Reuters | Solar keeps lights, phones on for rural Kenyans during pandemic blackouts
By Kagondu Njagi This story originally appeared on the Thomson Reuters Foundation site. When Lucyline Wanja Silas installed a 12-volt solar power unit at her home to help her children ...Read More
Blog | Lighting Nigeria:Tackling Energy Poverty Despite Covid-19
By Allwell Nwankwo Program Manager, Lighting Africa/Nigeria The program has deployed integrated consumer education campaigns that have reached over 70 million people Access to energy – or the lack of ...Read More
Lighting Africa/Nigeria: Tackling Energy Poverty At Its Source
Access to energy – or the lack of it – significantly impacts an individual’s ability to live above the poverty line. Basic needs such as food, housing, shelter, education, and ...Read More
Virtual Summit | Energy Access COVID-19 Relief Summit
REGISTER COVID-19 is causing unprecedented shocks on societies, healthcare systems, and economies around the world. It threatens to reverse the enormous progress that off-grid energy companies have made in bringing power ...Read More
Webinar | Marketplace Webinar for Powering Healthcare Solutions
As part of its Powering Healthcare initiative, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) is pleased to invite you to a Marketplace Webinar for Powering Healthcare Solutions on Wednesday, 8 July at ...Read More
IEC adopts Lighting Global Quality Standards
By Natalie Mouyal, 26 June 2020 This story originally appeared on the International Electrotechnical Commission Blog Access to affordable and reliable energy is a basic need. Not only is ...Read More
An Open Letter to Stakeholders |Off-Grid Solar: An Essential Service in the Fight against COVID-19
The off-grid solar sector has a vital role to play in the COVID-19 response. Just 41% of low- and middle-income country health care facilities currently have reliable electricity, whilst 789 ...Read More
ASSOCIATE SPOTLIGHT | Chinese Company Shenzhen LEMI Breaks Into New Markets
By Mei Wan Lighting Global Communications Ethiopia – two young students studying under the light of Lemi off-grid solar home system. Photo credit: LEMI In the Lighting Global Off-Grid ...Read More
World Environment Day | Cleaner, Safer and Better Lighting and Energy
Happy World Environment Day! Although we celebrate this day during a difficult time when millions of people around the globe are reeling under the impacts of the coronavirus, there ...Read More
QA | Webinar Resources: IEC Quality Standards for Pico-Solar & SHS Kits
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) will soon publish quality standards for pico-solar products and solar home system kits. These standards will replace the Lighting Global Quality Standards. To prepare for ...Read More