[Gibbon1]

Run the numbers. 400-500W of solar provides enough energy per day. Two 150ah batteries can handle the peak load.

[zo1]

I live in, arguably a good part of Africa, and even here it would be a stretch. Infrastructure and "throw money at the problem" type solutions don't work great in rural areas even if you have local communities buy in and assistance.

You're better off just giving poor people here free electricity, which a lot of places do.

[ClumsyPilot]

In these places thats a lot of money, and have much, much higher priority items for such investment