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A Beneficiary of World Bank/IFC/ESMAP’s Lighting Africa Initiative Wins UN Prize
February 25 2010
 Extracted from the Jakarta Post, February 24, 2010

 

Sameer Hajee’s entrepreneurial dream came to reality with  seed-funding from the World Bank - IFC's Lighting Africa Initiative.  He introduced rechargeable lamps to villages in Rwanda, Kenya and India through an innovation that uses  portable, inexpensive rechargeable LED lights.  The lights can be either recharged by a solar panel or AC charger or  a  pedal propelled generator.  He said gentle pedaling  can fully recharge five  lights in 20 minutes, each light lasting up to 37 hours.

 

"We aim for two things, to bring access to light and remove kerosene," Hajee said. The lighting project, which has already converted thousands of households to rechargeable lights, aims to prevent the emission of around 40,000 tons of CO2 from kerosene lighting in 2010.

 

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