Sosaed-Turkana Basin Institute

power generation and storage for rural electrification, clean water supply and information access/exchange are recognized as critical components for commercial, educational and social development in off-grid, african communities.sustainable off-grid solutions for african economic development (sosaed) is a partnership between turkana basin institute (tbi), stonybrook university and private companies to promote the establishment of environmentally sound, locally managed businesses and workforce development in turkana county, northwest kenya. these goals are aligned with the county’s integrated development plan. green energy, clean water, education and capacity building are high priorities for the turkana county and local leaders to support economic development. sosaed’s goal is to support this outcome sustainably and reproducibly by starting at the village and town level. the sosaed program is leveraging existing facilities at tbi (established ten years ago by world-famous paleontologist