When Tola Talabi proposed creating a dedicated power ring around Victoria Island, Nigeria's most valuable commercial area, experienced investors told him that the national grid would eventually improve.
That was several years and many national grid failures ago.
Now, Talabi's company, Elektron Energy Development Strategies Limited, is launching a 30-megawatt gas-fired power plant integrated into the Eko Electricity Distribution Company's network on Victoria Island. Finnish engineering firm Wärtsilä will supply the turbines and operate the
