Bettalights excels in business management
© Lighting Africa South African solar lights manufacturer, Bettalights , has been recognized for good business management in the country’s 2012 Technology Top 100 Awards, where it competed in the…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Invests $5 million in Little Sun to Increase Access to Clean, Affordable Lighting in Africa
…health and polluting. Globally kerosene use has been estimated to emit up to 200 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is the equivalent of emissions from approximately 60 large…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Invests $5m In Little Sun To Increase Access To Clean Lighting In Africa
…and polluting. Globally kerosene use has been estimated to emit up to 200 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is the equivalent of emissions from approximately 60 large U.S….
Selling Solar to Rural Africa is Emerging as a Hot Market
…panels. Home owners typically buy their solar systems out right or lease them from a third party like SolarCity SCTY 3.47% . These solar systems tend to plug into the…
‘Word of Honor’ secures loans for solar lights
…of many rural consumers. The NGO Appropriate Rural Technology Institute of Tanzania (ARTI-TZ) has figured out how to provide credit to help rural consumers buy solar lamps. Using a system…
Lighting Africa Featured in Fast Company Magazine
…pump priming would matter without customers who are willing and able to buy Greenlight Planet’s Sun King, say, or Barefoot Power’s Firefly 12 Mobile. And getting buyers is a challenge….
Greenlight Partners with Angaza to Launch PAYG Consumer Platform
New customers purchase their Pay-As-You-Go Eco Easy Buy kits © Angaza DesignGreenlight Planet has launched a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) platform, the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy, to enable low-income customers purchase…
Greenlight Partners with Angaza to Launch PAYG Consumer Platform
New customers purchase their Pay-As-You-Go Eco Easy Buy kits © Angaza Design Greenlight Planet has launched a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) platform, the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy, to enable low-income customers…
Farm Workers Enjoy the Benefits of Solar Lighting
…set of four solar LED lamps and a 5W solar panel and battery for recharging, through a scheme sponsored by the farm. Farm employees have the option to buy either…
Sunny Money hits record sales through its ‘student lights’ campaign
…campaigning to wait for more lights to be imported. Even so sales have been running at 150% of budget resulting in over 50,000 solar study lights benefiting students in these…