…8 percent of the energy market in India. To develop this untapped potential, IFC has expanded Lighting Asia/India in three states — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Rajasthan. Launched in 2012,…
…were coming to my mother’s house to study,” said Rebecca Muthiani, employee of Tambuzi Farm in Nanyuki, Kenya whose income supports a large extended family. With the cost of living…
…Group in Kipkenyo, near Eldoret town in Kenya’s Rift Valley. She is one of six innovators in her village who were introduced to solar-powered lanterns barely a month ago, and…
…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…
…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…
…not know what I could be using to buy kerosene if I had not installed this solar unit.” With extreme weather and the economic impact of COVID-19 plunging many Kenyans…
…invested in Tesla TSLA -6.92% and SolarCity. Other investors in Off Grid Electric included SolarCity itself, Zouk Capital and Vulcan Capital, the fund of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It’s not…
…Lighting Africa has been a key driver in transforming the off-grid lighting market in Sub-Saharan Africa, working as a neutral broker of industry interests and supporting the growth of innovative…
…Africa is conducting on kerosene pricing. This research will help Lighting Africa support existing research and offer new insight into actual kerosene expenses sustained in rural, off-grid households, for illumination….
…in millions of homes across Africa. To complement this effort, Child Fund launched an online fundraising campaign to enable it raise money to buy and distribute more solar lanterns to…
