Lighting up Africa
African Business, Nov, 2007
The World Bank Group recently launched an initiative to provide modern lighting to the 250m people in sub-Saharan Africa who have no access to grid electricity. Jointly managed by the World Bank and IFC, Lighting Africa aims to develop market conditions for the supply and distribution of new lighting products, such as fluorescent lightbulbs and light emitting diodes, for rural and urban areas that are not connected to the electricity grid.
The Lighting Africa initiative includes a grant competition managed by The Development Marketplace team of the World Bank Group entitled 'Innovations in Off-Grid Lighting Products and Services for Africa'.
The competition will reward project ideas that address the various off-grid lighting needs of sub-Saharan Africa.
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