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Eight19 Brings Pay-As-You-Go Solar to South Sudan

Helps light up youngest country in the world

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Eight19, which launched its IndiGo pay-as-you-go personal solar electricity system for off-grid communities in Kenya in September 2011, is moving forward with its plans for expansion, and has begun deploying its IndiGo system in South Sudan. Eight19 has partnered with WorldVenture, an international charitable organisation, to deploy the systems in rural villages in the region of Nimule in South Sudan. Eight19 envisage that it will deploy 1,000 units in the first half of 2012 to the region. S...

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