New report: African Women Stand to Gain from Modern Off-Grid Lighting
…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…
QA | New Pricing for Quality Verification Services Effective October 16
On September 5, Lighting Global Quality Assurance announced it will introduce new pricing for quality verification services, effective October 16, 2019. Our goal for the new pricing structure is to…
PRESS RELEASE | New Reporting Standards Could Energize the Off-Grid Solar Industry
…stakeholders who was involved in developing the new framework. “Now is the ideal time for the industry to introduce common reporting standards and increase transparency to attract further investment from…
How Much Does Kerosene Really Cost?
…Africa is conducting on kerosene pricing. This research will help Lighting Africa support existing research and offer new insight into actual kerosene expenses sustained in rural, off-grid households, for illumination….
BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…2020. If you would like to be informed when it is released, please drop us a line at info@lightingglobal.org and we will let you know when it is available. …
Building product screening know-how for western Africa
…is poor, there is a cheap battery and a metal rod has been put inside to add weight,â€Âť says James Wafula, the head of the University of Nairobi lighting laboratory….
In the News: Russell Sturm Quoted on Small-Scale Solar Leapfrogging Traditional Electric Grids in Africa and Asia
…institutions aren’t in place to even absorb that kind of money and build a system that functions.” But individual solar installations or small-scale “micro-grids” can leapfrog over industrial-scale power projects…
Quality Matters
…results illustrate how non-quality-verified products are indeed subpar in important ways. For some of the products tested, however, only small changes to design or packaging would create compliance with the…
EcoMoto: Turning on the Lights in Kenya in Under 48-Hours
…the next three years. Tapping into existing banking channels EcoMoto taps into several key banking options already in place in Kenya, including mobile phone banking and banking through local agents….
Shape the Sector and the Quality Standards
The IFC/World Bank-supported Lighting Global Quality Test Methodology has become the world standard for clean off-grid lighting products, following its incorporation into an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) technical specification in…