Where We Work
Lighting Global works to rapidly increase access to off-grid solar energy for the hundreds of millions of people living without electricity world-wide by catalyzing the market all along the supply…
BIMAS Kenya Ltd recognized among Top Companies in Kenya
…entered the competition, making a significant jump from position 98 in 2011, to position 37 this year. The MFI works with the Lighting Africa/Kenya program to provide loans for solar…
IEC adopts Lighting Global Quality Standards
…reliable access to electricity. Lighting Global works to bring sustainable and affordable electricity to homes using off-grid renewable energy. Since the establishment of Lighting Africa in 2009, the precursor to…
Second Round of the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Grant Challenge Opens
…Energy 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…
Quality Assurance
…televisions, refrigerators, and solar water pumps. Test Lab Network Learn more about VeraSol’s global network of qualified test laboratories. Technical Assistance Discover how VeraSol works with governments to encourage smart…
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…
A Quality Assurance Framework for Solar System Installations at Public Facilities in West Africa
…the field was fruitful thanks to the indispensable support of ECREEE, the Ministries of Energy, Health and Secondary Education of Niger, and the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing of…
Lighting Global Associate Services Offering
Lighting Global is the World Bank Group’s initiative to rapidly increase access to off-grid solar energy for the 840 million living without grid electricity around the world. Lighting Global works…
SAVE THE DATE | 2020 Forum and Expo
Please mark your calendars for the next edition of the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo to be held 18 – 20 February 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. During these two…
Kiprotich brings Gold to Uganda, Barefoot Power brings clean light to his village
…a Village program is a simple and cost effective way to provide clean light to off-grid rural communitiesâ€Β, notes Barefoot Uganda’s Sales and Marketing Manager, Anne Kayiwa Kagwa. “Communities have…