According to Reuters, Dozie Igweilo, founder of Quadloop got the idea for the business when he discovered that the market for locally made electronics didn't have enough available parts.

"At that point, we noticed that... if we leverage on electronic waste, we are going to cut down the cost of production as well as the cost of sales, and that is what brought us to where we are today", he said.

Quadloop wants to get 70% of its required materials from streams of electronic waste, as the company already uses old laptop batteries for its solar-powered lanterns.

Igweilo added that these lanterns can help small entrepreneurs run their business even in the case of a power outage.

Blessing Samuel is a hairdresser and she uses Quadloop's lanterns to work at night.

"It's very good, it has been helpful to me since I got it, it helps me when there's no light. I use it to do my work and it relieved me of the stress of buying fuel," she mentioned.

Solar powered light equipment can be a good backup and even primary solution for use in case of emergencies, as companies can implement used batteries in them, instead of trying to recycle them or leave them as e-waste.