Presenters at the conference includes:

Multinationals: SANYO, Philips, Schneider Electric, OSRAM, etc.

Financial institutions: Acumen, Global Nature Fund, Tujijenge Africa, C-Quest Capital, LLC, E+CO and IFC’s Cleaner Technologies Program

Off-grid lighting companies: Thrive, D-Light, Barefoot, Sun  Transfer, Sunlabob, Zara Solar, Wilkins Engineering

Research and academic institutions:
Humboldt State University, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy and The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI)

Government Agencies: Tanzania Rural Energy Agency, Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency, Senegalese Agency For Rural Electrification (ASER), etc

Trade association: China Solid State Lighting Alliance

Standards organizations: Kenya Bureau of Standards, Ghana Bureau of Standards (GBS)

Marketing powerhouse:
TNS/research International

International and multilateral organizations:
UNIDO, GTZ, Clinton Foundation, etc

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Landmark Conference Aims to Transform Low Cost Off-grid Lighting Sector

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In partnership with: 

  • AFREA - Africa Renewable Energy Access Grants Program 
  • ASTAE - Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program 
  • ESMAP - Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
  • GEF - Global Environment Facility
  • Good Energies Inc.
  • Luxembourg
  • Norway 
  • PPIAF - Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
  • REEEP - Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership