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Small Power Producers "light up" Tanzanian Villages
A new World Bank/ESMAP funded program is promoting and assisting private entrepreneurs to invest in small power plants to light-up rural areas in Tanzania.
November 30 2010
65 Million in Africa Could Access Solar Lighting by 2015, a New Report Says
The increase in the use of solar portable lights would make Africa the world’s largest market for this kind of lighting says a new report.
November 23 2010
ESMAP Joins UN’s Global Alliance for Clean Cook stoves
ESMAP joins the new UN Global Alliance for Clean Cook stoves initiative to improve the lives of the 3 billion people who still rely on inefficient biomass stoves.
October 4 2010
An ESMAP Funded Program Helps Rwandese Break Out of Poverty Says Irish Times
The Irish Times writes about a beneficiary of ESMAP’s Lighting Africa Initiative who is helping many Rwandese have access to electricity.
August 3 2010
Gender and Energy Capacity Building Workshop for South Asia Dhaka, Bangladesh
In partnership with Governments of South Asia, the World Bank and ESMAP held a capacity building workshop to assist governments achieve gender equality in the energy sector.
July 2 2010
Lighting Africa: Winners picked as best off-grid lighting products in Sub-Saharan Africa
ESMAP and the World Bank Group’s Lighting Africa Program selected five innovative products as the best able to deliver safe, reliable and cost-effective lighting...
May 21 2010