Lighting Global has just released Issue 3 in the Eco Design Notes series: “Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Pico-powered Lighting Products“. The article focuses on health issues related to …Read More
Two products passed the rigorous Lighting Global quality testing over the past two months. The first is a new more task light, the SunKing Solo, which has a feature guiding consumers …Read More
The developers of the Little Sun lamp have partnered with Plan International to pilot the use of their solar-powered LED lamps through sustainable, community-led initiatives in Zimbabwe. The lamp provides people without …Read More
German producer of affordable, high-tech modular solar home lighting systems – Fosera GmbH has started a commercial assembly line for its solar lights in Maputo, Mozambique. The design, implementation and start up …Read More
Victoria Materu and her two children live in the rural Kilimanjaro region of Northern Tanzania. If there is one thing she has come to value, it is the safety and …Read More
Daisy Cheruiyot is a 16-year old high school student who lost both her parents and several relatives in the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya. Like many villagers in her Cheplelachebei …Read More
Micro-finance institutions provide a strong entry point for reaching women as end-users of solar lighting products, as well as for recruiting them as solar entrepreneurs, a new Lighting Africa survey …Read More
The IFC/World Bank-supported Lighting Global Quality Test Methodology has become the world standard for clean off-grid lighting products, following its incorporation into an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) technical specification on …Read More
The IFC/World Bank-supported Lighting Global Quality Test Methodology has become the world standard for clean off-grid lighting products, following its incorporation into an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) technical specification on …Read More
The market for clean, modern off-grid lighting products continues to exhibit good growth in rural Kenya, a new study just published by the Lighting Africa program shows. In Kericho, a tea growing …Read More
