Cheap power 

Solatek was started by an undergraduate student at the local university who was very frustrated by the high electricity bills which they could not afford and therefore he had to use a local made lighting equipment that used parrafin.Its disadvantages was that equipment that was used in parrafin.Its disadvantages was that a lot of smoke was dispensed out due to the burning process of the paraffin and the wick here we call it''koroboi''
He came up with the idea that since the suns energy is free during the day he could tap it and use it later at night as a light source.he came up with this idea of buying a small solar panels which were very cheap in the market he later bought a small bulb and dismantled some old electronics and there is where he got the battery.
He combined the three element and he was successful in tapping the suns energy.due to its success he was motivated to build more solar powered bulbs and it later became a successful job and now he has a shop with atleast ten people who work under him.

Location: WESTLANDS, NAIROBI, KENYA