d.light design, a Lighting Africa Associate, has been nominated finalist for this year’s Zayed Future Energy Prize. d.light was selected from as many as 1,103 nominations and 425 submissions from …Read More
Importers and local distributors in East Africa are closer to getting a source of testing solar lanterns destined for their markets as the University of Nairobi opened a laboratory to …Read More
Barefoot Power was named Small Company of the Year at the Australian Sustainability Awards. The awards, organized by Ethical Investor took place in Melbourne, Australia, in December. The judges recognized …Read More
Story adapted with the permission of Barefoot Power “There is now reason to pass my exams.” Bakole Bakole is a Primary seven pupil at the Ojuku Primary …Read More
Sam Goldman, founder of d.light Design, won this year’s National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service, including a $1,000 award at the Promise of the …Read More
The African Energy Ministers Conference, Road to Durban: Promoting Sustainable Energy Access in Africa, that took place in Johannesburg on September 15-16, 2011, recognized the potential of low-cost household energy …Read More
“I was buying a full jerry can [of kerosene] costing Ksh 600/- ($ 6.40) for my father and mum every month, only for them to see. Then my brother’s children …Read More
Barefoot Power, a Lighting Africa Associate, received €1 million in financial assistance from the European Union via the European Investment Bank in 2010. The grant is supporting a number of …Read More
In August of 2010, only 30 retail outlets in Kenya were selling products that passed Lighting Africa’s quality test and 95% of the vendors were electrical shops. However, entrepreneurs were …Read More
By Evan Mills, Ph.D. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Few project developers have bothered to qualify their LED lighting programs for carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The requirements …Read More
