…assurance systems can help address problems associated with a lack of information – If every buyer had perfect information on key product attributes such as product life, the number of…
…via the mobile payment pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system through M-KOPA Solar. The PAYG system allows customers with low incomes to buy a solar product on credit; the consumer makes an initial…
Launched in 2016, the overall goal of Lighting Africa/Tanzania is to contribute to the development of a commercial market for quality-verified solar lanterns and solar home systems (SHS). The target…
…from improved lighting and extended productive time. In the household, women influence the decision 40% of the time in regards of when to buy a new lighting device and which…
…now employs three people and has saved enough money to buy a piece of land to build a house and to send their son to private school. With the additional…
When her neighbor’s house burned down in a kerosene lamp accident, Risper Onyong’e understood that she had to find an alternative source of lighting. Married with one child, this rice…
…their schools’ campaign to Malilo Primary School and held demonstrations on how solar lights work and their advantages over kerosene lamps. The school’s head teacher then invited parents to come…
…those who buy in small quantities in order to better inform cost benefit analyses for the transition from kerosene lighting to modern off-grid lighting systems. The study reveals a substantial…
…household of 22 people By creating a low-risk opportunity to test out solar lights, the libraries addressed a common risk-aversion tendency, as expressed by Aliou Ba. Furthermore, the families were…
By Anna Wells, GOGLA Senior Communications Adviser Next month, the United Nations’ International Literacy Day will focus on ‘literacy in a digital world’. Without a doubt, digital technologies are changing…
