“You have a sewing machine which can be powered by electricity, but unfortunately what happens in most of these areas where there is no electricity, the entrepreneur is forced to use manual, manually-operated machines. So when we talk about powering it on solar, so what happens is instead of producing 10 or 20 saris, the person produces say about 80 or 100 saris.”
India has warm weather and sunshine for much of the year. Experts say the country could become an important market for solar power if government policies continue to support it.
For the first time in 10 years, Nigeria has a train service that links the north and south of the country. VOA’s Heather Murdock took the 1,100-kilometer trip from Lagos in the south to the northern city of Kano.
Onka Dekker has her report.
The train leaves Lagos -- Nigeria’s largest city -- every Friday at about 12 o’clock. Three hours earlier, the line to buy train tickets is already long. A one-way ticket to Kano costs between $12 and $30.
A train driver is seen on an Ooni of Ife train to Kano, in Lagos, Nigeria.
When the trip begins, passengers in every part of the train appear excited to see Nigeria by train.
Passenger Aisha Muhammad Shuaib says taking the train costs less than a bus ride and is much safer than the roads.
“The roads, the roads are bad, sometimes armed robbers. That’s why I’m fearing the road, because it happens to me. When I was coming from Kano to Lagos I take the same bus with armed robbers. You can imagine! Eight armed robbers in the bus, we were heading to Lagos.”
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