Seeding solar lighting among Kenya’s maize farmers
Mrs Cheruyiot with her husband and children at their home, their S250 lamp charging behind them © Lighting Africa Mrs Tecla Cheruyiot is a member of the 35-strong Korosiot Women’s…
Kiprotich brings Gold to Uganda, Barefoot Power brings clean light to his village
Barefoot presents its 5W solar home lighting system to the parents of Uganda’s gold medalist Stephen Kiprotich © Barefoot Power Barefoot Power Uganda, a subsidiary of Barefoot Power Pty Ltd…
Solar Light – “It’s My Education!”
© HEART 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:…
Lighting Africa identifies policy barriers to clean off-grid lighting
Lighting Africa has looked into the policy barriers to the adoption of modern lighting products and services, and recommendations for their mitigation in eight countries: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the…
Solar behavior change campaign underway
© Firdaus Kharas 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…
More products pass quality tests expanding consumer choice
Six products have passed both Lighting Africa Minimum Quality Standards and the Recommended Performance Targets in recent months providing consumers with more choice in the rapidly growing off-grid lighting market…
Building retailer product knowledge in Liberia
Lighting Africa conducted a three-day technical training workshop for retailers of modern off-grid lighting products in Liberia last month as the country prepared to receive its first batch of quality…
Its all systems go! Don’t miss the off-grid lighting conference in Dakar
Arrangements for the 3rd International Off-Grid Lighting Conference and Trade Fair are at advanced stages with highly topical sessions planned, and about 700 participants expected. The conference is the premier…
Sunny Money hits record sales through its ‘student lights’ campaign
The SunnyMoney team takes a break during a sales drives © SolarAid Sunny Money, the commercial arm of the energy charity SolarAid, sold more than 50,000 solar lights in Tanzania…
Fraunhofer develops new PV performance charts
Manufacturers of solar panels can now compare the performance of their solar cells with other cell types by using new “Fraunhofer ISE PV-Chartsâ€. The charts will rank solar cells according…