300 Days of Sunshine Light Up Papua New Guinea’s Future
…their homework at night. When darkness fell on their village of Kupiano, a few hours down the coast from the capital of Port Moresby, the family had only a dim…
Farm Workers Enjoy the Benefits of Solar Lighting
…scheme was conceived after the Lighting Africa Program introduced the farm management to Barefoot Power, a manufacturer of solar lighting products. Lighting Africa works to establish such contacts as part…
Access to Finance
Access to finance is arguably the most significant challenge to the off-grid solar sector; importers, retailers, and distributors all need significant working capital to be able purchase and import inventory…
Lighting Africa Policy Report Note – Tanzania
…mitigation. Among barriers the report lists a relatively slow rate of policy implementation, a lack of support for aggressive scale-up of rural energy initiatives, the high cost of doing business,…
Lighting Global moves towards international quality test for off-grid lighting products
…Arne Jacobson, technical lead for Lighting Global’s quality assurance program and a member of the IEC working group that is working on the effort. A globally harmonized quality assurance framework…
‘Word of Honor’ secures loans for solar lights
For rural communities without electricity, lighting the home can be costly and challenging. Although well priced solar products are available on the market, their cost is often beyond the reach…
Webinar on Thursday 17 March 2016: Off-grid solar market trends – insights from new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Lighting Global in cooperation with GOGLA
…fossil-fuel powered stopgap technologies. Solar-powered portable lights and home kits offer a better service at lower cost and are presenting a $3.1 billion opportunity. What’s driving the 15-fold increase in…
UK school donates solar lanterns to Nairobi slum school
…Gatoto children who live in the slum without electricity. Many of them study using kerosene lamps, while others cannot study at all in the evening owing to the high cost…
Ethiopia Quantitative Market Assessment Report
…used and their cost. It also includes an evaluation of modern off-grid lighting products. The report reveals that paraffin lamps with simple wick and no cover are the mostly commonly…
Lighting Africa 2010 Conference Report
Lighting Africa’s 2nd International Business Conference and Trade Fair was held in May 2010 in Kenya. The event promoted low-cost, high-quality off-grid lighting products and services that target low-income populations…