The sun lights up rural Ghana’s dark nights
…his wife Comfort Atse. “Solar has made business good. Now I sell late into the night and I make more money. No more bobo and kerosene oh! Only Awiah light!â€Β…
Putting Household Energy on the Climate Change Agenda
The African Energy Ministers Conference, Road to Durban: Promoting Sustainable Energy Access in Africa, that took place in Johannesburg on September 15-16, 2011, recognized the potential of low-cost household energy…
Performance Reporting Requirements
…information about key metrics to make purchasing decisions, while allowing manufacturers and suppliers the flexibility to provide this information in innovative and product-specific ways. For more information on the consumer-facing…
From Gap to Opportunity: Business Models for Scaling Up Energy Access (IFC)
…energy by 2030. It is ambitious, but there is room to make significant progress that can create opportunity and improve lives. Today, one-quarter of the world’s population lives without electricity,…
Power for All: A Policy Roadmap for Clean, Rapid Rural Electricity Access
…sector and civil society to make implementation of those policies a reality, starting with the full integration of DRE into national energy market design. To enable the sector to track…
Resource: Market-Based Solutions to Poverty in Africa
A report released by the Monitor Group last year shows conclusively that market-based programs such as Lighting Africa make a significant difference in the fight against poverty by sustainably delivering…
Conditional Pass Policy
…status when reporting results to the manufacturer. A conditional pass gives the manufacturer an opportunity to make required changes in the product, packaging or documentation to meet the Quality Standards….
Putting Household Energy on the Climate Change Agenda
The African Energy Ministers Conference, Road to Durban: Promoting Sustainable Energy Access in Africa, that took place in Johannesburg on September 15-16, 2011, recognized the potential of low-cost household energy…
Uganda student uses off-grid lighting for phone charging business, boasting earnings and higher marks in school
…it for personal use, to study at night, and as a means to make money from offering phone charging services at times that are more convenient for the community. His…
Lighting Global to Submit Quality Standards to IEC this Month
Lighting Global is preparing to submit quality standards for pico-solar products and for plug-and-play solar home system kits to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) by May 1, 2018. This will…