A Refugee Marketplace in Kenya
…example, a photo studio with a computer, printer, and lights was charged KES 1,500 a month and only provided power in two four-hour blocks. When a household connects to a…
Article: How Off-Grid Solar Access Impacts Literacy
By Anna Wells, GOGLA Senior Communications Adviser Next month, the United Nations’ International Literacy Day will focus on ‘literacy in a digital world’. Without a doubt, digital technologies are changing…
EVENT | Unlocking Solar Capital: PAYGO Financial Analysis & Reporting
…is populated by young companies with evolving business models, many of which face similar challenges to scale and raise debt financing at suitable terms. While commercial investors have invested approximately…
BLOG | How Lighting Asia/India empowers women through off-grid solar solutions (by Anjali Garg) – on IFC Medium
…have two women-focused components, which were launched in 2014. The first one aimed to increase awareness among women about the features and benefits of high-quality solar lights through a campaign…
Innovative Rural Employers Keep Pace with Employee Needs
“I was buying a full jerry can [of kerosene] costing Ksh 600/- ($ 6.40) for my father and mum every month, only for them to see. Then my brother’s children…
Seeding solar lighting among Kenya’s maize farmers
…would buy paraffin worth Sh20 everyday for my koroboi (open-wick) and pressure lamps but it was often only enough to see us through our evening meal; my children could not…
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
…on dangerous and expensive kerosene-based lighting products. When kerosene – or funds to buy it – was in short supply, her family endured total darkness after nightfall. In her search…
Reuters | Solar keeps lights, phones on for rural Kenyans during pandemic blackouts
…blackout that lasted about six hours, and the following month, more than 20 counties lost electricity for about 10 hours. Bernard Ngugi, managing director of the Kenya Power and Lighting…
Selling Solar to Rural Africa is Emerging as a Hot Market
…more than anything else. The company buys solar kits from others like startupD.Light, which in recent years has also started to focusmore on new financing methods. They are not alone….