BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…other milestones, has the advantage that the risk of failure is borne by the company rather than the funder, and is proven to be effective at incentivizing companies to enter…
BLOG | How Lighting Asia/India empowers women through off-grid solar solutions (by Anjali Garg) – on IFC Medium
…an impact story; women are actually smart business,” explained Ajaita Shah, the company’s CEO. We couldn’t agree more. By May 2016, Frontier Markets had sold 115,000 solar lamps and torches…
Innovative Rural Employers Keep Pace with Employee Needs
…back more quickly. Each solar kit comprises four lanterns, one solar panel and a battery that can recharge a mobile phone and run a radio. “We have never had a…
Seeding solar lighting among Kenya’s maize farmers
…heartily took up the idea. She bought her family a d.light S250 lantern using a loan advanced by the Korosiot Women’s Group, which she will repay in two months. I…
Sunny Money hits record sales through its ‘student lights’ campaign
…was always complaining about eye irritation which was affecting her revision; breathing was also difficult due to smoke. But now I never hear any complaints.†In coming months, Sunny Money…
Women Entrepreneurs bring solar products to the ‘last mile’ in Kenya
…from Lighting Africa/Kenya, Onyong’e added additional quality-verified solar products to her stock and her business grew quickly. She soon enlisted her husband’s help, who uses his motorbike to deliver SHSs…
Reuters | Solar keeps lights, phones on for rural Kenyans during pandemic blackouts
…encouraging renewable energy technologies and (their) dissemination, but also combining mini-grids with solar PV systems,” said Nzioka, adding that the government had removed import duty on solar products. Harriet Lamb,…
Selling Solar to Rural Africa is Emerging as a Hot Market
…most successful mobile payment services. By some estimates, 95% of Kenyan adults use it to buy goods and services, and a third of Kenya’s GDP flows through it every year….
How Much Does Kerosene Really Cost?
“My children use the kerosene lamp to study at night, but on the days when I can only afford to buy a very small amount of kerosene my children do…
Kenya: Tax Cut on Solar Panels to Light Up More Homes
…of Kenya’s total power consumption of 5,155 Ghw. The tax incentives are also expected to spur employment as manufacturers buffer labour to make solar equipment. Read full story at allAfrica.com…