Nigeria is an under-electrified country with only 56.50% of the population having access to grid power. Even those with access to the grid do not have a steady supply. This is one of the causes of the country’s underwhelming manufacturing sector, it also affects the general productivity. GRIT Systems was founded in 2015 against this backdrop, with the belief that to solve a problem as endemic as Nigeria’s power crisis, having reliable data on electricity usage was the key. If one had data across the entire value chain - from generation, to distribution, and then consumption - one could solve real problems. So we set out to collect this data.

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Love this .. I was just sobered after reading that, like I understood how it feels.