I just read "The Next Africa"[1] which had a good bit on M-Pesa and one of the cool offshoots, M-Kopa[2], which is offering a pay as you go solar lights/radio/s

I just read "The Next Africa"[1] which had a good bit on M-Pesa and one of the cool offshoots, M-Kopa[2], which is offering a pay as you go solar lights/radio/sim card all paid for with M-Pesa. It sounds like it could be as big of a deal as the Rural Electrification projects of the last century. 1. http://us.macmillan.com/thenextafrica/jakebright http://us.macmillan.com/thenextafrica/jakebright 2. http://solar.m-kopa.com/about/company-overview/ http://solar.m-kopa.com/about/company-overview/