MFIs, SACCOs Key to Clean Lighting for Women
…up and expand their work with women through Lighting Africa’s Women Initiative in order to catalyze further uptake of the solar lighting products by women consumers, and to usher women…
Policy Engagement
…16 additional countries having completed their IEPs in the last 2 years. This underscores how well established the essential role that off-grid solar must play in order to achieve SDG7…
Quality Assurance for Off-Grid Solar Powered Lights:
…global off-grid lighting market. In order for customers to invest in solar lights, they must be confident that the product they purchase will perform as promised and last for a…
Revising Standards in line with Technology Developments, Consumer Expectations
…strengthen the quality standards and performance targets of off-grid lights in order to keep up with, and anticipate market trends, and to incorporate new research findings, for example, on end-user…
Work With Us (CN)
…(in alphabetical order): Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA), Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), Finland, France, Germany, Global Environment Facility (gef), Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania,…
Focus Areas
Lighting Global seeks to build on existing success and lessons learned in order to expand off-grid markets to reach more than 600 million additional people with products that provide Tier…
Lighting Africa/Nigeria: Tackling Energy Poverty At Its Source
…develop their solar literacy in order to make informed decisions about their off-grid energy options for household and productive uses. With this kind of collaborative work, the vision of providing…
Improving the accuracy of our impact reporting through the Multi-Tier Framework
…cannot provide full utility to all members of that household simultaneously, as many SHSs can. The Multi-Tier Framework (MTF) In order to address the challenge of defining energy access in…
Lighting Global Quality Standards: A Guide to Complying with Consumer-Facing Information Requirements
This compliance guide details the consumer-facing information that pico-solar and solar home system kit manufacturers must include in order to meet the Lighting Global Quality Standards. It is intended for…
Access to Finance
…and build a sustainable business. A lack of finance results in bottlenecks all along the supply chain, impeding businesses, thereby reducing availability and driving up prices for consumers – who…