Lighting Africa illuminates 2.5 million
2.5 million people in Africa have embraced the clean, safer solar energy for lighting their homes and businesses in the past three years abandoning the expensive, hazardous and inefficient kerosene. …Read More
Cost of kerosene in rural Africa threatens access to lighting
Kerosene, which provides lighting for millions of homes across Africa, is not only detrimental to human health and the environment, but also a notable financial burden, a new study just …Read More
Solar lamps light up Mafia Island
After a successful project to increase students’ access to better quality studying light last year, the NGO Solar Aid is back to Tanzania’s Mafia Island. Solar Aid initiated a second …Read More
New manufacturers qualify to join Lighting Africa’s Associate program
Six manufacturers of off-grid lighting products have successfully put a number of their products through the rigorous Lighting Africa quality assurance process. These manufacturers now qualify to apply to become …Read More
‘Word of Honor’ secures loans for solar lights
For rural communities without electricity, lighting the home can be costly and challenging. Although well priced solar products are available on the market, their cost is often beyond the reach …Read More
Building product screening know-how for western Africa
In the Nuclear Sciences Institute of the University of Nairobi, five men are packed inside a tiny darkened laboratory that tests off-grid lighting products seeking entry into the African market. …Read More
Market Check Testing Policy Notice
Lighting Africa has developed and released a new policy that outlines the procedure for randomly and anonymously conducting market check tests to verify the quality and performance of off-grid products …Read More
Impact: Solar Lanterns in the Philippines
A distributor of the SunTransfer2 (ST2) solar lamp in rural Philippines, solarenergie.org.ph/network” target=”_blank”>Hybrid Social Solutions inc (HSSi) has undertaken a social impact assessment of the solar lamp with illuminating findings. …Read More
2.5 million people with better light another 597.5 million to go
2.5 million people in Africa now have access to better lighting thanks to the efforts of the Lighting Africa and its partners, with over 500,000 quality off-grid lighting lamps sold …Read More