Smart People.
Build the operators of the energy transition — citizens, installers, and vendors equipped to participate in a digital, productive economy.
Smart People recognises that infrastructure without trained operators is a stranded asset. Nigeria can ship every solar kit, commission every mini-grid, and disburse every subsidy — but if households cannot use the equipment, vendors cannot install it correctly, and technicians cannot maintain it, the federation has bought hardware, not energy access.
eVillage runs three concurrent human-capability pipelines that together close the operator gap. The first is citizen literacy, delivered through in-app micro-lessons in Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, and Pidgin that teach households how to apply for subsidies, manage pay-as-you-go plans, and troubleshoot common faults. The second is installer training: hands-on, NBTE-accredited curricula that move technical-school graduates through licensed-installer status with on-platform task records as continuous proof of competency. The third is the vendor ladder — a structured progression from individual installer to accredited vendor to scaling energy SME, supported by working-capital products from BOI under the Smart Economy pillar.
