Lighting Africa Policy Note – Cameroon
…of off-grid lighting products, the absence of incentives for off-grid lighting, the high cost of doing business in Cameroon, and the low priority given to off-grid lighting products by consumers….
Off-Grid Energy Has Key Role in Kenyaβs New Electrification Strategy
Off-Grid energy’s tremendous impacts – and potential for more – have been recognized in the newly launched (December 2018) Kenya National Electrification Strategy (KNES). KNES lays out a strategy for…
IFC Invests in Fund to Improve Access to Finance for Off-grid Energy Solutions in Africa, Asia
Washington DC, April 1, 2015—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Shell Foundation will invest in a new investment fund dedicated to providing financing to manufacturers and distributors…
Investment and Finance Study for Off-grid Lighting
…lamps offer lower costs , better quality of light and an improved social and environmental impact. Currently, this group invests an estimated $30 billion per year buying kerosene for lighting…
Tanzania: Market Intelligence
…cost of current forms of lighting found amongst the “Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP)” population in Tanzania, the off-grid sustainable lighting products that have been introduced into the Tanzanian market,…
2015 designated the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
…Outlook 2014, IEA describes Africa as the epi-centre of an energy poverty crisis because about two-thirds of the population – some 600 million people – live without electricity. The IFC/World…
Training technicians: Completing the market responsiveness circle
…to consumer demands for after-sales service of solar lighting products, and first-aid technical backup to manufacturers and distributors to avoid sending back perfectly good products that have not been used…
Changes to Lighting Global testing: Transition to IEC 62257-9-5:2018 (ed.4)
In June 2018 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published a new edition of the test methods used for testing solar products, IEC 62257-9-5:2018 (also written as IEC 62257-9-5 ed. 4)….
Award-Winning Consumer Awareness Campaign for Quality-Assured Solar Lighting in Rural India Enters Second Phase
…the award-winning Suryodaya™ – a consumer education campaign to increase the awareness of quality assured solar lighting products in rural India. The first phase of the Suryoday™ (sunrise) campaign, rolled…
New Report on Evolution of Off-Grid Lighting in Three Kenyan Towns
Lighting Global has just published a new market analysis report – The Rise of Solar Market: Evolution of Off-Grid Lighting in Three Kenyan Towns. This study provides evidence that can…