The United Nations Educational Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has partnered with Armor (A French cloud security company), to equip students in some African countries with photovoltaic films. These films will be used to power portable lamps that will aid reading.
The initiative was first tested in a government primary school in Togo. The project will be part of a bigger project of which the implementation will be broader. Six students already tested the project successfully.
Armor has adapted to producing a flexible and competitive organic photovoltaic film on an industrial scale. The low carbon photovoltaic film is the outcome of a silicon free, low energy manufacturing process that makes use of no other toxic resources. The company’s focus is presently on the countries of the subcontinent like Senegal, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso, even though it’s photovoltaic film is already present in South Africa and Morocco. A site in Nairobi (Kenya) has been opened and business developer, Adrien Ranchon has been deployed, in Ivory Coast, to specifically develop the Asca photovoltaic film range.
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The project is supposed to give up to 212 school children in the Akplolo locality in Togo rechargeable mobile lamps to enable them easily revise their lessons in the evening. Armor will provide the school with 65 solar sets (pouches that, once opened, serve as solar chargers) and 240 portable and rechargeable LED lamps. The lamps are charged by sunlight. Most African countries Togo inclusive have electricity challenges. In 2018, the rate of access to electricity was 45 percent, and many households in rural areas are still completely without electricity. The country hopes to reach 50 percent in 2020and 90 percent in 2030.