Waste2Light is building practical pathways into renewable energy, technology and innovation — from energy solutions to hands-on learning experiences.
The name is literal. We started by rewiring discarded plastic bottles into lanterns, and we've been building outward from that idea ever since.
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Our first prototypes were rechargeable lanterns upcycled from clear plastic bottles, wired and switched by hand — a working proof that waste could become light.
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We delivered 50 rechargeable study lanterns and 10 STEM Innovation Kits to Government Day Science Secondary School, Tunga, Minna, and reverse-engineered and locally manufactured our first wind-turbine blade.
In progress
A 105cm fiberglass blade, a fabricated mast and tower, and a turbine hub assembled by our own workshop team — tested on site, not on paper.
Next
Wind-and-solar-powered charging stations for rechargeable lanterns, starting in schools — the smallest version of a hub we can deploy first.
2026 – 2030
A master plan for decentralized, wind-and-solar-powered hubs combining energy, connectivity, a makerspace and STEM learning — scaling from one pilot in Bosso to a wider network of hubs.
Every hub runs on the same wind-and-solar core. What's built around it changes with who it serves.
School Hub
A wind-and-solar charging corner for rechargeable lanterns and STEM kits, installed on school grounds. It's where the smallest hub we build starts — proven first at Government Day Science Secondary School, Tunga.
Campus Hub
A shared workspace and makerspace for students, built on the same hybrid core — connectivity, tools and desk space for the kind of work that grew this venture out of FUTMINNA in the first place.
Community Hub
The full-scale version, planned first for Bosso: a clinic, a market and a school on a single mini-grid, with energy, connectivity and productive-use spaces open to the wider community.
Wind and solar feed a 48V DC battery bank — the voltage that dominates the market — which in turn runs everyday AC appliances across the hub, so equipment stays off-the-shelf and easy to replace.
Lanterns and devices, always topped up.
STEM kits and a space to use them.
Desks, tools and a makerspace bench.
Internet access built into the hub.
Follow the journey from wind and sunlight to stored, dependable power for the things communities use every day.
Small numbers, built by hand, on the ground in Minna.
Our team brings together leadership, engineering, research, media, technology and community experience to build Waste2Light.
Founder & CEO
Co-Founder
Technical Advisor
Media Officer
ICT Expert
Community Manager
Software Engineer
FUTMINNA
Research & EdTech
Intern
We're looking for partners, funders and schools ready to bring a wind-and-solar hub to their own community — starting where we are, in Bosso.
Power. Learn. Build.
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