Bluetti Lights up the First Home in Africa Under Project LAAF (Lighting An African Family)

Posted on :Thursday , 2nd December 2021

Considering Africa’s potential of generating enormous solar power, the current situation in the continent is gruesome and actually quite opposite considering the energy generation. Over640 a million people in Africa do not have access to energy, while only 40% of people have electricity connections. However, the per capita consumption is significantly lower at 180 kWh, while it is at 1400. . .

Africa's LED and OLED Displays and Lighting Products Market Prospects, Regional Scenario, and Current Opportunity Analysis 2021-2027

Posted on :Wednesday , 3rd November 2021

The African LED and OLED displays and lighting products market is anticipated to be worth US$ 1088.9 million. During the projected period, the growing prevalence of smartphones in emerging economies, owing to rapid development of telecommunications infrastructure, is expected to boost growth of the Africa LED & OLED displays and lighting products market.

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Kenya Power and Lighting: The African Development Bank's SEFA funding will finance the country's first Super ESCO.

Posted on :Thursday , 30th September 2021

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has announced a one-million-dollar grant to help Kenya's government establish a Super Energy Service Company (ESCO).

The Super ESCO, to be run by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company, will develop and implement energy efficiency projects for both the public and private sectors.

Super ESCOs are vehicles for channelling funding into publ. . .

Africa Needs a Clean and Just Energy Plan

Posted on :Monday , 6th September 2021

Friends of the Earth Africa has launched 'A Just Recovery Renewable Energy Plan for Africa' which offers a practical and much-needed opportunity to change the trajectory of energy development, distribution, and access on the African continent. The report stresses the urgency to democratize energy systems, reduce the power of transnational corporations and enable peoples and communities to acces. . .

Solar Lamps in Kenya are being Highlighted

Posted on :Thursday , 12th August 2021

To persuade consumers to switch to clean energy, more than only high-efficiency, low-cost goods are required.

Illumination Africa, a joint IFC and World Bank initiative, has launched an education campaign aimed at companies and nine million people in rural Kenya to encourage them to switch from fuel-based to solar lighting.
 

Around 80% of Kenya's population is off-grid, or. . .