Mobile payment paved the wayMoore, a former aid worker from Canada, says mobile payment systems like M-PESA are crucial to business in Africa. The M-KOPA Solar TV connects to Kenya's digital television network of about 30 free channels, screening soap operas, premier league football games and marathons. Staying currentThis couple from Kisumu, Kenya, were among the first to buy M-KOPA's solar TV kit. Moore saw an opportunity to bring social change to remote communities with affordable solar power kits -- and started M-KOPA Solar in 2011 together with Nick Hughes, Chief Product Officer, and Chad Larson, Chief Credit Officer. The Solar TV is an extension of a more basic solar panel kit to power lights, radios and mobile phones, which the company has sold to 340,000 households in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Source: CNN June 03, 2016 01:30 UTC