Lighting Asia launches PAYGO in Afghanistan
…communities in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, nearly 60% of the population – over 20 million people — is not connected to the national electric grid. Despite efforts from the government and…
ToughStuff wins World Business and Development Award
…year’s Awards attracted 115 entries from 38 countries. ToughStuff, which was selected a winner in the small and medium-sized enterprise category of the awards, works in 11 countries across Africa…
SunnyMoney Sales Soar to Record Levels
…in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. There is a wide variety of solar-powered lights available in Africa priced from about $10, for study lights and torches/flashlights to just over $100…
Phone Charging Micro-businesses in Tanzania and Uganda
Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP), a non-profit organization that works to increase access to modern energy and reduce poverty in developing countries, published in a report in September on phone…
Lighting Global Quality Standards Published in Chinese
…industry to scale up the production of quality solar products to meet the long unmet needs for energy access in Africa and Asia,” he said. Lighting Global works with manufacturers,…
The Rapidly Emerging Off-Grid Solar Market (Webinar: April 20, 2016, 9am ET, 3pm CET)
20 April 2016, 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time | 3:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time Register now. Lighting Global, in partnership with the Clean Energy Solutions Center and CLASP, is…
Solar lamps for disaster relief
Elephant Energy, a not-for-profit organization that works to increase access to energy in Namibia, distributed solar-powered lighting and charging technologies to flood victims in six regions of Namibia in July…
New Eco Design Note on “Restriction of Hazardous Substances
…chemicals that may be used in some pico-powered lighting products. It explains how the RoHS system works and how it could be applied to these types of products. The Eco…
Fragile and Conflict States
…to clinics without electricity, or serve as a backup in case of power outages or generators that fail or have or run out of fuel. Lighting Global works to raise…
Second Round of the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Grant Challenge Opens
…Grant Challenge which will award a total of $1.8 million in Renewable Energy Grants to fully African-owned and managed enterprises, associations or organizations working at expanding clean energy access in…