* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Nairobi, 20 February 2013 - Replacing the millions of kerosene lamps, candles and flashlights used ...

Off-grid lighting innovator Deciwatt is back with a new manually powered light to illuminate unwired spaces, ranging from remote villages, to campsites, to backyards. The NowLight drops the weight of ...

Many households in impoverished regions around the world are starting to shift away from inefficient and polluting fuel-based lighting--such as candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns--to solar-LED ...

The global off-grid solar appliance market began an uneven recovery from the worst ravages of the global pandemic in the second half of last year, according to market body GOGLA, but more finance and ...

There has been a boom in the sale of small-scale off-grid solar products across the Global South over the past decade. A substantial portion of this boom has been driven by international investment in ...

West Africa hogged more than twice as much investment as the east in a year which saw stock market backing plunge an ‘alarming’ 46%, leaving donor grant funding and debt to pick up the slack during a ...

Debt financing for off-grid projects reached US$326 million in 2021, outpacing all types of financing in 2020 according to data from GOGLA. Image: B2Gold. Investment in the off-grid solar sector hit a ...

Africa strengthened its position as the world’s largest off-grid solar market in 2025, accounting for more than 90% of global sales as households and businesses increasingly turned to solar energy ...