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The Mombasa County government and Kenya Power have finished lighting up the town at a cost of Sh1.2 billion in an effort to woo investors and revitalise tourism industry through the Mwangaza Mtaani project.   Started in September last year, the street lighting programme, involved upgrading of . . .

Lighting Africa – Ethiopia, a World Bank Group program aimed at accelerating the development of the market for off-grid solar lighting products in Ethiopia, today launched a Consumer Education Campaign in Ethiopia highlighting the benefits provided by modern, quality off-grid lighting, and ass . . .

 A new research study published by the IFC-World Bank Lighting Global program finds that replacing all kerosene lamps in use with solar lights would reduce the equivalent of 5 percent annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, or 12 percent of India’s annual emissions. The stu . . .