Entrepreneurs in Nairobi make the case for going solar

With a quarter of Kenyan communities still lacking centralized electricity, off-grid solar is emerging as the practical path to the country's 2030 universal access goal — and falling panel costs are making the economics genuinely compelling. Nairobi entrepreneurs are building local businesses around solar installation and maintenance, creating a model that pairs energy access with economic participation rather than dependency. The story is a grounded counterpoint to both techno-utopianism and climate fatalism: incremental infrastructure, local agency, measurable progress.