Better light for more people
Nearly 600 million people in Africa – about 70 percent of the population – lack electricity and rely on expensive and polluting lighting sources such as kerosene lamps and candles. Thanks to …Read More
Off-Grid Lighting Sector in Africa Shows Positive Growth
450% growth in sales in 2011 over 2010… Consumers are better equipped to make buying decisions in today’s market. Lighting Africa’s consumer education campaign, which works to generate consumer awareness …Read More
Lighting Africa releases new video: Modern lighting for Africas development
This video shows how un-electrified low income households and small businesses in rural Kenya have switched from kerosene lamps to portable solar lanterns, and what benefits clean, modern lighting has …Read More
Faulu Reaching the Base of the Pyramid with Off-Grid Lighting
Left: Students studying under a kerosene lamp Right: Students studying under a portable solar lamp © Wilkens/Lighting Africa By Faulu Advisory “The police had come to arrest me because …Read More