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Sameer Hajee’s entrepreneurial dream came to reality with seed-funding from the World Bank - IFC's Lighting Africa Initiative. He introduced rechargeable lamps to villages in Rwanda, Kenya and India through an innovation that uses portable, inexpensive rechargeable LED lights. The lights can be either recharged by a solar panel or AC charger or a pedal propelled generator. He said gentle pedaling can fully recharge five lights in 20 minutes, each light lasting up to 37 hours.
"We aim for two things, to bring access to light and remove kerosene," Hajee said. The lighting project, which has already converted thousands of households to rechargeable lights, aims to prevent the emission of around 40,000 tons of CO2 from kerosene lighting in 2010.
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