Our Communities

Evbuwa

Evbuwa is one of our host communities located on the old Benin-Abraka road, in Orhionmwon LGA, about an hour drive from the centre of Benin City. Our minigrid has an installed solar generation capacity of 24.57kWp, and batteries are 71.68kWh. We currently have 155 connections in Evbuwa. It has a population of about 2500 people. The main economic activities are farming and petty trading. Like Iguemokhua, the major crops are cassava, yam, plantain and the local melon seed. There is a community borehole that is centrally managed for the benefit of all. The cassava mills produce staples like garri and fufu, which are sold on market days occurring every four days. There is a functional primary school right next to the land given to us by the community as our office. Evbuwa is where the industrialised hub that will service the surrounding communities is to be located.

Iguemokhua

Iguemokhua is located about 7km after Evbuwa, in Orhionmwon LGA, also off the old Benin- Abraka road. Our minigrid facility has an installed solar generation capacity of 16.38kWp, and a battery capacity of 19.2 kWh. We currently have 77 connections. This community was chosen for our pilot because it is a potential ecotourism village, as it is located near a pristine segment of the Jamieson River, which is of local historical interest as the river was crossed by an Oba of Benin during his exile. It has a population of about 1000 people, and about 60 houses, and has never been electrified before. The local economy revolves around agriculture and hunting, with the cultivation of crops such as cassava, yams, plantains, and the local melon seed. There are a few shops, three boreholes, and active cassava mills. Market days are held every four days, and their fresh produce is bought by traders from Benin. It has a functioning primary school and a modern hospital building, which has never been utilized.

Ajakurama

Our third community is Ajakurama. It is a small town in Ovia South West LGA, in the riverine Niger Delta. Our minigrid facility in this community has an installed solar generation capacity of 46.8 kwp, and a battery storage capacity of 61.44kwh. We currently have 123 connections, which is 10% of its viable connections but are expanding to cover the remaining 90%. It is the traditional headquarters of the Egbema kingdom, one of the nine clans of the Ijaw people, who are primarily reside in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Ondo states of Nigeria. Ajakurama is situated on the eastern bank of the Benin River, marking the boundary with Delta State to the west, and is surrounded by the Okomu National Park on land. It has over 1274 houses and 5000 inhabitants. It has a health centre, churches, a couple of motels, public and private primary and secondary schools, beer parlors, fast food outlets and 3 telecommunication towers. A number of houses have shops attached to them. Located in the community is a functional pure water factory, which we see as our anchor business. There are therefore many commercial activities.

Ologbo N’ugu

Ologbo N’Ugu is a border community off the Benin-Abraka interstate in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State. The community is primarily populated by the Bini people, whose major economic activity is farming of staple crops such as cassava, plantains, and corn due to the abundance of arable land. Additionally, there are welders and small-scale traders within the community, all of whom were excited at the prospect of reliable and clean energy within Ologbo N’Ugu. Prior to our intervention, this community was underserved by the regional distribution company (Benin Distribution Company). As a result, the residents were dependent on alternative power, such as petrol-powered generators, to supply both their homes with intermittent energy and power their agro-processing equipment. Currently, there are 3 diesel-powered cassava processing plants within the community, and almost half the households possess mobile cassava mills with petrol engines. Our current intervention, commissioned on the 29th of May 2025 and funded by Seplat Energy Plc. as part of their Corporate Social Initiative, although interconnected to the national grid, provides a daily average of solar electricity supply of 9 hours to 105 active connections with a generation capacity of 18.4kWp and storage capacity of 30kWh. With the infusion of productive use support to the community residents, we project an increase in economic activity and an increase in energy consumption