Deep Dive Supply Chain Report, Tanzania
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…
Cost of kerosene in rural Africa threatens access to lighting
…of kerosene for rural communities, who typically buy kerosene in small quantities generally much less than a litre, is even higher than previously estimated. On average, rural households in five…
“You Can See the Future from Here” The World Bank Solar Village
What do you think of when you imagine a village center? Most likely some sort of kiosk or market comes to mind; a place to buy essentials, and perhaps a…
Putting “Last-Mile” Consumers First in Kenya
…of about $280 per month. Onyong’e now employs three people and has saved enough money to buy a piece of land to build a house and to send their son…
Communities Reap Multiple Benefits from Clean, Safe Solar Lights
…and buy solar lanterns. Victoria bought the solar light for her son Calvin so that he could study comfortably in the evenings. She told a team from SunnyMoney in a…
The True Cost of Kerosene in Rural Africa
…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…
‘Library’ of Solar Lights puts pico-PV in the hands of approximately 55,000 rural Senegalese
…exposed to the technology. “It is not safe to buy something you don’t know,” Aliou Ba, father of 5 school children in the Kaolack region in Senegal, part of a…
Article: How Off-Grid Solar Access Impacts Literacy
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…
Faulu Reaching the Base of the Pyramid with Off-Grid Lighting
Left: Students studying under a kerosene lamp Right: Students studying under a portable solar lamp © Wilkens/Lighting Africa By Faulu Advisory “The police had come to arrest me because they…
d.light Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Product
…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 deposit…