…Lighting Africa, was announced in Dakar on October 12, 2017, at the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum 2017. The planned Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP) will aim to increase electricity access…
…energy consumption. Therefore, distributed energy, through simple plug-and-play solar devices -solar lanterns and solar home systems (SHS) – constitutes a viable option for energy access. REA estimates that some rural…
…products provide a safer, cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable alternative to conventional lighting solutions. They can also provide services that go far beyond lighting, including stand-alone systems to power the…
…plug-and-play solar devices -solar lanterns and solar home systems (SHS) – constitutes a viable option for energy access. REA estimates that some rural households spend as much as US$6 per…
…I did. Nowadays, ‘sina wasi wasi’ (I don’t worry) because the lantern, which uses kerosene, was sent packing and I don’t switch off my phone as I used to. I…
…wide-ranging topics such as the markets for productive uses leveraging solar energy (PULSE), and how to best support continued uptake of solar products through end-user subsidies. Our biennial Off-Grid Solar…
…that uptake of solar products is dramatically accelerated by consumer awareness, making sales cheaper, and easier, attracting more distributors, leading to more competition and lower prices – all underscoring the…
Lighting Global has just published a new market analysis report: Quality Communication: Quality assurance in Kenya’s off-grid lighting market. This study provides an in-depth examination of the pico-solar supply chain…
Lighting Global seeks to draw from available standards and learn from existing Quality Assurance efforts, and has released a new case study comparing the Lighting Global QA framework with the…
This document describes the framework and intentions of the Lighting Global Quality Assurance (QA) program. It also explains how Lighting Global currently interacts with the regional programs (i.e. Lighting Africa…
