Apply to Test Your Solar Home System Kit
…complete this application form prior to March 16, 2015. With support from the Africa Renewable Energy Access Program at the World Bank, this second round of testing will be offered…
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Lighting Global is the platform under which the World Bank Group supports the development of the global off-grid solar energy services market, and includes a portfolio of country-based market development…
GOGLA REPORT: The Economic Impact of Off-Grid Solar
…departments to work together with off-grid companies, banks and institutions to breakdown barriers to off-grid solar and build a pathway to accelerate energy access.” Currently, 1 billion people across Africa…
PAYG Insight Series: Sales Agent Network Management
…networks, and the high turnover among agents is becoming a big risk to growth and sustainability of the sector. Key Factors Behind a Company’s Agent Network A set of critical…
New Report: “The Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
…the technology, they represent an optimum consumer base for PULSE applications, given the multiplied benefits these products can bring by increasing farming yields. PULSE can also support government transformation agendas…
Distribution of Quality Tested Products Ramps Up and Out
…of success in building volume in remote rural and other hard to reach markets that tend to operate in less conventional ways. The net effect of these activities, and supported…
BLOG | Championing the Cause for Quality in Off-Grid Solar Products
…thereby, helping to ensure that the products that are tested are representative of those that are sold to buyers. The QA program’s network of six test laboratories, which includes labs…
d.light Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Product
…via the mobile payment pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system through M-KOPA Solar. The PAYG system allows customers with low incomes to buy a solar product on credit; the consumer makes an initial…
Deep Dive Supply Chain Report, Tanzania
…standards for quality verified products and access to finance through the entire value chain to ensure POB customers in rural areas can easily access and buy quality verified products …
Cost of kerosene in rural Africa threatens access to lighting
…health and the environment, but also a notable financial burden, a new study just published has found. The study by the IFC-World Bank Lighting Africa program indicates that the cost…