Lighting Africa on CNN.com:
Solar lamps replace toxic kerosene in poorest countries. In a feature on off-grid lighting, Lighting Africa explains how the private sector is providing solutions to communities who do not have ...Read More
Two New GSMA Reports Released
GSMA’s Green Power for Mobile (GPM) program published its bi-annual report, with the support of the International Financial Corporation (IFC), and in partnership with the Government of the Netherlands. The ...Read More
University of Nairobi conducts first low cost tests for solar lamps
Importers and local distributors in East Africa are closer to getting a source of testing solar lanterns destined for their markets as the University of Nairobi opened a laboratory to ...Read More
Two more awards for Barefoot Power!
Barefoot Power was named Small Company of the Year at the Australian Sustainability Awards. The awards, organized by Ethical Investor took place in Melbourne, Australia, in December. The judges recognized ...Read More
Solar lamps for disaster relief
Elephant Energy, a not-for-profit organization that works to increase access to energy in Namibia, distributed solar-powered lighting and charging technologies to flood victims in six regions of Namibia in July ...Read More
Uganda student uses off-grid lighting for phone charging business, boasting earnings and higher marks in school
Story adapted with the permission of Barefoot Power “There is now reason to pass my exams.” Bakole Bakole is a Primary seven pupil at the Ojuku Primary ...Read More
Putting Household Energy on the Climate Change Agenda
The African Energy Ministers Conference, Road to Durban: Promoting Sustainable Energy Access in Africa, that took place in Johannesburg on September 15-16, 2011, recognized the potential of low-cost household energy ...Read More
New energy policy in the making in Kenya
Lighting Africa facilitated the Kenya Renewable Energy Association (KEREA) stakeholder deliberations on the Kenyan draft National Energy Policy, on 29 November in Nairobi. Key stakeholders in the energy sector, such ...Read More
Better light for more people
Nearly 600 million people in Africa – about 70 percent of the population – lack electricity and rely on expensive and polluting lighting sources such as kerosene lamps and candles. Thanks to ...Read More