Orb Energy Secures Funding to Replicate Indian Business Model in Kenya
…hot water, with the best after-sales service. We now intend to replicate it in Kenya while at the same time expanding our India presence. Kenya is an excellent starting point…
fosera’s new Solar TV Takes Home Outstanding Off-Grid Appliance Award
…run by the Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership, (Global LEAP). The competition sought to identify and promote the world’s best, most energy-efficient off-grid color televisions and LED room lighting…
Women and Solar Lighting
© Andres Bifani/Lighting Africa 2012. Lighting Africa organized a stakeholder’s meeting in May 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya to explore the role of women in the modern solar lighting market. The…
COVID-19 Resources
…exception. Below you will find a collection of resources to provide policy makers and off-grid solar companies insight into how other industries, development partners and consulting agencies are attempting to…
Lighting Africa Program Kicks Off in Nigeria
…with current fuel-based lighting technologies. Lighting Africa is a key component of the Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP), an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial. The Clean…
Announcing Improvements to Lighting Global Quality Assurance Co-Branding Procedures
Single off-grid solar lighting products are often branded and marketed by multiple companies through a process called co-branding. As the marketplace for off-grid solar products becomes increasingly saturated and competitive,…
US$ 7 Million Line of Credit for Solar Off-Grid Electricity to Launch in Niger
…Rural Electrification Agency (ANPER). Currently, two financing institutions have been identified to access these funds and provide financing to SHS importers and distributors. These financial institutions are SONIBANK (commercial bank)…
Impact: Solar Lanterns in the Philippines
…now charge their phones using solar energy compared to only 5% prior to the ST2, and the proportion of people who charged their phones at commercial charging stations with electricity…
New energy policy in the making in Kenya
…as KEREA, the Energy Regulatory Commission, the Kenyan Investment Authority, GIZ, Carbon Africa, UNIDO and the Independent Power Producers met to make comments on the draft for the government’s consideration….
Origin Energy, IFC Launch Pay-As-You-Go Power to Energize Rural Papua New Guinea
…refrigerators. It also expands opportunities for local businesses. Its systems are powerful enough to run energy-based services such as a mobile-phone charging business, or to power a computer or refrigerate…