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Published Feb 07, 2024
Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur
Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while several billion have either no power or only intermittent access from unstable, unreliable electricity grids. For these individuals, light and power comes from sources that are expensive, harmful, hazardous and polluting such as kerosene lamps and diesel generators. Founded in…
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Published Jul 24, 2016
Reducing Energy Poverty
One day, a friend of Bala Suleman, who lived near Kano, Nigeria, was raving to… -
Published Jul 19, 2016
Spotlight on Employee Nixon Timbit
At d.light, we often talk about the impact we have on our customers’ lives. But… -
Published Jul 12, 2016
How We Move Off-Grid Families Up the Energy…
Early each morning, Agnes Wanjiru travels to a market of Siakago town in Embu County, Kenya, to… -
Published Jul 05, 2016
How to Build a Strong Team Culture
This article was originally posted on the Unreasonable Blog In 2008, when my business partner and I… -
Published Jun 28, 2016
d.light India Customer Satisfaction Study
For families with no or limited access to electricity, switching from kerosene lanterns to solar-powered… -
Published Jun 21, 2016
From Stanford d.school to the Developing World
Since the founding of d.light, the company’s product designers, salespeople, and executives have spent hundreds… -
Published Jun 14, 2016
Our Founding Story
In 2004, Sam Goldman was a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin, West Africa, when tragedy…