Barefoot Power products that have passed Lighting Africa quality tests to date      
left: Firelfly12 Mobile     right: PowaPack 5


Barefoot Power, a Lighting Africa Associate, received €1 million in financial assistance from the European Union via the European Investment Bank in 2010. The grant is supporting a number of initiatives to help more than 2,000,000 households switch from kerosene to more affordable, clean and efficient forms of energy by 2015.

The initiatives include:

• Developing and managing the internal operation of new business software
• Developing formal structures for the aggregation of angel investors
• Supporting revenue generation activities- for example raising angel investor capital and supporting the operation of the Okiocredit-Barefoot Power Trade Finance Fund to finance 2011 shipments
• Incorporating Barefoot Power’s subsidiaries in the India and Pacific region
• Securing the engagement of additional microfinance institutions
• Facilitating increased training of entrepreneurs
• Assisting in further developing Barefoot Power's carbon initiative
  
  

About Barefoot Power:

Barefoot Power is a global, social for-profit enterprise that manufactures and distributes solar phone charging, lighting products and business development services to people at the base of the global economic pyramid.  Founded in 2005, Barefoot Power has impacted the lives of 1 million people in over 20 countries, while reducing the global carbon footprint. 

Learn more about Barefoot Power’s products, distribution models and investment opportunities at  www.barefootpower.com

Visit individual product pages and download product standardized specification sheets (SSS):

Barefoot Power Firefly12 Mobile
Barefoot Power PowaPack 5