New energy policy in the making in Kenya
Lighting Africa facilitated the Kenya Renewable Energy Association (KEREA) stakeholder deliberations on the Kenyan draft National Energy Policy, on 29 November in Nairobi. Key stakeholders in the energy sector, such ...Read More
Better light for more people
Nearly 600 million people in Africa – about 70 percent of the population – lack electricity and rely on expensive and polluting lighting sources such as kerosene lamps and candles. Thanks to ...Read More
Tell Stories of Energy Poverty and Get Rewarded!
Peter DiCampo’s Life Without Lights photography in Northern Ghana, Kurdistan in Northern Iraq and New Mexico, USA, reveals how energy poverty affects people’s lives and hampers development. His work will be exhibited ...Read More
d.light Founder Wins National Peace Corps 2011 Shriver Award
Sam Goldman, founder of d.light Design, won this year’s National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service, including a $1,000 award at the Promise of the ...Read More
Phone Charging Micro-businesses in Tanzania and Uganda
Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP), a non-profit organization that works to increase access to modern energy and reduce poverty in developing countries, published in a report in September on phone charging ...Read More
Putting Household Energy on the Climate Change Agenda
The African Energy Ministers Conference, Road to Durban: Promoting Sustainable Energy Access in Africa, that took place in Johannesburg on September 15-16, 2011, recognized the potential of low-cost household energy ...Read More
Off-Grid Lighting Sector in Africa Shows Positive Growth
450% growth in sales in 2011 over 2010… Consumers are better equipped to make buying decisions in today’s market. Lighting Africa’s consumer education campaign, which works to generate consumer awareness ...Read More
New report: African Women Stand to Gain from Modern Off-Grid Lighting
A new report from the joint IFC/World Bank Lighting Africa Program finds that women in Africa are both important beneficiaries and key facilitators of the modern off-grid lighting revolution. Affordable ...Read More
Lighting Africa releases new video: Modern lighting for Africas development
This video shows how un-electrified low income households and small businesses in rural Kenya have switched from kerosene lamps to portable solar lanterns, and what benefits clean, modern lighting has ...Read More
Innovative Rural Employers Keep Pace with Employee Needs
“I was buying a full jerry can [of kerosene] costing Ksh 600/- ($ 6.40) for my father and mum every month, only for them to see. Then my brother’s children ...Read More