ToughStuff wins World Business and Development Award
ToughStuff is one of eleven companies that have won this year’s World Business and Development Award (WBDA) for their efforts to improve living standards in some of the world’s most…
BBC UK | How African Governments are Adopting Renewable Energies
BBC UK’s Money Daily Segment speaks with Lighting Global’s Arne Jacobsen, on the policies, trends, and evolution of global quality standards for the off-grid solar industry. WATCH THE INTERVIEW (starts…
INDUSTRY NEWS | Why Off-Grid Energy Matters
…the 25,000+ customers. The 49 companies represented in the report are providing cookstoves, appliances, solar home systems, solar lanterns, and mini-grids to families across the globe. You can read important…
NEWS | VeraSol Launches at the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo
…the operational leadership of CLASP and the Schatz Center, VeraSol will build collective ownership of QA services across an expanded group stakeholders. Foundational support is provided by the World Bank…
In the News: IFC’s Russell Sturm Interviewed by CNBC Africa on Off-Grid Solar Market
On the sidelines of the recent 2017 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, CNBC Africa’s Nozipho Mbanjwa spoke with Russell Sturm, Global Head…
Webinar Slides, Pre-read and Notes on Submission of Quality Standards to the IEC: 15 February 2018
…International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This webinar outlines the changes that will be made to each before we submit them to the IEC and the rationale behind submitting them. The pre-read…
GOGLA REPORT: The Economic Impact of Off-Grid Solar
Powering Opportunity: The Economic Impact of Off-Grid Solar A new publication from the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA) brings positive news that households using small scale-solar power in East Africa…
Lighting Africa Featured in Fast Company Magazine
…means living, working, and studying by flickering candlelight or polluting kerosene lamps. Rural electrification is proceeding, but it’s outpaced by population growth. So Lighting Africa, a program of the World…
New GOGLA-IFC Report Finds Over 4 Million Off-Grid Solar Products Sold In First Half Of 2016, Dynamic Global Growth Continues
USA/Netherlands, October 14, 2016 – Today, Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market, and GOGLA, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association,…
Barefoot Power’s Lighting Project Registered for Carbon Finance
…Mechanism. This will allow Barefoot Power to turn the ‘kerosene savings’ achieved by using its solar lanterns into carbon credits. “Carbon finance and carbon credits have been mentioned with regards…