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EcoMoto: Turning on the Lights in Kenya in Under 48-Hours
Step-by-step instructions on how eligible customers can apply for the EcoMoto loan, as of February 2018. It’s happened to all of us: you walk into a store and see something…
Innovative Rural Employers Keep Pace with Employee Needs
“I was buying a full jerry can [of kerosene] costing Ksh 600/- ($ 6.40) for my father and mum every month, only for them to see. Then my brother’s children…
Communities Reap Multiple Benefits from Clean, Safe Solar Lights
…she used to spend over 15% of her income buying kerosene to light her home each week. She now buys less kerosene which, even after the cost of the $6…
In the News: In Kenya, A Solar Program Puts “Last-Mile” Consumers First
…her family endured total darkness after nightfall. After a taxing 25-kilometer journey to the nearest retailer of solar products, Onyong’e found the Azuri solar home system that now powers her…
Building retailer product knowledge in Liberia
…lighting products, to properly store and maintain the merchandise, and troubleshoot typical problems that may be encountered when conducting after-sales service. The retailer training is part of Lighting Africas support…
New Report | Off-grid solar expected to electrify 624 million people by 2030 but ‘game changers’ are needed to achieve universal access goals
…irrigate their crops, store their food and run their businesses. The Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2022: Outlook, shows that – on the current trajectory – the most vulnerable people…
Expanding Energy Access While Reducing GHG Emissions
…than a billion people marking it last year. In those same 20 years, however, annual global emissions have continued to rise, from 25.11b tons in 2020 to 36.4b tons in…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Invests $5 million in Little Sun to Increase Access to Clean, Affordable Lighting in Africa
…Africa, and Zimbabwe. Currently, households in Africa not connected to the electric grid can spend as much as 20% of their total incomes on kerosene, which is highly damaging to…
“You Can See the Future from Here” The World Bank Solar Village
…a handful of ways in which solar power can generate income. A real village store would have likely also sold the grain milled by Agsol’s solar milling machine, and…