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Dozie Igweilo, founder of Quadloop, told Reuters he came up with
the idea after discovering a market for affordable, locally
produced electrical goods, for which components were not
available in the country.
"At that point, we noticed that... if we leverage on electronic
waste, we are going to cut down the cost of production as well
as the cost of sales, and that is what brought us to where we
are today," Igweilo said.
The company aims to source 70% of its materials from electronic
waste. Quadloop recycles lithium batteries from dumped old
laptops for its solar lanterns.
Those lanterns are then used by small businesses helping them to
stay productive if there are power outages, Igweilo said.
One of Quadloop's clients is Blessing Samuel, who works as a
hairdresser and uses its solar lantern at night.
"It's very good, it has been helpful to me since I got it, it
helps me when there's no light. I use it to do my work and it
relieved me of the stress of buying fuel," she told Reuters.
(Reporting by Angela Ukomadu; Writing by Anait Miridzhanian;
Editing by Bhargav Acharya and Jane Merriman)
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