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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

Cars That Think

After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. Orajaka says his off-grid system of the first of its kind developed and implemented in Nigeria. The IEEE member is GVE’s chief executive.

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"Transmission Losses:" West African pirates

Plugs and Cars

5 Nigerian pirates stormed a Panamanian-flagged Ukrainian tanker, the Westaf, anchored off Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, according to the Sovfracht Maritime Bulletin published in Kiev. West Africa's burgeoning oil industry has a pirate problem. They robbed the crew, shooting and wounding the captain and six of his men.

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