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CNBC Africa takes a closer look at Lighting Africa: An interview with Russel Sturm

CNBC Africa takes a closer look at Lighting Africa: An interview with Russel Sturm

30 May 2017

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

Announcing the First-Ever Key Performance Indicator Framework for the Off Grid Solar Pay-As-You-Go Sector

25 May 2017

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

In the News: IFC-GOGLA Report on Sales Data and Market Drivers Covered by Greentech Media

In the News: IFC-GOGLA Report on Sales Data and Market Drivers Covered by Greentech Media

23 May 2017

Katherine Tweed of Greentech Media recently detailed highlights of the latest Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report — co-produced by Lighting Global and GOGLA — which includes performance data from 55 companies and ...Read More

Call for Comments: Proposal to Submit Quality Standards to the IEC

Call for Comments: Proposal to Submit Quality Standards to the IEC

19 May 2017

Since 2010, Lighting Global has maintained Quality Standards for off-grid solar products with modules smaller than approximately 10 peak watts (pico-solar products). These standards set a baseline level of quality, ...Read More

New GOGLA-IFC Report Shows 3.77 Million Off-Grid Solar Products Were Sold in the Second Half of 2016, Despite Difficult Conditions in Key Markets

New GOGLA-IFC Report Shows 3.77 Million Off-Grid Solar Products Were Sold in the Second Half of 2016, Despite Difficult Conditions in Key Markets

09 May 2017

Today, Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market, and GOGLA, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association, launched the latest Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report, ...Read More

In the News: IFC’s Russell Sturm Interviewed by CNBC Africa on Off-Grid Solar Market

In the News: IFC’s Russell Sturm Interviewed by CNBC Africa on Off-Grid Solar Market

08 May 2017

  On the sidelines of the recent 2017 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, CNBC Africa’s Nozipho Mbanjwa spoke with Russell Sturm, Global Head of Energy ...Read More

Announcing the 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo Hosted by GOGLA and Lighting Global

Announcing the 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo Hosted by GOGLA and Lighting Global

13 April 2017

GOGLA and Lighting Global are delighted to announce that the 2018 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo (formerly known as the International Off-Grid Lighting Conference and Exhibition) will take place ...Read More

Origin Energy, IFC Launch Pay-As-You-Go Power to Energize Rural Papua New Guinea

Origin Energy, IFC Launch Pay-As-You-Go Power to Energize Rural Papua New Guinea

12 April 2017

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced the launch of a pilot Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) project with Origin Energy PNG Ltd, to support renewable energy use in off-grid communities ...Read More

Power for All: A Policy Roadmap for Clean, Rapid Rural Electricity Access

Power for All: A Policy Roadmap for Clean, Rapid Rural Electricity Access

11 April 2017

One year ago, Power for All released a report that concluded that ending energy poverty by 2030 could only be achieved for the 1 billion rural poor by accelerating investment in decentralized ...Read More

New In-Depth Report on State and Future of Off-Grid Solar in Africa

New In-Depth Report on State and Future of Off-Grid Solar in Africa

07 April 2017

Lights, Power, Action: Electrifying Africa is a follow-up to the Africa Progress Panel’s annual flagship report Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities, published in June 2015. The 2015 ...Read More

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