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Competition Heats Up in Kenya’s Off-Grid, Mobile Pay-Go Solar Market

Published on March 22, 2017 March 21, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Home to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Kenya is a hive of activity and a magnet for sustainable development-minded off-grid solar and energy storage... Read more →

USAID Adds Momentum to Sub-Saharan Off-Grid Solar with $4 Million of New SOGE Grant Awards

Published on March 5, 2017 February 16, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Spun-off from Power Africa, a multilateral public-private partnership initiated by then President Barack Obama in 2013, USAID’s Scaling Off-Grid Energy (SOGE) Development Grand Challenge in short order... Read more →

D.light Raises Another $10.5MM as Kenya Launches $150MM Mobile Pay-Go Solar Plan

Published on February 3, 2017 January 16, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Mobile pay-go solar pioneer d.light announced it raised another $10.5 million of capital this morning (Jan. 16) to help fund its international expansion. D.light offers... Read more →