‘Word of Honor’ secures loans for solar lights
…of many rural consumers. The NGO Appropriate Rural Technology Institute of Tanzania (ARTI-TZ) has figured out how to provide credit to help rural consumers buy solar lamps. Using a system…
Greenlight Partners with Angaza to Launch PAYG Consumer Platform
New customers purchase their Pay-As-You-Go Eco Easy Buy kits © Angaza DesignGreenlight Planet has launched a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) platform, the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy, to enable low-income customers purchase…
Greenlight Partners with Angaza to Launch PAYG Consumer Platform
New customers purchase their Pay-As-You-Go Eco Easy Buy kits © Angaza Design Greenlight Planet has launched a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) platform, the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy, to enable low-income customers…
Path to Profitability
…and investment costs) and then using that cost to determine the price/margin needed for investment profitability. ONLINE CAPSULE The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for the PAYGo sector’s productivity…
IEC, World Bank and UN Foundation announce rural electrification support for developing countries
…rural electrification, at specially discounted prices. The documents include the Quality Assurance Framework for solar powered off-grid lighting products, which has been used by the Lighting Africa and Lighting Asia…
Blog | (Em)powering Women and Their Communities: The Off-Grid Solar Service-Based Model
…candles after dark – solutions that do not provide sufficient lighting and are coupled with emissions that are harmful to health. Similarly, without the electricity needed to maintain refrigeration cold-chains,…
d.light Founder Wins National Peace Corps 2011 Shriver Award
…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/…
Off-Grid Solar Market Returns to Robust Growth, According to Latest Sector Report
…to fight poverty and improve living standards for people in the developing world. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org, www.miga.org, and www.ifc.org. About GOGLA GOGLA is the voice of the…
As New Report Estimates the Off-Grid Solar Market has Provided Improved Energy Access to 360 Million People Globally, Sector Leaders Gather in Hong Kong to Chart the Future of the Industry
…automatically schedule tasks, and understand what type of customer is most likely to default. Pulse enables data-driven decisions on how best to maximize available resources. The convening also sees the…
The Future of Lighting Global
…Sustainable Development Goal #7 — achieving universal energy access by 2030. IFC’s departure from Lighting Global will allow for the necessary recalibration to best address the off-grid sector’s next stage…