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…1.1 billion people worldwide who presently live without access to affordable, reliable and safe modern energy. Lighting Global supports the country program work of Lighting Africa and Lighting Asia through…
OPINION | Solar and battery storage: A clean solution to a dirty problem
…access to electricity and a billion more have only intermittent service from broken grids. As a result, many communities live almost entirely on dirty, noisy, dangerous, and expensive generators as…
Putting “Last-Mile” Consumers First in Kenya
…two-thirds of the population—live without access to grid electricity. This lack of modern energy services severely limits educational and economic opportunities and negatively impacts quality of life. Those without electricity…
Women Entrepreneurs bring solar products to the ‘last mile’ in Kenya
…the population—live without access to grid electricity. This lack of modern energy services severely limits educational and economic opportunities and negatively impacts quality of life. Those without electricity often use…
World Environment Day | Cleaner, Safer and Better Lighting and Energy
…beginning to slowly get back to their normal lives. But we know, as well as you do, that we can continue to make a difference in reducing the carbon footprint…
Blog | Lighting Nigeria:Tackling Energy Poverty Despite Covid-19
…it – significantly impacts an individual’s ability to live above the poverty line. Basic needs such as food, housing, shelter, education, and finance are all adversely impacted by energy poverty…
Reuters | Solar keeps lights, phones on for rural Kenyans during pandemic blackouts
…Megan Rowling. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers the lives of people around the world who struggle to live freely or fairly….
Benefits of Off-Grid Solar
Currently, about 733 million people worldwide live without access to affordable, reliable and safe modern energy. The majority of those living without modern energy services rely on kerosene, candles, battery…
Case Study: Lighting Africa/Kenya’s Solar Lighting Entrepreneurs
The World Bank and IFC jointly launched the Lighting Africa program, with the aim of providing modern lighting and energy products by 2030 to 250 million people who currently live…
Communities Reap Multiple Benefits from Clean, Safe Solar Lights
SunnyMoney’s Felix Manutwa demonstrates how solar lights work © SunnyMoney/SolarAid Victoria Materu and her two children live in the rural Kilimanjaro region of Northern Tanzania. If there is one thing…