Edward Sunday lives in Kakora. He has a cell phone. He says he and others in the village need their phones. He says they use their phones not just to talk with others but to log on to Facebook and Twitter.
“Especially the young ones that are coming up. We are educated now. We are connected to more things now.”
Mr. Sunday says his father has a generator that can power the family’s phones. But sometimes the family doesn’t have any fuel to operate the generator.
Mr. Sunday says when that happens he takes his phone to one of the “charge shops” that are opening up around the countryside. These shops offer the use of small generators to charge cell phones.
Edward Sunday says he can power his phone for about five to ten cents -- much less than the cost of generator fuel.
“You will see more than ten phones there because everybody is trying to charge his phone so he can connect to his people.”
In Kakora’s town center, another villager -- named Kojeyat -- puts his phone in his pocket. He says he is out of power and of money.
Kojeyat says there is a place he could charge his phone for free. It is an area with electricity, a few kilometers from the village. But armed rebels are active in this part of Nigeria. He says travel along the roads can be dangerous, especially at night.
“Due to that problem you couldn’t charge the phone because of the risks along the road and everything like that. So we face a lot of challenges in the village.”
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