Creating Energy Choices for Refugees
Lighting Global has contributed to a new Shell Corporation publication which looks at energy choices for displaced people. The report estimates that in 2018, refugees and host communities spent roughly…
PAYG Insight Series: Sales Agent Network Management
…engaged in cash-based one-off transactions, obtaining a commission for each product that they sold. However, while PAYG technology has enabled the rapid deployment of new units (over 700,000 in just…
Off-Grid Solar Lighting Up Ethiopia
…and distributed by eight approved retailers, providing clean, safe lighting and modern energy services to more than three million Ethiopians. But while demand for these new off-grid solar technologies is…
South Sudan: Mapping the Supply Chain for Solar Lighting Products (2013)
…tapped into as South Sudan is a relatively new market and specific market strategies have not yet been developed to address the multiple challenges of the energy sector in the…
Madagascar Off-Grid Market Assessment Report
…lower-income households will consume only small amounts of power. Through its New Energy Policy (NPE) elaborated in 2015, the Government of Madagascar has set an ambitious goal of increasing the…
IFC Launches Lighting Pakistan Program to Help Bring Affordable Solar Lighting to 1.5 Million
…the development of markets of clean off-grid energy solutions. IFC is also supporting the development of markets for clean energy solutions in Papua New Guinea after great success in Africa,…
Lighting Global Extends Support To Solar Home System Kits
…November, following the pilot test program and revision of the test methods based on stakeholder feedback, the Lighting Global team will be ready to accept new products for testing. To…
Mali: Mapping the Supply Chain for Solar Lighting Products
…fulfill this lighting need in a sustainable way. The main challenges faced by new players distributing SPLs include low awareness of the product, low affordability and limited access to financing…
Webinar slides: Proposed Changes to Draft IEC Quality Standards and Lithium Battery Safety: May 2019
This webinar presented the proposed changes to the draft of the quality standards that was submitted to the IEC, with a particular focus on the new lithium battery safety requirements….
Burundi Market Assessment for Off Grid Solar and Improved Cooking Technologies for Households
…is dominated by wood-fuels and traditional stone hearths for cooking. Our new report assesses the market opportunity for off-grid solar and improved cookstoves for households. It finds that there is…