Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 8 September, 2008 - 22:14
I found out about this opportunity from Ken Banks of kiwanja.net via the mobileactive mailing list. Strongly suggest anyone with access to credit cards and working in Africa click here to try to get their hands on one of these . I just bought two of them. 

Soldius1® Universal Solar Charger for Mobile Devices - Usual price is $139.99  but they're being pushed out at $19.99 (until the stock runs out, I guess). Details are: It is small (5 inches), lightweight (4 ounces), and includes numerous attachment connectors, including a mini USB cable, 2 interchangeable iPod® adapters compatible with Apple iPod®, iPod nano®, iPod Mini®, iPod Shuffle®, and 5 interchangeable mobile phone adapters compatible with Nokia®, Samsung®, Sony Ericsson®, Siemens®, Motorola® and Blackberry®. The cables are high quality Hitachi cables, with a flex end. The Soldius1 solar charger provides 90,000 charges. That equals 5 charges a day, 365 days a year, for 49 years

More at http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=209193158&adid=17070&dcaid=17070

Ken Banks

Founder, kiwanja.net

"Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development"

Web: www.kiwanja.net

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Submitted by Sokari Ekine on 10 September, 2008 - 11:07.
I bought a bunch of these on my trip to Nigeria in July. Not sure if they are exactly the same but the ones I bought were about $50 and worked very well. I also bought solar lights which charged during the day and lasted the whole evening. One small light was sufficient to light a standard room. As we had no mains electricity and had to rely on a small generator to run the fridge these solar products were a saviour.
Submitted by on 11 October, 2008 - 10:58.
What a great opportunity to get these into some hands that have not had the a chance before.
Submitted by on 16 October, 2008 - 04:27.
This sounds like a great advancement in phone technology and all, but are there any other places that sell this for cheap, the links that are provided say that the product is no longer available?

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