MTN, the leading ICT company in Nigeria and
Nova-Lumos, the world’s first distributed utility
provider, announced their collaboration today on
a next-generation alternative “mobile electricity”
service. The Nova-Lumos service will provide
alternative electricity to MTN customers who are
living in rural areas across Nigeria and are not
connected to the electricity grid.
The Nova-Lumos service is provided using a
solar panel and an indoor unit that allows MTN
customers to subscribe to alternative electricity
on demand using their mobile phone. With Nova-
Lumos, MTN customers can replace kerosene,
candles and flashlights with modern electricity
that can power significant lights, cellphones, fans,
PCs or laptops, radios, TVs and other small
electronic devices, all at once, every day. “By
paying for usage only in small payments, the
same way our customers purchase airtime and
other mobile services, MTN and Nova-Lumos
will offer an innovative and widely-accessible
service for all MTN customers,” said Michael
Ikpoki, MTN Nigeria CEO. “MTN is committed to
investing in the future of mobile electricity to our
customers across Nigeria,” he added.
The first Nova-Lumos systems will be publicly
available on the MTN service points for the
general public soon. A future announcement
about the systems’ availability will be made by
MTN.
“We are very excited about our partnership with
MTN which will enable us to distribute the Nova-
Lumos power systems acrossNigeria and touch
millions of lives,” said David Vortman, CEO and
Co-Founder at Nova-Lumos. “One of our guiding
principles is that the Nova-Lumos service must
be affordable and accessible to anyone in Nigeria
in order to have a meaningful impact on the
Nigerian electricity market,” he emphasized.
Nova Lumos in partnership with MTN Nigeria
received funding from the GSMA’s Mobile
Enabled Community Services (MECS) Innovation
Grant Fund with the support of the UK
Government. This grant is awarded to
organizations developing innovations that improve
access to energy and water among undeserved
communities by leveraging mobile technology
and infrastructure. The MECS Innovation Fund
has helped to highlight the demand for mobile-
enabled services and the role that mobile can
play in supporting access to basic utility services
across rural and urban markets.
Source: http://www.cp-africa.com/2014/04/08/
mtn-nigeria-nova-lumos-partner-bring-
affordable-alternative-mobile-electricity-nigeria-
first-time/#comment-109285
Nova-Lumos, the world’s first distributed utility
provider, announced their collaboration today on
a next-generation alternative “mobile electricity”
service. The Nova-Lumos service will provide
alternative electricity to MTN customers who are
living in rural areas across Nigeria and are not
connected to the electricity grid.
The Nova-Lumos service is provided using a
solar panel and an indoor unit that allows MTN
customers to subscribe to alternative electricity
on demand using their mobile phone. With Nova-
Lumos, MTN customers can replace kerosene,
candles and flashlights with modern electricity
that can power significant lights, cellphones, fans,
PCs or laptops, radios, TVs and other small
electronic devices, all at once, every day. “By
paying for usage only in small payments, the
same way our customers purchase airtime and
other mobile services, MTN and Nova-Lumos
will offer an innovative and widely-accessible
service for all MTN customers,” said Michael
Ikpoki, MTN Nigeria CEO. “MTN is committed to
investing in the future of mobile electricity to our
customers across Nigeria,” he added.
The first Nova-Lumos systems will be publicly
available on the MTN service points for the
general public soon. A future announcement
about the systems’ availability will be made by
MTN.
“We are very excited about our partnership with
MTN which will enable us to distribute the Nova-
Lumos power systems acrossNigeria and touch
millions of lives,” said David Vortman, CEO and
Co-Founder at Nova-Lumos. “One of our guiding
principles is that the Nova-Lumos service must
be affordable and accessible to anyone in Nigeria
in order to have a meaningful impact on the
Nigerian electricity market,” he emphasized.
Nova Lumos in partnership with MTN Nigeria
received funding from the GSMA’s Mobile
Enabled Community Services (MECS) Innovation
Grant Fund with the support of the UK
Government. This grant is awarded to
organizations developing innovations that improve
access to energy and water among undeserved
communities by leveraging mobile technology
and infrastructure. The MECS Innovation Fund
has helped to highlight the demand for mobile-
enabled services and the role that mobile can
play in supporting access to basic utility services
across rural and urban markets.
Source: http://www.cp-africa.com/2014/04/08/
mtn-nigeria-nova-lumos-partner-bring-
affordable-alternative-mobile-electricity-nigeria-
first-time/#comment-109285