Ashaka Energy — Ground Truth

The Discovery

Ashaka, Gombe State faces a chronic electricity crisis: power available for only 1-2 hours at night.

What They Found

• Artisans’ machinery sits idle during the day
• ₦2 million lost to vandalism repairs
• Zero trust in the grid or promises of improvement

The Real Problem

“Unreliable power, exacerbated by infrastructure vandalism, is severely eroding community trust and economic productivity.”

Impact Analysis

Problem	Consequence
Frequent outages	Life and services disrupted
Vandalism	Financial burden, grid instability
No visibility	Can’t plan around power availability

Key Insight

“Value means reliable visibility… The community needed to shift from 23% uptime to coordinated micro-grid use.”

The team realized this wasn’t just an energy problem—it was a governance problem.