evidence: After hitting bureaucratic roadblocks at the national level, Renewvia worked out a deal with Ms. Onyanyo’s local government contacts. The company would fund the installation of a small solar array to power the beach management unit on the tiny island of Ringiti. BMUs, as they are called, are the buildings where the government manages the seafood harvest, buying from fishing families forming what amounts to a local cooperative. [...] On the islands of Ringiti and Ndeda in Lake Victoria, Renewvia built the first electrical infrastructure communities with a combined population of 10,000 people had ever seen, starting with separate 20- and 10-kilowatt microgrids.