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
…2020. If you would like to be informed when it is released, please drop us a line at info@lightingglobal.org and we will let you know when it is available. …
Article: How Off-Grid Solar Access Impacts Literacy
…of Acumen explains: ‘investing in companies that focus on making products or services accessible to lower-income households is key’. Harrison also highlights the importance of enablers such as mobile money…
Faulu Reaching the Base of the Pyramid with Off-Grid Lighting
…improved quality of life, increased productivity and income levels. “I have a business in Lodwar and I realized that the landlord was ineffective in paying electricity bills so there were…
d.light Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Product
…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 deposit…
How We Work
…decisions to grow the off-grid market, and increase access where it is needed most. Quality Assurance We developed a quality assurance framework so consumers can buy with confidence. The purchase…
Portable Solar lights in Commercial Farming: Illuminating the Pecking Order
…of switching to solar. “It was basically a cost issue; Kerosene was going up,” he explained. By investing in a solar and windpowered lighting system, he said he spent a…
Quality Standards now Updated
…a discount offered on select IEC documents related to rural electrification. Available documents include IEC/TS 62257-9-5, the Technical Specification which institutionalizes the Lighting Global quality assurance framework and details testing…
New Resource: Meeting Lighting Global Quality Standards for Consumer-Facing Information Requirements
…above requirements, and provides links to resources where users may obtain more information about the Quality Standards. We hope it will clarify important aspects of our standards and allow for…