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…programs once the full framework is in place. Our objective for this second round of testing is to cast our net wide to be as inclusive and representative as possible…
Our Partners
…Bank for Reconstruction and Development was created in 1944 to help Europe rebuild after World War II. Today, IBRD provides loans and other assistance primarily to middle income countries. IBRD…
GOGLA REPORT: The Economic Impact of Off-Grid Solar
…are reporting a rise in economic activity, with improvement in income and job opportunities. These findings demonstrate the economic benefits of off-grid solar power in the developing world. The report,…
PAYG Insight Series: Sales Agent Network Management
…operational questions is at the center of managing agent networks,including: (i) how should companies allocate their agents to the market? (ii) how should companies compensate their salesforce? (iii) how should…
New Report: βThe Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan Africa.β
…great success in expanding energy access in rural areas. Geographically, the focus of the report is on sub-Saharan Africa with a deeper dive on Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Cote d’Ivoire. It…
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…
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…
In the News: In Kenya, A Solar Program Puts “Last-Mile” Consumers First
…says. “I now know how to present myself and the more money I get, the harder I work.” Lighting Africa is part of Lighting Global, a program that supports the…
Putting “Last-Mile” Consumers First in Kenya
…on Business Opportunities Onyong’e launched her microbusiness using Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) a mobile-money platform that lets consumers pay for the products in small installments—making the product affordable across income groups. PAYG…
βLibraryβ 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…