Engineer and entrepreneur Mr. Henry Dakpokpo has unveiled the innovative “Bread Box” mobile bakery in Abuja’s Apo area—a solar-powered, containerized bakery designed to tackle unemployment and make affordable bread accessible nationwide.
Speaking to NAN, Dakpokpo explained that high rent and logistics costs often make bread expensive, so the solar-powered movable bakery cuts costs while providing fresh bread directly to communities. Each Bread Box employs 12 to 15 young people and supports additional jobs indirectly through distribution.
The bakery operates independently of the national power grid and features on-site baking from dough mixing to packaging. Dakpokpo said the initiative is about meaningful employment and fighting social ills caused by joblessness.
Local resident Bala Hasley praised the project for its convenience, affordability, and local employment impact, calling for government support through grants or incentives to scale such innovations.
Platterz Bakery currently employs over 90 workers and aims to expand to ten Bread Box locations by the end of next year, building a scalable model for grassroots economic development.
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