Pay as you go isn’t just for mobile phones anymore, now it is being used in an off-grid solar application in
Users purchase scratch cards from local vendors and then enter the scratch card number along with the number of their IndiGo system to a local phone number by text message. The message is received by an Eight19 server which replies immediately with a short passcode back to the user’s phone.
The product is self-financing without government subsidies or other support mechanisms. Eight19’s Seena Rejal told Alternative Energy Africa that each product costs about $10 in order to give customers a sense of ownership.
So far the company has piloted about 200 products in
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