MFIs, SACCOs Key to Clean Lighting for Women
…new Lighting Africa survey has found. The survey, undertaken in Kenya’s four key markets of modern solar lights – Nyanza, Central, Nairobi and the Coastal regions, found that women access…
Quality Assurance Update: Management Transition
…future of quality assurance for the sector. In support of that vision, IFC has been working with industry (in partnership with GOGLA), a network of independent test labs, the IEC,…
Greenlight Partners with Angaza to Launch PAYG Consumer Platform
…solar lights upfront, pay a modest deposit of $2.75 towards the purchase price, and thereafter pay one dollar every week for a period of 10 weeks in order to fully…
Policy Engagement
…and regulations such as PAYGo regulation, fiscal incentives, access to finance for the private sector, adoption of quality standards, and consumer protection. We are currently informing the preparation and implementation…
Quality Assurance for Off-Grid Solar Powered Lights:
…annual rates exceeding 100%. This has been driven by improvements in technology, reductions in manufacturing costs and the great demand for access to modern lighting. However, poor quality lights have…
Revising Standards in line with Technology Developments, Consumer Expectations
…strengthen the quality standards and performance targets of off-grid lights in order to keep up with, and anticipate market trends, and to incorporate new research findings, for example, on end-user…
New Report: “The Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
…off-grid households and micro-enterprises across the agricultural, industrial, commercial, and public sectors. A market for these new applications is emerging, and is explored in our new report, “The Market Opportunity…
The True Cost of Kerosene in Rural Africa
This study documents the price of kerosene in rural areas of five African countries: Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya. The goal is to document the cost of kerosene for…
‘Library’ of Solar Lights puts pico-PV in the hands of approximately 55,000 rural Senegalese
…or library of solar lights, thanks to SunnyMoney’s innovative new Light Library model. These libraries allowed students to borrow solar lanterns, so they, along with their families, could experience first…
Focus Areas
…1+ access by 2030 to help achieve SDG7. As the remaining population to be reached is increasingly located in rural, remote, poor, and fragile regions, a more inclusive approach to…