Fosera Establishes Assembly Line in Mozambique
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
Communities Reap Multiple Benefits from Clean, Safe Solar Lights
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
Solar Light: My Chance to Pass Exams
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
MFIs, SACCOs Key to Clean Lighting for Women
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
IFC/World Bank Set Global Standard for Clean Off-Grid Lighting
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
IFC/World Bank Set Global Standard for Clean Off-Grid Lighting
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
Availability of Solar Lights Increases in Rural Kenya
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
Azuri secures £1m working capital from Barclays to scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa
Azuri, developer of the Indigo pay-as-you-go solar power system for off-grid markets, secured a £1m working capital loan from Barclays last month to accelerate deployment of its Indigo home solar ...Read More
About Seven Million People Now Using Clean Solar Lights in Africa
Close to seven million people in Africa without electricity now have access to clean lighting as a result of the joint efforts of the Lighting Africa program, and its partners. ...Read More
More Solar Lanterns Pass Lighting Global Quality Tests
Three new solar charged off-grid lighting products passed Lighting Global Minimum Quality Standards, increasing product choice at various pricing levels. One is the BrightBox 2 is a multi-room solar ...Read More