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ars, but were still functioning at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they're still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is based in Leicester. "People are going to university thanks to the lamp." The solar lantern, which looks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurri

nt surprise. In a novel twist, the lantern, which costs $38 (£24.50), can also be used to charge mobile phones. The award provided a huge fillip for Thakkar's company, Sunlite. As word spread, relief agencies placed increasingly large orders. About 100,000 of the lamps have been (or are being) used after

ioning at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they're still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is based in Leicester. "People are going to university thanks to the lamp." The solar lantern, which looks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurricane lamp, won an innovatio

ears, but were still functioning at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they're still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is based in Leicester. "People are going to university thanks to the lamp." The solar lantern, which looks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurric

ant surprise. In a novel twist, the lantern, which costs $38 (£24.50), can also be used to charge mobile phones. The award provided a huge fillip for Thakkar's company, Sunlite. As word spread, relief agencies placed increasingly large orders. About 100,000 of the lamps have been (or are being) used after

tioning at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they're still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is based in Leicester. "People are going to university thanks to the lamp." The solar lantern, which looks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurricane lamp, won an innovation

a stem warning from his father too: "If it doesn't work out within a year then you go back to school, but you'll be a year behind your friends." Mr Thakkar, now 32, never went back to study. Instead, the precocious young man spent the mid-1990s criss- crossing the continent to establish Mara Group, an Af

Africa, he adds. The alliance with the investment banker is in sharp contrast to Mr Thakkar's origins. He was born in 1981 in the English city of Leicester after his parents were forced to leave Uganda in the early 1970s. He returned to Africa with his family to settle in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, m

rs, but were still functioni=g at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they'r= still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is =ased in Leicester. "People are going to university thanks to the lamp=" The solar lantern, which =ooks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurr

oni=g at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they'r= still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is =ased in Leicester. "People are going to university thanks to the lamp=" The solar lantern, which =ooks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurricane lamp, won an innovati