Build Nigeria 2026 · Off-Grid Power
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A human-powered kinetic energy harvesting ecosystem that transforms daily walking and workouts into hot-swappable batter
Built by JAEGER, University of Lagos
The problem
Unreliable power grids and sudden blackouts completely isolate people from the outside world—cutting off communication, maps, emergency contacts, and business operations when mobile devices run dead. For micro-business owners, commuters, and field workers in areas like Magboro, this isolation costs them lost daily income, missed emergency calls, constant generator fuel expenses, and money wasted on dead power banks with no way to recharge them off-grid.
Who it is for
Commuters, market traders,students and mobile micro-business owners in power-unstable areas who walk long distances daily and face total digital isolation when the local grid fails and traditional power banks run dry.
Would you use this?
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