Vlogging is the new black on Steemit, so today, I invite you into my world this morning:
Some thoughts that have been circling inside my mind the morning and while commenting with @aggroed and @bania:
While the West is trying to figure out how to get the average consumer hooked on Virtual Reality, the rest of the world struggles to get enough energy for their internet in order to change their reality.
A big project is brewing and it involves solar phone chargers and Africa. I'll be sending the first solar smartphone charger to @ogoowinner, while @ackza sends his first solar phone chargers to a few in Africa. After we do these test shipments, we will let you know what shipping methods work the best. We will get this process down to an easy method, and with our solar chargers, we will help people bypass the centralized energy companies, by using the free solar energy to get onto Steemit. @ackza wants to include an entire phone package idea, but my first goal is to get solar phone chargers to all Africans on Steemit (for people who already have a smartphone). @ackza has named this #OperationUpgradeAfrica.
If you have a smartphone, but no reliable source of energy, and you live in Africa, please comment below to see how many this is on Steemit. This project will require a network of trusted people, working together to make this a reality. But I am optimistic that it can be achieved. Not having energy to power smartphones is something that can be eradicated, and we now have the technology to make this dream a reality.
Here's the link to the solar-powered smartphone chargers on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/i/111952495906
If you would like to help this project, either by blogging about this for the group account (@umami), or you would like to donate Steem and see this solar charger idea happen, please comment below.
After the first solar chargers are successfully received, we can expand this out. Let's do this.
Here's @ackza's original post about this idea: https://steemit.com/africa/@ackza/just-received-solar-powered-usb-phone-chargers-to-send-to-steemit-user-in-africa-ortigas100-who-can-now-tell-us-just-how-much-of
Also, I just did an interview with @efrageek about the ground-breaking project, @provenezuela, which basically put Venezuela on the topic map in Steemit. I along with many others have been supporting this project, and I am anxious to reveal the astonishing results with all of you. @efrageek, @jocra and @gabystories are the ones powering the @provenezuela account. Their hard work and determination to get the Venezuelan people to adopt blockchain technology is inspiring.
I'll be using the rewards this generates to purchase the solar chargers and sending them to Africa.
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