Solar behavior change campaign underway
Nokero International , an Associate company of Lighting Africa, and award winning animation producer and director, Firdaus Kharas, have launched a multi-lingual mass communications campaign to spur people using traditional ...Read More
Solar Light – “It’s My Education!”
A solar lamp was held high during the town hall demonstration. The children were then asked what they thought what it was. One child shouted from the crowd: “It’s my ...Read More
Seeding solar lighting among Kenya’s maize farmers
Mrs Tecla Cheruyiot is a member of the 35-strong Korosiot Women’s Group in Kipkenyo, near Eldoret town in Kenya’s Rift Valley. She is one of six innovators in her village ...Read More
Kiprotich brings Gold to Uganda, Barefoot Power brings clean light to his village
Barefoot Power Uganda, a subsidiary of Barefoot Power Pty Ltd has launched the ‘Barefoot Light Up a Village’ program in Cheptilyal, Kapchorwa District in Uganda. Cheptilyal is home to Stephen ...Read More
Lighting Global moves towards international quality test for off-grid lighting products
The Lighting Global Quality Assurance framework is going global in response to a growing need for a stable, harmonized approach to identify good-quality off-grid lighting products. Lighting Global is currently ...Read More
Kerosene-free Kenya: Rio +20 agreement to increase access to clean energy
The Government of Kenya announced an ambitious plan to phase out the use of kerosene for lighting and Kenya and Norway signed an energy and climate agreement which will develop a ...Read More
Training technicians: Completing the market responsiveness circle
Lighting Africa has begun training first-line technicians to provide after-sales service and maintenance to solar lighting products retailing in Kenya and Ghana. The program will train more than 100 technicians ...Read More
Kenya: Consumers want more from off-grid lighting products
Rural communities without electricity in Kenya are increasingly using modern products to light up their homes and businesses, as a result of enhanced consumer awareness on the advantages of using ...Read More
Transparent solar panel may hold key to electricity-generating windows
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have successfully developed a transparent solar panel that can be applied to windows without blocking the house occupants’ view, and generate electricity ...Read More
Five new products pass Lighting Africa quality standards
In the past two months, five new products have passed Lighting Africa Minimum Quality Standards and been issued Standardized Specifications Sheets (SSS). You can find out more about the products ...Read More