This solar textile loom is a paddle operated loom fitted with a solar panel. It works in individual homes, so weaving runs as a home industry and factory construction is unnecessary. Solar power runs the loom effectively for 7 hours a day, say 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, weaving about 100 mt of cloth per loom. In the morning and evening the weaver works the loom by paddles for 4 to 5 hours in total and weaves another 50 mt, so each loom weaves 150 mt of cloth per day. The maker's mission is self reliance in primary needs, starting with cloth production in Africa: cloth made wherever cotton is grown, with yarn imported for a start. The plan is a cluster of only 40 solar operated looms converted from paddle looms. That gives 40 looms x 150 mt = 6000 mt of cloth per day, and over 200 working days, 1200000 mt, i.e. 1.2 million mt a year. At 12 mt of cloth per person per year for decent living, one cluster can produce cloth for 100000 people. The investment is comparatively low. Handlooms and solar powered looms hold huge potential for employment creation, self business and self employment, helping to reduce poverty and unemployment in villages.