Energy for Opportunity Update

Partnership with Princeton University

EFO is happy to announce that that it has recently become a participating partner in Princeton University’s International Internship Program. Starting from next year, EFO will be receiving Princeton student interns at its office Sierra Leone, who will be conducting research and work that contributes to EFO’s overall program and objectives. Specifically the Princeton interns will be involved in carrying out socio-economic research in EFO’s target regions, monitoring and evaluating previous EFO projects or designing specific solar power systems to be tested in the field. The partnership is an excellent opportunity for EFO, as Princeton University is one of the world’s leading academic institutions, meaning the student interns will be of extremely high caliber.

Publication

EFO has been a recent contributor to the GSM World publication “Green Power For Mobile: Charging Choices: Off-grid charging solutions for mobile phones”. The article is premised on the rapid mobile phone ownership expansion in recent years, particularly in Africa, and the specific question of “how do mobile phone owners charge their phones if they don’t have household access to electricity?” The article’s main analysis examining different innovative off-grid phone charging solutions with aid of different examples and ideas.