…light her home in rural Kenya, but that changed when solar panels were installed on her roof. Now that her home is powered by Mobisol—a pay-as-you-go solar energy service company…
…billion annually on expensive but low-quality, unsafe lighting alternatives. Today, close to 600 million people in Africa are without access to electricity. This number represents 60 percent of the world’s…
…their rural electrification strategies. The Lighting Global Outstanding Product Awards are designed to spur development of quality, affordable lights for an estimated 1.6 billion people in the world without access…
…energy access from off-grid solar products. Yet despite this incredible achievement, the world is still not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 —universal energy access— by 2030….
…most impactful industries in the global economy today,” said Russell Sturm, Global Head of IFC’s Energy Access and World Bank Group’s Lighting Global program. “This is the third in a…
…expected to reach $3.1 billion, providing access to improved energy to 99 million households with no access to the grid, according to a new report released today by the World…
…who runs global energy access programs at the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, told Seeker. “I can’t imagine it coming to the table, and the…
More than 30 million off-grid solar products sold and over $5 billion saved by consumers in energy-related spending since 2010 USA/Netherlands, October 23, 2017 – Today, Lighting Global, the World…
…basic needs but also support the habitability of the earth for generations yet unborn. In an ideal world, everyone ought to have access to electricity. But our world is less…
Children on the outskirts of Dakar use a solar-powered reading light to do their homework © Bruno Demeocq/Lighting AfricaA new research study published by the IFC-World Bank Lighting Global program…
