This Spring, Lighting Africa demonstrated the transformative power of off-grid lighting and energy products to hundreds of World Bank staff and visitors. To do so, we set up black-out tents in the atrium of the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., with support from the Lighting Global Program. The tents were outfitted to resemble … Read More
CNBC interviewed IFC’s Global Head of Clean Energy and Resource Efficiency Unit earlier this month to explore the work Lighting Africa and Lighting Global are doing to bring light and energy to the hundreds of millions of people living without grid electricity across Africa. Watch the video to learn more about the work we do … Read More
Less than a quarter of households in Kenya are connected to the national electric grid, but solar energy solutions are narrowing the energy gap. Thirty percent of unconnected households are now using decentralized solar energy solutions – placing it among the countries with the highest rates of off-grid solar usage. This statistic is particularly striking … Read More
Why 59.9 million is equal to 15.8 million Access to modern, reliable energy is crucial to sustainable development. This fact underpins not only the mission of our work – to provide energy access to an additional 250 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 – but has also been codified in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development … Read More
For the millions of people living in remote rural areas of Ethiopia who lack access to the power grid or cannot afford electricity, solar energy represents an important first step on the energy access ladder. Instead of relying on kerosene, candles, dry cell batteries and other fossil fuel-based sources of power, they can now turn to … Read More
The May 2016 issue of African Business Magazine had a special focus on the “energy revolution” taking place in Africa. One of the articles highlighted the latest Lighting Global Market Trends report, which said that an estimated 35 million people in Africa had gained access to basic energy services since Lighting Africa’s first pilot in … Read More
Courtesy of International Innovation – a leading scientific dissemination service Since 2007, the World Bank Group’s Lighting Africa programme has enabled over 35 million people across the continent to access clean, safe and affordable lighting and energy. Communications Lead Jennifer Lynch describes how these renewable energy options are increasing savings and drastically improving living standards. … Read More
Off-Grid Energy Solutions Present A Three Billion-Dollar Market Opportunity For Investors, New Report Finds WASHINGTON, March 3, 2016— By 2020, the sales of off-grid solar products in emerging markets are expected to reach $3.1 billion, providing access to improved energy to 99 million households with no access to the grid, according to a new report … Read More
Cet article de l’EnQuête+ décrit le lancement de la campagne de sensibilisation du consommateur de Lighting Africa dans 8 régions du Sénégal. L’objectif de la campagne est de sensibiliser la population sur l’importance des lampes solaires ainsi que de mobiliser le secteur privé pour créer un marché durable. Lire l’article ici.
In light of the growing market demand, Lighting Global and the regional World Bank Group Lighting programs, Lighting Africa, Lighting Asia and Lighting Pacific, are now extending quality assurance testing and program support from pico-solar products to solar home system kits with power ranging up to 100 Watts. Since 2009, the programs have provided quality … Read More
