The blockchain-based project just switching on the lights for 3,000 Senegal villagers

Written by Philipp Pieper, co-founder, Swarm

There are still 733 million people around the world who don’t have access to electricity. For these communities, many of the daily activities you and I take for granted are impossible. Pumping water, storing food and medicine, even reading after dark, all require electricity. A lack of consistent, reliable energy also has a profound impact at a macro le…