Quality Assurance Update: Management Transition
IFC first started working with industry to develop the Lighting Global Quality Assurance Program in 2008. Since then, IFC has managed the program’s operations—in partnership with technical advisor Humboldt State ...Read More
New Study Finds Kerosene Subsidies an Obstacle to Energy Efficiency and Development
In the latest issue of World Development, Evan Mills of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) publishes an in-depth article about kerosene subsidies impeding progress toward social and development goals. Used ...Read More
Article: How Off-Grid Solar Access Impacts Literacy
By Anna Wells, GOGLA Senior Communications Adviser Next month, the United Nations’ International Literacy Day will focus on ‘literacy in a digital world’. Without a doubt, digital technologies are changing the way ...Read More
Lighting Asia/India Consumer Awareness Campaign Featured in SE4ALL Practitioner Network Newsletter
Recently, Lighting Asia/India’s SuryodayTM awareness campaign — aimed at educating potential consumers and helping them make smarter choices about solar products — was featured in the Energy Access Practitioner Network Newsletter ...Read More
Registration Now Open for 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo in Hong Kong
GOGLA and Lighting Global are excited to announce that participant and exhibitor registration for the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo (22 – 24 January 2018, Hong Kong) is now open! Have a look at ...Read More
In the News: Off-Grid Solar Market and Lighting Myanmar Featured in Local Publication
Recently, Lighting Myanmar was featured in Frontier, Myanmar’s most reputable English-language publication. Launched in June 2016, the IFC-led Lighting Myanmar project is a key component of the Government of Myanmar’s ...Read More
In the News: Lighting Global and Quality Assurance Program Covered in the New Yorker Magazine
In a feature-length magazine article published in the New Yorker Magazine, the dynamic evolution and impact of the off-grid solar industry in Africa is profiled at length, including references ...Read More
Experiencing Solar Products in the Dark Sheds Light on their Power
This Spring, Lighting Africa demonstrated the transformative power of off-grid lighting and energy products to hundreds of World Bank staff and visitors. To do so, we set up black-out ...Read More
CNBC Africa takes a closer look at Lighting Africa: An interview with Russel Sturm
CNBC interviewed IFC’s Global Head of Clean Energy and Resource Efficiency Unit earlier this month to explore the work Lighting Africa and Lighting Global are doing to bring light and ...Read More
Announcing the First-Ever Key Performance Indicator Framework for the Off Grid Solar Pay-As-You-Go Sector
Story Highlights: The Distributed Energy Service Company sector is growing rapidly, especially the segments that use a variation of the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) business model, which alone has provided more than ...Read More