Topic: One major business challenge - page 2. (Read 390 times)

Generators acts as a back-up source of electricity only and not something that someone should rely on at all times because as you said, they are not cheap and then they are not easy to operate. It's pretty hassle in short. If our business is already struggling due to electrical issues, it's not a solution but we can only speed up the collapse of our business.

It's great if as a business operator we can ask a help from the government and some private sectors and they will lend us something but I think most businesses are not like that. Other than generators there are those you said like solar, wind, water, etc.. energy but I think they are not totally reliable and having the right tools to generate a good amounts of electricity from them can also be costly.

The reliance on generators due to unstable power supply not only adds significant operational costs but also hampers productivity and growth. It's a vicious cycle where businesses struggle to stay afloat amidst rising expenses and uncertain revenue streams. It affects customer satisfaction, employee morale, and overall economic development. It's a pressing issue that requires urgent attention and sustainable solutions from both government and private sectors.

It's not just businesses that are affected by this, but also freelancers or those who work from home like remote or hybrid workers. It's difficult when there's a power outage, especially if it happens frequently and unexpectedly during important moments like being in the middle of a meeting and presenting something. What will your boss think of you then? Not everyone can afford to provide a generator. All your resources are affected, like your router, monitor, and others.

But exploring alternative sources of energy, such as solar or wind, which can be more reliable and cost-effective in the long run.

That's why there are renewable energy sources that many countries have been implementing. And even if you're in a place that doesn't have much sunlight and you can't get source from the sun for the solar energy to sustain all of those business appartus and equipment for production and services, there can also be alternative source for that but with that, it's up to the local government that you're having and there are great professionals that will do the thing to help you out if you're one of these businessmen that are having this challenge.

You nailed it. I'm actually expecting that there will be some more since he numbered 1. 

A writing tip: You don't need to add numbering if you are going to discuss just one point. Numbers are added when there is more than one header and you separate them with numbers like 1, 2, 3, etc.

Coming back to the topic, the problem you have discussed is found mostly in third-world and developing countries. You can't see any unnecessary electricity outages in developed countries because they have all the basic amenities available at all times for all their citizen.

When we talk about running a business in a country where electricity outages are a common problem, I believe a person or a group that plans to start a business should keep this in mind beforehand and should plan their business accordingly. If I know there will be such a problem, I should evaluate all the situations after I start my business and see if I can overcome this problem and whether my budget and the revenue my business would earn can cover the costs of running electricity generators when there is no electricity available.

I should only start the business if I know it is possible for it to cover everything, and if it can't, I should look for something else to avoid facing issues.

However, governments need to tackle such issues to make their country and people live at ease.

Electricity problem is mostly in developing countries. Many times we see in the news feed that there is not enough supply of electricity in various developing countries due to which the people of those countries are getting electricity supply for three to four hours in 24 hours. If the main power grid of a country does not have enough power supply, it cannot supply the customers from there. I have read about many countries where 12 to 15 hours of load shedding per day is quite common in countries where power supply is one third of demand. You can't blame anyone for this because the government is doing enough but those who are not able to meet the demand of electricity. If the government didn't try, you could say everything to or against the government.

I feel you were planning on giving more than one point
And next time try to place spaces and maybe bold the sub title to make it appealing in the eyes.
Okay just started the thread and can tell you Nigerian
This would be better moved to our local board.
It's not all countries that are facing similar issues we do here
Some are wars, natural resources, political instability among others.
One of the biggest challenge to me everywhere should be capital and innovations.
Besides not all business explicitly or primarily requires the need of light.
A store that's sells Aluminum and glass wouldn't take having light as a priority but space and security.

There are so many challenges business men and women are facing in the country right now that is making most of them not to grow and sometimes people that wants to start up a business will feel discouraged because of those challenges. One of the challenge is;

1. Unsteady light: this is one of the major challenge business men and women are facing, imagine people who has computer center, hotel, provision store etc and there's no steady light, how did you expect there business to move forward especially now that the price of petrol has gone up and the annoying part is they will be paying for light (PHCN) yet they won't give light steady. How did you expect someone that is doing photocopy and printing to be buying petrol to put on his or her generator, that doesn't make any sense the money they will use to do photocopy and printing can not even buy the petrol. Hotel owners too, same thing imagine buying petrol for lister that will be generating electricity to 30-50 rooms with ac inside all the rooms that's very expensive and most customer can't stay without ac. Provision stores, you must make sure your drinks and other things get chilled else customer won't buy. The inability to make all these things available in your business will result to shutdown of business and providing them will still result to little or no profit. Even if the country wants to be porous, hard etc they should at least make light available, light is somehow therapeutic in the sense that sometimes you feel dull and lazy but the moment you see light you become relief and there's this vibe that light always give. Light doesn't just affect business people but everyone who need's it.