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BIMAS Kenya Ltd recognized among Top Companies in Kenya

BIMAS Kenya Ltd recognized among Top Companies in Kenya

04 February 2018

Microfinance institution and Lighting Africa/Kenya client BIMAS Kenya Ltd was recently recognized as one of the top 100 medium-sized companies in Kenya. This is the second time that the MFI ...Read More

2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report Now Available

2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report Now Available

22 January 2018

The Lighting Global/GOGLA 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report is now available. This is the fourth report in a biennial series established over the past 8 years as the report ...Read More

Latest Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report Reveals USD 922 Million Has Been Raised Since 2012, While an Estimated 130 million Products Have Been Sold to Date, Reaching 360 Million People with Life-Changing Technology

Latest Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report Reveals USD 922 Million Has Been Raised Since 2012, While an Estimated 130 million Products Have Been Sold to Date, Reaching 360 Million People with Life-Changing Technology

22 January 2018

A new report released by the World Bank Group’s Lighting Global Program, Dalberg Advisors and GOGLA finds that the global off-grid solar industry has taken a leap in the past ...Read More

As New Report Estimates the Off-Grid Solar Market has Provided Improved Energy Access to 360 Million People Globally, Sector Leaders Gather in Hong Kong to Chart the Future of the Industry

As New Report Estimates the Off-Grid Solar Market has Provided Improved Energy Access to 360 Million People Globally, Sector Leaders Gather in Hong Kong to Chart the Future of the Industry

22 January 2018

Hong Kong/Utrecht/Washington DC Monday, 22 January 2018—Today marks the start of the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo, a three-day event held biennially where 600+ key industry stakeholders are gathering ...Read More

Quality Assurance Update: Earning Your Continued Trust

Quality Assurance Update: Earning Your Continued Trust

11 January 2018

Trust is fundamental to the Lighting Global Quality Assurance Program, which aims to help purchasers and other market actors identify products that will meet or exceed consumers’ expectations for quality. ...Read More

IFC’s Lighting Pakistan and Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Offer Affordable Solar Lighting Solutions

IFC’s Lighting Pakistan and Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Offer Affordable Solar Lighting Solutions

21 December 2017

(left to right) Nawab Ali Khan, Chief Executive Officer of AKAH, and Marco Indelicato, Program Manager for IFC Lighting Pakistan ISLAMABAD: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is ...Read More

Quality Assurance Update: Protecting Consumers Through Standards

Quality Assurance Update: Protecting Consumers Through Standards

19 December 2017

Despite many recent successes in advancing national markets for quality-assured off-grid solar products, low-quality products continue to flood markets around the world. In response, many more governments are turning to ...Read More

New Technical Note on USB Smartphone and Battery Charging

New Technical Note on USB Smartphone and Battery Charging

11 December 2017

Designing a USB port to charge the many cell phones, smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices commonly in use today is a difficult technical challenge. If not properly configured, a ...Read More

Sierra Leone to benefit from US$200 million electrification project

Sierra Leone to benefit from US$200 million electrification project

01 December 2017

Sierra Leone is among nineteen countries in West Africa that will benefit from a regional off-grid electrification project that will provide beneficiary countries with needed support to foster a sustainable ...Read More

A Quality Assurance Framework for Solar System Installations at Public Facilities in West Africa

A Quality Assurance Framework for Solar System Installations at Public Facilities in West Africa

14 November 2017

Courtesy of Schatz Energy Resource Center. By Meg Harper The Schatz Center and the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), with support from the World Bank through ...Read More

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