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About one billion people, globally, live without electricity. To address energy poverty, the off-grid sector has been growing steadily and it’s expected to double its reach to at least half…

…the private sector to improve energy services for people who live in relative poverty. The report breaks new ground by estimating the market for energy services offered at the household…

…Gatoto children who live in the slum without electricity. Many of them study using kerosene lamps, while others cannot study at all in the evening owing to the high cost…

Inspired by the impact that the joint IFC/World Bank Lighting Africa program has had on the lives of more than 10 million people in Africa, IFC is expanding its support…

…in rural Kenya and 675,000 in Ghana. Importers, retailers and consumers can assess which products live up to their expectations: Lighting Africa publishes the performance of the products tested by…

…840 million people around the world still lack access to electricity, and 1 billion additional people are living without reliable electricity. Most of the populations who lack electricity live in…

…840 million people around the world still lack access to electricity, and 1 billion additional people are living without reliable electricity. Most of the populations who lack electricity live in…

…billion people in the developing world still live without electricity. About 600 million of those are in sub-Saharan Africa, a continent dominated by European colonial powers for most of the…

…estimated that 208 million inhabitants have no access to electricity, about 70 percent of whom live in rural areas. Based on the off-grid market assessment of 2018, the average rural…

…Appliance Market. Globally, 1.2 billion people live without access to the grid and spend about $27 billion each year on kerosene, candles, battery-powered torches or other stopgap technologies for lighting…