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…
Portable Solar lights in Commercial Farming: Illuminating the Pecking Order
…of switching to solar. “It was basically a cost issue; Kerosene was going up,”ย he explained. By investing in a solar and windpowered lighting system, he said he spent a…
Kenya: Consumers want more from off-grid lighting products
…using clean energy such as solar lighting, and due to increased availability of quality-assured, affordable lighting products. In the last four years, the joint IFC/World Bank Lighting Africa program has…
Lighting Africa Featured In International Innovationโs Energy Focus Week
…to purchase something that doesn’t work well or won’t last. In order to protect consumers and prevent the eroding of consumer confidence in off-grid products in the process, Lighting Africa…
New Minimum Quality Standards Become Effective on January 1, 2014
…is intended to provide consumers with reliable information about product performance at the time of purchase. The performance reporting requirements are expected to go into effect by mid-2014 after planned…
Mobile Money Catalyzes Clean Energy Uptake among Off-Grid Consumers, Study
…interactions with customers, providing an ongoing channel for after sales service, payment reminders, and other information via SMS,” the study notes. Investment in the PAYG sector is however currently insufficient…
Uganda student uses off-grid lighting for phone charging business, boasting earnings and higher marks in school
…life for the better. In the past, Bakole’s only source of income was to sell tobacco that he grew. Tobacco is the main cash crop in the area and, while…
New Quality Standards Become Effective on January 1, 2014
…until their test results expire. The Quality Standards for LED-based off-grid lighting products have been updated with major changes in recent months in response to industry trends and stakeholder views….
Bloomberg Philanthropies Invests $5 million in Little Sun to Increase Access to Clean, Affordable Lighting in Africa
…million impact investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies. This is Bloomberg Philanthropies first-ever impact investment and will provide a low interest rate loan that will allow Little Sun to grow its social…
Niwa partners with Sun Transfer to Assemble Solar Products in Ethiopia
…value for consumers as well as to make it possible for Ethiopian distribution and retail companies to purchase the most advanced solar products in local currency,” says Ti el Attar,…