In the News: In Kenya, A Solar Program Puts “Last-Mile” Consumers First
…now employs three people and has saved enough money to buy a piece of land to build a house and to send their son to private school. With the additional…
“You Can See the Future from Here” The World Bank Solar Village
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…
Putting “Last-Mile” Consumers First in Kenya
…of about $280 per month. Onyong’e now employs three people and has saved enough money to buy a piece of land to build a house and to send their son…
PRESS RELEASE | New Reporting Standards Could Energize the Off-Grid Solar Industry
…to buy them upfront. With PAYGo, customers acquire a home solar system for a low upfront cost and pay it off over time by digitally prepaying for usage — similar…
Communities Reap Multiple Benefits from Clean, Safe Solar Lights
…she used to spend over 15% of her income buying kerosene to light her home each week. She now buys less kerosene which, even after the cost of the $6…
The True Cost of Kerosene in Rural Africa
…those who buy in small quantities in order to better inform cost benefit analyses for the transition from kerosene lighting to modern off-grid lighting systems. The study reveals a substantial…
‘Library’ of Solar Lights puts pico-PV in the hands of approximately 55,000 rural Senegalese
…exposed to the technology. “It is not safe to buy something you don’t know,” Aliou Ba, father of 5 school children in the Kaolack region in Senegal, part of a…
BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…is playing a vital role in providing a basic level of service. For example in Ethiopia, 25% of those with access – around 12 million people – are connected through…
Article: How Off-Grid Solar Access Impacts Literacy
…up to a payment plan, the customer has the option to buy or lease a variety of practical products and build their own ‘energy staircase’, grow their own product range…
Faulu Reaching the Base of the Pyramid with Off-Grid Lighting
…frequent blackouts. Through FAS I was able to buy a lamp for my business. Nowadays I don’t pay bills and I have influenced three of my friends in Lodwar. Thanks…