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The United Nations has declared 2014 – 2024 the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in order to focus attention and action on energy as a driver for development. The…
The United Nations has declared 2014 – 2024 the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in order to focus attention and action on energy as a driver for development. The…
© Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The Lumina Project Night fishermen in the lake and ocean areas of Tanzania spend up to half of their take-home income on buying kerosene for…
Three new solar charged off-grid lighting products passed Lighting Global Minimum Quality Standards, increasing product choice at various pricing levels. One is the BrightBox 2 is a multi-room solar…
Close to seven million people in Africa without electricity now have access to clean lighting as a result of the joint efforts of the Lighting Africa program, and its partners….
The Azuri Duo Indigo Solar Home System Azuri, developer of the Indigo pay-as-you-go solar power system for off-grid markets, secured a £1m working capital loan from Barclays last month to…
© Lighting Africa The market for clean, modern off-grid lighting products continues to exhibit good growth in rural Kenya, a new study just published by the Lighting Africa program shows….
Children read a school book with a solar lamp in Dakar, Senegal.© Bruno Déméocq/Lighting Africa The IFC/World Bank-supported Lighting Global Quality Test Methodology has become the world standard for clean…
Cheplelachebei East Secondary School students dispatch a symbolic gourd of appreciation to their benefactors for the lamps’ donation © Nokero Daisy Cheruiyot is a 16-year old high school student who…
© Andres Bifani/Lighting Africa Micro-finance institutions provide a strong entry point for reaching women as end-users of solar lighting products, as well as for recruiting them as solar entrepreneurs, a…
SunnyMoney’s Felix Manutwa demonstrates how solar lights work © SunnyMoney/SolarAid Victoria Materu and her two children live in the rural Kilimanjaro region of Northern Tanzania. If there is one thing…