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Lighting Africa 2008, hundreds gather, sixteen rewarded!
Over five hundred participants took part in the Lighting Africa 2008 conference, during which sixteen organizations were selected as winners of the Development Marketplace competition.
About the Winners
About the Conference
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CNN Europe - African Business Week - presents a quick glimpse of the Lighting Africa 2008 conference and the Lighting Africa Program during a TV broadcast news capsule in which Cyril Kattah, Program Manager for Lighting Africa in Ghana, comments on the low percentage of electric grid connectivity in Kenya and Ghana.
Broadcasted on CNN Europe on 05/11/2008 02:16:12 PM
Learn about the latest developments on the Lighting Africa project, detailed in the latest edition of our newsletter, Lighting Africa Executive Update.
Media Kit
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Call for Expressions of Interest - Identifying Distribution Channels
Lighting Africa is currently looking for a consultant company to support work on identifying local distribution channels and providing business development training to small and medium enterprises (SME) in Africa. Companies interested in this assignment are invited to submit their expression of interest by May 9, 2008.
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Carbon Finance Training Workshop, March 26-27 2008
March 26-27 2007, The World Bank Group held the "Lighting Africa - Carbon Finance Training workshop: Exploring Carbon Market Opportunities," in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. This two-day training workshop addressed opportunities for energy efficiency improvements in the lighting sector and their synergies with the carbon market, available through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Workshop presentations are now available on the Lighting Africa website!
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Call for Expressions of Interest
Lighting Africa will select ten models of solar lanterns for testing, based on the specification PVGAP PVRS11A. The lanterns will be selected for testing based on their volume of sales and relative performance. Lanterns that pass the tests may be eligible to receive the PVGAP Quality Mark issued by IECEE.
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Development Marketplace Winners
16 winners were selected from among 52 competitors and their projects were judged using five criteria: innovation, measurability of outcomes, organizational and financial sustainability, growth potential, and realism. The winners will use the funds to implement their projects in several African countries, including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
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