Consultation on Energy for All Underway: Take Part before February 17!
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…
Kerosene-powered night fishing untapped market for clean lighting, study
© 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…
More Solar Lanterns Pass Lighting Global Quality Tests
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…
About Seven Million People Now Using Clean Solar Lights in Africa
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….
Azuri secures £1m working capital from Barclays to scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa
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…
Availability of Solar Lights Increases in Rural Kenya
© 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….
IFC/World Bank Set Global Standard for Clean Off-Grid Lighting
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…
Solar Light: My Chance to Pass Exams
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…
MFIs, SACCOs Key to Clean Lighting for Women
© 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…
Communities Reap Multiple Benefits from Clean, Safe Solar Lights
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…