BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…relatively low-cost solution that can address major market barriers such as the lack of local currency financing for on-lending to end-users, and the lack of working capital to buy stock….
Call for Comments on Integration of Test Methods and Quality Standards for Solar Home System Kits
…Standards which are all linked above. 2. Provide your feedback in the online form. All comments must be submitted through this online form no later than Friday, June 17. We…
VIDEO | PAYGo Path To Profitability Training (Webinar Recording)
…module and answers questions from webinar participants. To receive your own copy of the the online module, please email Kevin Kennedy at kkennedy2@worldbank.org. The module is downloadable to…
PAYG Insight Series: Sales Agent Network Management
…a company allocates many agents to an area with a low population density or low potential addressable market, it may achieve its sales targets in that area rapidly, but at…
Request for Expression of Interest to identify organizations to run an Off-Grid Energy Products Certification Body
…or are being taken to address those challenges. This report is available on the Lighting Global website at this link. Report titled “Analysis of the Potential Future of the Lighting…
Latest Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report Reveals USD 922 Million Has Been Raised Since 2012, While an Estimated 130 million Products Have Been Sold to Date, Reaching 360 Million People with Life-Changing Technology
…and USD 8 billion in revenues in 2022. “Over the next five years, technology performance and cost improvements could reduce prices by up to 40%, and consumer incomes are rising…
PRESS RELEASE | New Reporting Standards Could Energize the Off-Grid Solar Industry
…to them. With the PAYGo Perform KPIs, we’re seeking to address exactly that, removing one more barrier towards the sector’s growth,” he said. While the PAYGo PERFORM KPIs should help…
How We Work
…work to address needs of each particular market by drawing from our tried-and-proven toolkit of interventions: Policy Engagement We work with governments towards removing policy and regulatory market entry barriers,…
Cost of kerosene in rural Africa threatens access to lighting
…of kerosene for rural communities, who typically buy kerosene in small quantities generally much less than a litre, is even higher than previously estimated. On average, rural households in five…
The tipping point – How the African market for off-grid lighting products is taking off
…this development by designing a quality assurance program that allows manufacturers, distributors and other bulk buyers to test and improve the quality and design of their lighting products. Eight products…