Key Off-Grid Players Awarded Zayed Future Energy Prizes
…over 500 homes per day, but putting our best efforts into scaling our reach faster, in order to reach millions of homes in years to come,” says Mr. Moore. Another…
Azuri secures Β£1m working capital from Barclays to scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa
…importers and distributors stock up better in order to effectively service the needs of customers across the continent. Azuri’s award-winning Indigo technology and business model combines mobile phone and solar…
Solar Light: My Chance to Pass Exams
…Village Elementary School in Denver, Colorado went on a fundraising mission in order to supply Daisy and her classmates with solar lights. This was undertaken as part of an international…
Removing the blindfold: testing for COVID-19 in the absence of grid electricity
…we have. In order to do so, says Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, “all countries should be able to test all suspected cases. They cannot…
MFIs, SACCOs Key to Clean Lighting for Women
…up and expand their work with women through Lighting Africa’s Women Initiative in order to catalyze further uptake of the solar lighting products by women consumers, and to usher women…
Greenlight Partners with Angaza to Launch PAYG Consumer Platform
…and co-founder of Greenlight Planet. Greenlight Planet begun piloting the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy lights using the PAYG model in January 2015. According to Lesley Silverthorn Marincola, CEO of…
Policy Engagement
…16 additional countries having completed their IEPs in the last 2 years. This underscores how well established the essential role that off-grid solar must play in order to achieve SDG7…
Quality Assurance for Off-Grid Solar Powered Lights:
…global off-grid lighting market. In order for customers to invest in solar lights, they must be confident that the product they purchase will perform as promised and last for a…
Revising Standards in line with Technology Developments, Consumer Expectations
…strengthen the quality standards and performance targets of off-grid lights in order to keep up with, and anticipate market trends, and to incorporate new research findings, for example, on end-user…
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…