Building markets for solar lighting, particularly among a widely distributed, low-income customer base, requires technical and business-model innovation. IFC’s Lighting Asia/India program accomplished both by partnering with solar distributors in…
…Lighting Asia/India Program in partnership with d.light to evaluate the impact of solar lanterns on households’ economic, health, and educational parameters in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar India….
…safe, clean and affordable lighting for all.” d.light is an Lighting Africa Associate. Go to d.light’s website: https://www.dlightdesign.com/home_global.php Learn more about past Shriver Award Recipients: https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/about/awards/the-sargent-shriver-award/ Story adapted from: https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/2011/10/social-entrepreneur-sam-goldman-wins-the-shriver-award/…
…solar panels to off-grid customers across regions like Africa, India, and East Asia. Meanwhile, big solar companies have created divisions focusing on rural customers in the same areas. That this…
Lighting Asia/India‘s Suryoday Camapign – Solar Saheli initiative in Rajasthan…
Lighting Asia/India’s Suryoday Consumer Awareness Campaign (Phase II) during COVID-19 Pandemic…
Lighting Asia/India’s Suryoday Consumer Awareness Campaign (Phase I)…
Recently, Lighting Asia/India’s SuryodayTM awareness campaign — aimed at educating potential consumers and helping them make smarter choices about solar products — was featured in the Energy Access Practitioner Network…
…Africa and creating a market that functions without donor support are still, however, distant goals. A version of this article appears in the July/August 2011 issue of Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/157/lighting-africa-solar-power-sub-sahara…
Solar lamps replace toxic kerosene in poorest countries. In a feature on off-grid lighting, Lighting Africa explains how the private sector is providing solutions to communities who do not have…
