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After an announcement that Kiambu County Government has been paying Sh1.7 billion a year for electricity costs related to street lights, the government intends to switch to solar lighting systems. According to Governor Kimani Wamatangi, the county's monthly electricity expense for street lighti . . .

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB) has granted $30 million to d.light, which offers eco-friendly goods and the funding to low-income households worldwide. With this funding, d.light will be better able to expand Tanzania's availability of renewable energy by purc . . .

BEKA Schreder is proud to have been involved in a heart-warming project where LED luminaires were donated to Matolweni Early Childhood Development Centre in Drayini Village, outside of Idutywa, Eastern Cape.The original Matolweni Early Childhood Development Centre was a mud hut crèche. High crime r . . .

Sun King, one of Africa's and Asia's top solar enterprises, has raised $260 million in series D funding to expand access to off-grid energy technology throughout the two continents.Sun King (previously Greenlight Planet) intends to invest $100 million in expanding its pay-as-you-go offerings and int . . .

According to Future Market Insights' "LED & OLED Displays and Lighting Products Market: Africa Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2016-2026," the Africa LED & OLED displays and lighting products market was valued at US$ 684.9 Mn in 2015 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.8% from 2016 . . .