correspondent: the mobile solar kiosk is the brainchild of this man, henri nyakarundi. obvious solution to the situation on the ground, he says. 70% of rwanda's 11 and half a million inhabitants have a mobile phonene. but only 22% have electricity. >> people spend a whole day here. there's no plug, if you lookok around, there is no plug for people to charge. so it's a convenient way for people waiting for the bus to charge their phone, pay a small fee and go on their businenes. or whether we arare in a rurul area the cononvenience sy thte sasame. people don't have time to carry their charger with them, to go to a storere and ask s somebodyw they can do that. correspondndent: it's been 4 yes since nyakarundi bltlt the very fifirst mobile sololar kiosk h e asassistance o of a german company. there are now 40 spread across rwanda eachch one managed by independent operators like claudinene. a portrtion of their earnings gs to the inventor. for him, what began as a simple idea has evolved into far more than just a business model. >> the social impact it's very key to our bus

henri nyakarundi is happy to see so much interest in his innovation. >> our goal for the next ten years in africa. we've already selected the countries. we estimated 50 to a 100,000 kiosks in all those countries. that's about 50 to 100,000 micro-businesses we'll be creating. correspondent: a mobile solar kiosk currently costs more than two thousand dollars. henri plans to maximize the number of components made in africa lowering the price, and , creating even more jobs. claudine, the kiosk operator from the bus station, has finished work for the day. now she's helping her children finish their homework. she can more or less determine her own working hours, and how much commission she earns from the sale of phone credits and electricity. >> i can't afford to stay at home with my kids. i need to have an income. and the job helps me to make ends meet. it's made things a lot easier. correspondent: she earns around $100 a month from the kiosk, which in rwanda amounts to double the average income. ♪ >> that's all for today. but remember we love hearing from you. visit us on facebook at dw glo