👨🏾🔧 How we use impact solutions to benefit girls and women in Ndiaganiao, Senegal (Episode 6) ⚡
In Soussoum (commune of Ndiaganiao in Senegal), it took a lot of work to upgrade the building we salvaged and see the possibility of a solar service center for village women. 🌞 💡 🔌
The installation of the inverter and the validation of the communication system were key moments in this project. 👌🏾
The inverter converts the direct current (DC) from the solar panels into alternating current (AC) to power our homes and appliances whose 220-230V AC supply is standard in Senegal, as in most countries around the world. 🗺️
Coupled with an electronic variable speed drive (also known as a variable frequency drive - VFD), the inverter can be used to start three-phase motors such as those we use on our milling machine and our hulling machine (for millet, sorghum and corn). ⚙️️
To keep everything running smoothly and automatically, we use our digital payment, order taking and remote machine control systems. 📲
Connected to the Internet, this ensures that all system components are protected at all times, as well as a host of other features you'll discover in other episodes. 📡
Of course, all this was possible thanks to our research and development and the know-how of Audrey Jean-Martial KAKPOHOUE in electronics, Nguepi Nguefack Idriss in digital and all the teams of the Nadji.Bi Sénégal.
All that remained was to install our machines to test everything and confirm that all our engineering was working like clockwork. 🔧
And soon we'll be able to hear the sweet sound of millet seeds being ground cleanly by the power of the sun... (and our efforts, of course 😉) to the delight of the users of our Walalma Center for rural women.
💡 Thanks to our solar and sustainable solution, #madeinsenegal 🌞
Stay tuned for the rest of this great story Walalma 🚀
Walalma: a project of the Nadji.Bi Sénégal, whose "Connected Solar Center for Rural Women - Walalma 2" in Soussoum was co-financed by Agence des Micro-Projets of the NGO La Guilde and the Association Argonne Manengouba
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