Stockholm based Powerfy AB aims for a new market place in East Africa. In for instance Kenia there are many people with cell phones but places to charge these are relatively few. The local infrastructure of 240V is not even sufficient in bigger cities. Therefore Powerfy wants to sell or rent out small solarcell panels to enable small enterpeneurs to sell 'charges' using solar energy ...
After a short and intensive team work between hardware designer and NLDesign.se the physical outlines and ergonomic variables were determined. The polymer housing of the electronics on the back side of the Solar panel is made of an ageing resistant and though plastic. The very cost-effective injection moulding toolings are ordered from a supplier in China.
A series of 100 products has been shipped to Kenia during summer 2012.