Tech & Sun: Solar Hubs for Builders and Communities in Nigeria

Tech & Sun builds solar-powered hubs that transform how students and builders in Nigeria access electricity, internet, and opportunity. Our pilot hub in Awka is already live, and students and builders use it daily. Now we're scaling to Enugu and beyond, turning reliable power into the foundation for learning, regeneration, and community growth.

The Problem

Nigeria's unreliable grid and expensive diesel backup leave talented young people without the steady power every modern project demands. The result: wasted potential, stalled learning, and forced migration. But the real bottleneck isn't talent. It's dependable infrastructure and trusted systems to make local work visible and fundable.

Our Solution

Each Tech & Sun hub combines three elements: solar generation and battery storage that displace diesel dependence, Starlink internet that opens doors, and a co-learning space anchored by on-site Ethereum staking infrastructure that generates revenue to help sustain operations. But the hub is far more than its hardware. It's the space where the real work happens.

More Than Skills: We Incubate Builders

We incubate builders to create regenerative infrastructure and resources for their own communities, and the hub is the connective space that makes that possible. Reliable power, internet, and a shared home base give young people the conditions to form the relationships, partnerships, and collaborations they need to turn ideas into lasting local impact. The hub is where builders meet, projects take root, and a community-owned ecosystem grows.

Why Now

Our Awka hub proves the model works. University leadership has visited and endorsed it, and our Localism Round report captures the initial build and activation in detail. This funding scales proven infrastructure to a second hub in Enugu, creating a network of clean energy, education, and community-governed digital ecosystems, each one a node in something larger, each one locally led and locally owned.