…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…
…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…
…effort between IFC and the World Bank under the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All). The program is the third in Asia, after India and Bangladesh, where IFC is spearheading…
…kits and the expanded energy services they provide is growing. PAYG technology enables consumers to pay for a product in small increments over time, effectively reducing the up-front cost of…
This report maps the availability of, and access to, off-grid lighting products in Mali. It finds that access to affordable lighting is limited and that solar portable lanterns (SPLs) can…
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….
…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…
Kick-off meeting of the Global Off-grid Lighting Stakeholders Association Twelve international companies congregated in New Delhi, India, in February to attend the Global Off-Grid Lighting Stakeholders Association’s kick-off meeting. The…
…indicators will be continuously updated. Today, the KPI Framework targets core aspects contributing to real or perceived investment risk, as identified by investors and international experts. Once its use is…
In August of 2010, only 30 retail outlets in Kenya were selling products that passed Lighting Africa’s quality test and 95% of the vendors were electrical shops. However, entrepreneurs were…
