Ethiopia is one of the poorest and least-developed countries in the world, so Awra Amba’s success has been noticed. People there earn more money than people in other Ethiopian villages, so there are efforts to establish similar cooperative communities in other parts of rural Ethiopia.
However, no one has asked people in the village -- or its founder, Zumra Nuru -- for help in establishing communities like Awra Amba.
I’m Christopher Cruise.
Charging Cell Phones for a Charge in Nigeria
Wireless phones are common in Africa. In fact, there are more wireless phones for personal use than landline phones in most countries. Nigeria is no exception.
Demand for electric power to charge all those wireless phones is high. But most of rural Nigeria does not have government-operated electricity. So, some creative Nigerian villagers are opening what are called “charge shops.” These are places where customers can power, or recharge, their phones. Some of the shops are helping their owners leave their lives of poverty.
A Nigerian man uses a small generator to charge wireless phones for a small fee.
One of the places these shops operate is the village of Kakora, deep in a forest in northern Nigeria. A few hundred people live there. Most of them survive by growing crops like maize, cassava and yams.
Homes in Kakora are made of mud and straw. None of them has electricity. But almost every one of them has at least one cell phone.
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