…This program is one of a portfolio of country programs under the Lighting Global umbrella. For more information and to apply, please follow this link: http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/Careers_Ext_Content/IFC_External_Corporate_Site/IFC%20Careers/Career%20Opportunities/CareerOpportunityPlaceHolder?JobReqNo=160355 2. Program Manager Lighting…
…as Central Excise Duty on manufactured products, Service Tax on specified services, and the Central Sales Tax (CST) on interstate sale of products were levied and collected by the Central…
…$20 million in financing was subsequently doubled due to the success of the initial fund. Quality-verified lanterns for sale on market day ©Lighting Africa/Wondwosen Agonafir Quality-verified lanterns for sale…
A shopkeeper measures kerosene for sale by the coke bottle © Jennifer Tracy/Lighting Africa Kerosene, which provides lighting for millions of homes across Africa, is not only detrimental to human…
What do you think of when you imagine a village center? Most likely some sort of kiosk or market comes to mind; a place to buy essentials, and perhaps a…
…pump priming would matter without customers who are willing and able to buy Greenlight Planet’s Sun King, say, or Barefoot Power’s Firefly 12 Mobile. And getting buyers is a challenge….
…no longer have to buy kerosene. Roughly 30 percent of sales have been through the network of Solar Sahelis, who have become a crucial part of the retail sales model….
“I was buying a full jerry can [of kerosene] costing Ksh 600/- ($ 6.40) for my father and mum every month, only for them to see. Then my brother’s children…
The SunnyMoney team takes a break during a sales drives © SolarAid Sunny Money, the commercial arm of the energy charity SolarAid, sold more than 50,000 solar lights in Tanzania…
…on dangerous and expensive kerosene-based lighting products. When kerosene – or funds to buy it – was in short supply, her family endured total darkness after nightfall. In her search…
