Nigeria’s solar revolution leaves middle-class behind

For over six months, the transformer powering a community in Gbagada, a vantage point in Lagos State located between the local governments of Kosofe and Shomolu, has been faulty, leaving residents at the mercy of expensive, noisy, and polluting alternatives.

Like many middle-class Nigerians, Adeola Balogun steps outside her home every evening to switch on her generator. The grating sound joins a chorus of others from neighbouring houses, a testament to the country’s persistent electricity crisis.

She sighs as the machine roars to life, kn

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