…campaign to generate awareness and demand. IFC’s lighting program in India is supported by the government of United States, Italy, Austria, and Australia. The World Bank Group is implementing similar…
…QA framework of the Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) Solar Home System program. Bangladesh has the largest off-grid solar market in the world, with over 3 million systems installed…
NEW SOLAR PLATFORM IN AFGHANISTAN PROMISES ELECTRIFICATION FOR RURAL AND OFFGRID COMMUNITIES Lighting Afghanistan, an energy initiative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), introduced the first Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO)…
…new solar lighting products in their diversified product offerings are the Mini Moshi-Moshi and the AKARi Solar Light. The Mini Moshi-Moshi has one LED light which provides very bright light…
…in Africa have cleaner, safer, better lighting and improved energy access. The variety and choice of affordable and good quality products to off-grid consumers in Africa has increased… 6 new…
…and commitments towards the UN target of sustainable energy for all by 2030. Lighting Africa, which has been instrumental in bringing to birth the modern off-grid lighting industry in Africa,…
…and scale new decentralised energy solutions that provide safe, reliable and affordable power to low-income consumers in under-served areas. This report outlines the lessons learned from this work. We detail…
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…
…releasing a new version of the Standards. Revisions in this version include: The passing threshold for the Battery Durability Storage Test is now defined as: “The average capacity loss of…
…W. The methods are similar to the existing test methods used to assess pico-products that are described in IEC/TS 62257-9-5, but include some modifications and new test procedures. This document…
