I stil hear that lots of people in Africa burn kerosine for their lights, if they can have small agracultural machines you can end hunger for lots of people etc.
Vlad the guru no it won’t. Africa is a complete and utter disaster. Filled with corruption, disease, famine, murder, genocide and technological 100 years behind the modern world.
All this is possible because change in government and Leadership. Women can handle more better men,also now GDP of Africa is growing by 10% per year and this is a massive grow for any country. Thanks to the all those who contributed and supported Africa,thanks to the Government,thanks to everyone. World should support humans not Nations. I support humanity and for me humans have more important than anything . Together let's support others grow . 🙂Let's make world a better place to live . Let's support humanity before any culture race religion or cast. One can make a minute change but each one can make a Massive change. 😀🙂🙂
Well sanitised PR piece...aimed at a VC or PE fund..worth every penny you pay your agency.For the record,i'm seeing you here for the first time..and not on the ground-as it should be !!
@Funky Hyena no lol , what i meant is that there are more people out there who lack access to clean water supply.Therefore isnt it more important to solve water problem first . Not that they are doing a bad thing but just mentioning
@@palmshoot Africa's only chip industry is located East of the town in the video and is where I am... In the Eastern highlands. Water, again, isn't an issue here.
They are too small to attract attention. It's their advantage. Also, they have grassroots support. If they gain enough momentum people on the ground won't let big power just shut them down at a whim. One more point, they are diversifying. When big companies come to the area with cheap electricity they can switch to other businesses they participate in.
OMG can you just look at the Kenya Power twitter page to see how their services SUCK. Even those currently connected to the main grid experience frequent blackouts.
"Rural Africa "??! South AFRICA has been providing electricity to her rural communities since the 90's using a pay-as-you-go type system. Please don't generalize about the second largest continent like this, but rather respect that it is comprised of over 50 independent nations, choosing their own paths forward
You could say that to every single publication in the world who mentions something about a company. I don’t know where you find this as an ad; since there’s nothing in the title about the company, this video still focuses on the problem with climate change relating to helping Africa (as said in the title). Journalists can do tours of a company, they can question about a company’s incentives and etc. Why limit that may I ask?
I am not understanding how this 1 company gets to invest in Kenya with Govt contract then says it's not profitable to charge the consumer or power the villages. Sounds like modern day sharecropping system.
They didn't say it was unprofitable they said their customers can't afford to buy electricity. But they need electricity to increase household income so it is a catch 22 so they lose money upfront to get the people electricity then make money after they have increased their income
I see in the battery room that they have obsolete toxic, limited life span lead acid batteries. May I suggest nickel iron batteries that last 30 years and the electrolyte (without LiOH) is non toxic.
I really wish there was a way to invest in projects like this, the economy in Africa will boom soon and an investment once worth $1,000 will be worth $100,000 if successful in my opinion
a bank masquerading a power company. Now poverty is relative, if there's rich there will be poor. This power company isn't there to do humanitarian work, it's investing some money so that future proceeds of kenyans all belong to them, genius!
its sad that ppl still thinks that the OIL industry its worth the investment, its getting clear every day that the "green energy" is the energy of the future
This is unfortunately not sustainable; it is aid not business. If they give a loan what is the collateral the poor farmers give? This is the problem we are struggling with in finance now. No bank will dare give a loan because they have no way to ensure they don’t lose it.
Big Boy Blue this video is about the business model bringing power to rural villages. Waste management often is not a problem in these villages. If it were it would be off topic to talk about in this video.
Why bring civilization to the jungle? They will be more people, more chickens, more farms, more jungle destruction. Many people would love to live a simple life. Go to the city if you want city life.
EUR/NZD RALLY RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, BUT BIAS STILL BULLISH. Immediate resistance is located at 1.7863 (50% fib), any close above will push the pair towards 1.7951(Higher BB).
The problem in Africa is the people, they never had power shortage problems, in fact they have so much energy they were able to build atomic weapons in South Africa
@Lei P I didn't wanted to be so open about it because some people get triggered just by reading "white people", but this is the truth, just look at any development index and overlap with an IQ distribution map and there you have it, the key to development
Curious of how battery recycling will be handled as the batteries age and need to be replaced every two years or so. "Third-world" countries aren't necessarily known for environmentally responsible materials disposal. Not insurmountable, but something that can't be ignored. Seems that converted motorcycles could benefit from an LED (energy saving) headlamp, but the converted bikes seemed to retain their power-hungry filament headlamps... There's a cost to everything, but getting stuck on a rural dirt road in the dark presents a hazard in itself... 1/2 step in the right direction!
This project will never be successful in Kenya mostly due to rapid grid connections the government did last decade as a matter of fact I don't know anyone who's not connected to the grid by now even the most rural place I know or been to.. not worth the investment and effort
I dont get one thing that how come Asia, Europe, both Americas had the greatest civilisations, yet Africa the cradle of humanity never had anything similar. They all never went above hunter gatherers. Even now most of the entrepreneurs are immigrants who are game changers.
There are two issue with that statement: 1. there have been before colonialism such as Mali empire of Ethiopia. 2. You are using a western view of civilisation which different cultures will never seem to acheive but hold equal levels of development.
I don't know if that is true because Africa is a huge continent and which part was cradle of humanity you have not mentioned ,and even if that is Egypt was indeed a great civilisation
your second part is absolutely baseless , it is a stereotype that everyone else were hunter gatherers. Indian civilisation of Harappa and MOHENJO DARO was an advanced civilisation in terms of intricate urban planning, Mesopotamian civilisation was unique in terms of huge architectural structures like ziggurat as well as Egyptians who were great in terms of medicine and Chinese were great in weapon manufacturing.
actually except egypt no other part of africa was connected to the outside world as somoothly because any type of humanity below the sahara desert were never able to mix with the outer world due to geographical barriers
Read the book guns, germs and steel. The answer is weapons and colonialism all those Great civilizations achieved greatness through exploitation of both its citizens and the peoples they colonized.
How about you stop using electricity before you start dictating to those without it what manner of electricity generation they are allowed to develop? Disgusting.
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I love Africa and all my African brothers and sisters. Big up from Jamaica.
We love you too fam.. And Jesus loves you more brudda
This is progress. I'm happy to see motor bikes being electric. I know it's hard.
Having a former Kenya Power CEO as an executive chairman is just laughable.
This person was at the helm when Kenyan were been robbed through inflated power bills and shady contracts.
That means they have connections to make it happen. Better than doing it the shady way
It is like saying all rich are evil. Don’t stereotype one person if you don’t know him.
@@MoncoCarser Dude, the guy who made the comment is a Kenyan, I am also a Kenyan and I know what he is saying is true, most of the executives in our government parastatals are corrupt
Well. This man probably is why they weren't shut down by the government in the first place. Every creature has its place on Earth.
@@unlockwithjsr There was a guy 2 or 3 years ago who started a microgrid on some island in L.Victoria who was shutdown by Kenya Power and all the infrastructure he had built on the island removed.
That progress illustrated at 1:52 is phenomenal! Increasing electricity coverage from 18% to 65% of the population in just 8 years is incredible especially given that the country is growing but still poor
Amazing what East African governments do.
Kenya became a lower middle income country by 2014, we're not as "poor" as you think
@@Leonmuigz I hope we graduate higherm
@@Leonmuigz brother, am a Kenyan. We are poor
@@hydrolifetech7911 it is great progress, wishing kenyans well !
Glad for them to get real help from someone.
Suddenly everyone is an expert on African History and Politics in these comments.
Rra Maraisane, eish ! , they know everything, you know. SMH !
I am south African, I have studied our history and am involved in local and national politics. So yes?
Did anyone catch the young lady's name?
Yezzzzzz, we 👀🐣👍
Dadou, You know jack. Sit this one out. You poser.
Amazing instead of dependency they are empowering people and boost entrepreneurship. This is what needs to be done everywhere possible.
We need more companies like PowerHive who might want to team up with Power Ledger.
I just can't imagine why anyone would not be in favor of this.
A couple of things not mentioned: Electricity can prevent fires from kerosene lamps. Better energy can also help hugely with indoor air pollution-although if that's to be electricity, that would take a LOT more electricity use than simple things like running a light or a TV, or charging a cell phone.
extending the national power grids is cheaper..
@@chrisdot9914 And you know this how?
@@ronaldgarrison8478 building and operating telecom infrastructure in rural areas of the continent... We build solar sites for show and run with grid power for business...
@@chrisdot9914 More information, please.
@@ronaldgarrison8478 grid power is cheapest.... what do you want to know?
I'm curious about the externalities to Kenyan culture by inserting western ideas of productivity along with energy. I can't say I know how or why it will change things, but I'm curious about the cost as it seems certain that it will.
I lost myself in that opening shot
Good video. Nice to see people coming up with practical solutions, and investing time and money into these communities.
You bring people out of extreme poverty by bringing back there resources to what’s rightfully there’s
This is a bank pretending to be power company. Pretty cool.
create ur customer.
😝
Rather power company forced to be a bank. If they were a bank they just would have invested in the extraction of raw materials than put their hands in this finicky messy low gain affair.
@@25goose what so funny ?
@@michaelcrockis7679 They are making money on the backs of poorest people. If they saw an opportunity they would be investing in the extraction of minerals. They are there to make money while making YOU believe they are helping poor people with prepaid solar power.
Kenya looks beautiful
As meat production and consumption is becoming more and more unsustainable, is this model actually reducing the carbon footprint of development or just transferring it from energy production to food production? Also, is it similar to the US chicken industry, which places farms in a cycle of debt? Some more information would be useful.
@@nigel-uno A bank indeed! The governments in east Africa are fighting to extend the national grids. Solar is fashionable when you have a few dollars to spare. Even burning diesel is cheaper than Solar for the villagers in the long run.. This company is making money out of the misery of poor people , Agreed. well said!
Made me so proud to be Kenyan🇰🇪
Love from Sweden. Happy to see this progress in Kenya!
Sustainable development: economic, environmental and social dimensions aligned.
Great job!
@Jason Tempel ?
7:05 fist bump for ebikes
Politicians probably rubbing their hands like Birdman right now
Real innovation which is much needed in Africa.
thanks a lot power hive, these are really good projects
Kenya needs Kenyan engineers not Europeans or indians engineers in Kenya
This is an important example which nuclear advocates have to look at. I am not totally against nuclear power but I think this is a great example demonstrating just what kind of reach renewable energy can have. You can really scale down solar power so that you can have small power generation in a tiny village far away. You cannot do that with nuclear power.
am 19 y/o in Nairobi and in my opinion electric-powered bikes are the future
American company in Kenya again. Why am I not surprised
Yeah trying to help people out while still making a profit. I don't see the issues with that... Better Americans than no one.
Because Kenyans are not building.... Loool
In our countries we don't even think about electricity and impact of it. We just have it, like an air 🤔
That's why I believe it's important for university students to have some sort of internships or semester abroad in a developing nation to have their minds open to the various needs around the world. spread the word.
This is so true. I would never move to a place where there was no running water, for another example. I just hope we can create better economic models where these basics are as guaranteed as the air we breathe
@@meribor you'd be surprised by where I live then. A neighborhood where rich, middle-class and poor live. We have people who go to get water in the river and then there are others with farms pumped by powerful machines. The disparity is insane.
That why you never appreciate the resources given. Abundance leads to wastage of resource.
The swapping of motorbike battery cells is the eureka moment. Imagine if you can do it to motor vehicles on places where urban density does not allow for widespread charging stations.
They should turn it into a cooperative so that those who use it or work on it own it.
ABOUT TIME!!! CONGRATS!!!
Great video...really gave a different perspective of thinking
Save Our Planet
Why are we not funding this more??? This should only benefit everybody. I stil hear that lots of people in Africa burn kerosine for their lights, if they can have small agracultural machines you can end hunger for lots of people etc.
Amazing!!!
AWESOME!!! Truly is! I've seen it for myself!
Africa is 100+ years behind the developed world.
Vlad the guru as they continue to fall even further behind year after year.
I wouldn't say 100 years, that's not the case like 40 years.
__ most of the continent doesn’t have power
Vlad the guru no it won’t. Africa is a complete and utter disaster. Filled with corruption, disease, famine, murder, genocide and technological 100 years behind the modern world.
Vlad the guru Apple is almost worth ad much as the entire GDP of Africa. Nasty continent. 85% of Africans life on $5.50 per day. Complete nightmare.
All this is possible because change in government and Leadership. Women can handle more better men,also now GDP of Africa is growing by 10% per year and this is a massive grow for any country. Thanks to the all those who contributed and supported Africa,thanks to the Government,thanks to everyone.
World should support humans not Nations. I support humanity and for me humans have more important than
anything . Together let's support others grow . 🙂Let's make world a better place to live . Let's support humanity before any culture race religion or cast. One can make a minute change but each one can make a Massive change. 😀🙂🙂
Well sanitised PR piece...aimed at a VC or PE fund..worth every penny you pay your agency.For the record,i'm seeing you here for the first time..and not on the ground-as it should be !!
First, there must be end of corruption!
Exactly. Look at Botswana 🇧🇼, for example. A successful example.
Isn't access to water more important than electricity?
@Funky Hyena no lol , what i meant is that there are more people out there who lack access to clean water supply.Therefore isnt it more important to solve water problem first . Not that they are doing a bad thing but just mentioning
@@minininjatorpedo4538 They are in the most fertile and rainiest region in the country. Water isn't the issue there.
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 oh ok😅
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 So, there's enough water for drinking, but is there enough for industry? Things like chip making require lots of water.
@@palmshoot Africa's only chip industry is located East of the town in the video and is where I am... In the Eastern highlands. Water, again, isn't an issue here.
Total Africa, National Oil: *I'll ruin this startup's whole existence*
😂😂
Powerhive doesn't really know the incumbents they're up against. Lmao
They are too small to attract attention. It's their advantage. Also, they have grassroots support. If they gain enough momentum people on the ground won't let big power just shut them down at a whim. One more point, they are diversifying. When big companies come to the area with cheap electricity they can switch to other businesses they participate in.
They haven't dug into the pockets of total. If they keep their feet sank in the rural areas they can grow big enough to fight total.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. They're in the ignoring phase right now, moving into laughter.
Wealth inequality might be increasing but so are the lives of commoners getting better
Super cool
What a cool company and concept!
What a great story
Inch Shaa Allah, we will make it work
OMG can you just look at the Kenya Power twitter page to see how their services SUCK. Even those currently connected to the main grid experience frequent blackouts.
This is awesome :)
"Rural Africa "??! South AFRICA has been providing electricity to her rural communities since the 90's using a pay-as-you-go type system. Please don't generalize about the second largest continent like this, but rather respect that it is comprised of over 50 independent nations, choosing their own paths forward
Finally, replaceable batteries to reduce ideal time during of recharging electric vehicles.
THIS IS A COMMERCIAL AD.
You could say that to every single publication in the world who mentions something about a company. I don’t know where you find this as an ad; since there’s nothing in the title about the company, this video still focuses on the problem with climate change relating to helping Africa (as said in the title). Journalists can do tours of a company, they can question about a company’s incentives and etc. Why limit that may I ask?
I am not understanding how this 1 company gets to invest in Kenya with Govt contract then says it's not profitable to charge the consumer or power the villages. Sounds like modern day sharecropping system.
They didn't say it was unprofitable they said their customers can't afford to buy electricity. But they need electricity to increase household income so it is a catch 22 so they lose money upfront to get the people electricity then make money after they have increased their income
@Jason Tempel how is this exploitative?
I see in the battery room that they have obsolete toxic, limited life span lead acid batteries. May I suggest nickel iron batteries that last 30 years and the electrolyte (without LiOH) is non toxic.
1 trillion poured to save big banks and corporates >> 1 trillion poured in green energy.
I really wish there was a way to invest in projects like this, the economy in Africa will boom soon and an investment once worth $1,000 will be worth $100,000 if successful in my opinion
If they listen to Nikola Tesla even the darkest cave in the world will be light..
Why there is not electricity and water in africa
This a great video but please is Rural Kenya not Rural Africa.
Africa is a continent and Kenya is a country in it
It’s the same story in most of rural africa, hence the generalization. Google is your friend sir.
"Solar" is an adjective. Using it without a noun should be illegal.
Interesting...
& here Comes Starlink to mess it all up....
a bank masquerading a power company. Now poverty is relative, if there's rich there will be poor. This power company isn't there to do humanitarian work, it's investing some money so that future proceeds of kenyans all belong to them, genius!
its sad that ppl still thinks that the OIL industry its worth the investment, its getting clear every day that the "green energy" is the energy of the future
This is unfortunately not sustainable; it is aid not business. If they give a loan what is the collateral the poor farmers give? This is the problem we are struggling with in finance now.
No bank will dare give a loan because they have no way to ensure they don’t lose it.
Mountains and mountains of batteries.
What about garbage and recycling? The river isn't a place to dump it.
Money
Big Boy Blue this video is about the business model bringing power to rural villages. Waste management often is not a problem in these villages. If it were it would be off topic to talk about in this video.
A Tesla Megapack will solve it all
What if Tesla came out with electric nikes, game changer for these countries.
What happened to living off grid and being proud of it?
so outsiders can invade and take all the resources? no thank you.
Silly me! I thought it had something to do with France
Wow 🙏✌️
Haha haha I saw my uncle in this video
Why bring civilization to the jungle? They will be more people, more chickens, more farms, more jungle destruction. Many people would love to live a simple life. Go to the city if you want city life.
If there's anybody thinks that photovoltaic will industrialize or even a sizable chicken farming is illuded.
Jungle? Savanna dominates Kenya. This is a great example of why I don't like people generalizing about Africa.
Simple life doesn’t have to mean kids inhaling smoke from kerosene lamps while reading
EUR/NZD RALLY RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, BUT BIAS STILL BULLISH.
Immediate resistance is located at 1.7863 (50% fib), any close above will push the pair towards 1.7951(Higher BB).
Energy should be a matter of the state, it's too important to be left to greedy capitalists.
You're commenting on a site created by those "greedy capitalists" and don't see the irony in your statement
@@theinternetsavedmylife Yeah, a site for entertainment, it's a service that has no stakes on the basic quality of life of people.
NOPE.
What if the state is too greedy to serve its people?
seems like an advertorial/advertisment
I've got the POWWWA
GREEN SHARING $$$$ out of view regulators, how about some more FISKER, SOLYDRA :) :0
The problem in Africa is the people, they never had power shortage problems, in fact they have so much energy they were able to build atomic weapons in South Africa
@Lei P I didn't wanted to be so open about it because some people get triggered just by reading "white people", but this is the truth, just look at any development index and overlap with an IQ distribution map and there you have it, the key to development
CIY
Curious of how battery recycling will be handled as the batteries age and need to be replaced every two years or so. "Third-world" countries aren't necessarily known for environmentally responsible materials disposal. Not insurmountable, but something that can't be ignored. Seems that converted motorcycles could benefit from an LED (energy saving) headlamp, but the converted bikes seemed to retain their power-hungry filament headlamps... There's a cost to everything, but getting stuck on a rural dirt road in the dark presents a hazard in itself... 1/2 step in the right direction!
This project will never be successful in Kenya mostly due to rapid grid connections the government did last decade as a matter of fact I don't know anyone who's not connected to the grid by now even the most rural place I know or been to.. not worth the investment and effort
I dont get one thing that how come Asia, Europe, both Americas had the greatest civilisations, yet Africa the cradle of humanity never had anything similar. They all never went above hunter gatherers. Even now most of the entrepreneurs are immigrants who are game changers.
There are two issue with that statement:
1. there have been before colonialism such as Mali empire of Ethiopia.
2. You are using a western view of civilisation which different cultures will never seem to acheive but hold equal levels of development.
I don't know if that is true because Africa is a huge continent and which part was cradle of humanity you have not mentioned ,and even if that is Egypt was indeed a great civilisation
your second part is absolutely baseless , it is a stereotype that everyone else were hunter gatherers. Indian civilisation of Harappa and MOHENJO DARO was an advanced civilisation in terms of intricate urban planning, Mesopotamian civilisation was unique in terms of huge architectural structures like ziggurat as well as Egyptians who were great in terms of medicine and Chinese were great in weapon manufacturing.
actually except egypt no other part of africa was connected to the outside world as somoothly because any type of humanity below the sahara desert were never able to mix with the outer world due to geographical barriers
Read the book guns, germs and steel. The answer is weapons and colonialism all those Great civilizations achieved greatness through exploitation of both its citizens and the peoples they colonized.
Please think of the forest and wild animals first, not those destructive humans
US based company supporting solar power !! Ironic
Tesla is also an American company.
Why is that ironic?
Ooo
05.08.2020
Jai Shree Krishna..
How about you stop using electricity before you start dictating to those without it what manner of electricity generation they are allowed to develop?
Disgusting.
F
Chaina 🇨🇳
useless shots to show Kenya less developed