After finishing her studies, Akinlade Oluwatosin, known as Tosin, wanted a job with room to grow. In Epe, a suburb of Lagos, finding one proved difficult.
“Trying to get a job, it was so difficult,” she says.
When her future manager introduced her to MOPO, she saw it was the kind of work she had been looking for. “I just seized the opportunity,” she says.
Tosin now runs one of MOPO’s solar hubs. She manages the charging station and solar panels, and looks after her customers, often visiting them daily to bring reliable power. One of them is Balogun Adedayo, whose tailoring business, Dignity Fashion Designs, runs on the MOPOMax.
The work has given her the income and security she was looking for. “With the help of MOPO, I now have my own apartment,” she says. “I can also help my family.”
Tosin is one of 2,300 MOPO agents working across 700 hubs. MOPO’s community-based model creates more local jobs than any other energy access model, with a 50% female agent target in every community.
Like many MOPO agents, Tosin is now looking to the future. “I’m saving up to start my own business,” she says. “I want to start selling clothes, slippers and jewellery. It’s all thanks to MOPO.”
