Imported lights power Kenya homes

NAIROBI — In the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, traders from across the country converge at a shopping district known as Nyamakima, which houses the largest network of shops selling electronic and electrical products imported from China.

Shopkeepers import commodities in bulk from China and sell them to other traders, sending parcels via bulk couriers to all parts of the country, including to the neighboring countries of Uganda and South Sudan.

What is, however, most noticeable in most of these shops are the solar floodlights displayed prominently.