…or eliminate import duties, and partners with rural electrification programs to create incentives for their underserved customers to buy solar lights. “We’re actually lucky in that there’s very little convincing…
Besides bringing safe lighting products to rural areas of Kenya, Lighting Africa is also training women for a new source of income. © Lighting Africa When her neighbor’s house burned…
…26 million Lighting Global quality-verified solar lighting products have been sold. To learn more about IFC’s work in telecommunications and technology, visit www.ifc.org/tmt Follow the conversation: #IFCimpact Source: IFC News…
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…according to the International Energy Agency, the sector needs to grow significantly in order to meet universal energy access targets by 2030—on the order of an additional 195 million people….
…others: The World Bank comprises the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). The organization’s mission is to end extreme poverty and promote…
…to buy them upfront. With PAYGo, customers acquire a home solar system for a low upfront cost and pay it off over time by digitally prepaying for usage — similar…
…is the World Bank Group’s platform supporting the sustainable growth of the international off-grid lighting market, and GOGLA, the global industry’s representative trade association. Find out more at www.conference 2015.gogla.org….
…into duty every night will run into millions at a time that even upscale shopping malls conspicuously display candles and kerosene lanterns among their ware. This energy situation in Nigeria…
…the farm. Eager to own a lamp, farm employees have left deposits ahead of the next delivery; others are pleading for a full loan in order to buy the products….
