For the past two decades, many rural homes in Africa have relied on solar home systems to meet their basic power needs such as a few light bulbs, charging the family’s mobile phones and powering small appliances like radios and televisions. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, electricity access provider Nuru Sasu has begun courting international investors to help it develop a larger solar mini-grid project with a 35 megawatt peak capacity, targeting a population of 230 000. The World Bank points out that current rates will only see 12 000 new mini-grids installed by 2030, reaching only 46 million people at a cost of$9 billion dollars