This report is one in a series of insights on how to reach ‘unserved populations’ by targeting barriers to both ability to pay and willingness to pay, discussing challenges across affordability, access and awareness. … read more
Joyce Onyino runs a six-room private health clinic in western Kenya’s Vihiga county, mainly providing medical services to women and children. Her clinic is connected to the grid, but power outages occur frequently. She’s had … read more
Up until now, relief operations have had to rely on fossil fuel energy, renowned for being dirty, expensive, noisy, difficult to transport and dangerous for health and safety. Schneider Electric’s Villaya Emergency is a containerised mobile … read more
SENDEA is a program of the Stiftung Solarenergie (Germany): a network of like-minded local solar companies in developing countries. The programme serves to strengthen local solar crafts in order to improve the supply of solar … read more
Mayuge is the base of Pearl Entrepreneurs Academy (PEA), a community-based organization founded and led by Elvis Kadhama. Elvis is a 25 years-old, environmentally conscious and Mayuge-born college-graduate entrepreneur with a vision derived from his … read more
In Goethe’s Faust, Gretchen asks the main character Faust the question of religion in order to test his character. The corresponding “Gretchen question” to the off-grid industry today is: shall we serve investors or the poor? … read more
UNF Clean Energy for Health Care Conference
April 24-25, Nairobi
Copyright: SDS International GmbH / Stiftung Solarenergie
