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World Bank Spurs Kenya Off-Grid Solar Expansion with $150MM IDA Credit

Published on May 14, 2022 July 31, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The World Bank recently added substantial impetus to the wave of off-grid solar energy projects sweeping across Sub-Saharan Africa. The world’s preeminent multilateral development bank... Read more →

Jaguar Land Rover Joins Growing Ranks of Multinationals Bringing Sustainable Energy to Off-Grid Africans

Published on May 14, 2022 June 7, 2017 by Andrew Burger

An increasingly diverse range of the world’s largest multinational corporations are joining socially and environmentally-minded off-grid solar start-ups and wireless-mobile telecoms operators and bringing safe,... Read more →

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 →

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 →

Solar Kiosk Turns a Sleepy Kenyan Village Into An Urban Center

Published on March 28, 2016 March 28, 2016 by Benson Rioba

After decades of failed initiatives to extend electricity access, over 600 million people in Africa still do not have access …