| | | | | | In East Africa, CLASP works with local and international partners on programs that meet growing demand for energy services in on-, off-, and weak-grid communities.
| | | | Cooling: Trends from 9 Key African Markets
In 2017, 2.8 million ACs were sold in Africa, on the heels of two years of 6-8% market growth. As demand for ACs grows, policymakers are looking to energy efficiency policies as a key component of sustainable cooling efforts.
CLASP’s Africa Air Conditioner Market Scoping Study provides an initial overview of AC market sizes and characteristics, a crucial step in filling the information gap faced by policymakers, while also drawing attention to the larger market characteristics and policy gaps that future market assessments could address. In September, we're hosting a webinar on the study. Register here.
This is just one component of our work to increase the update of affordable, low-impact, high quality appliances and cut catastrophic climate impacts of ACs. | | | | Quality-Verified Products Perform Better
A recent Lighting Global analysis demonstrates that a rigorous quality assurance framework – including product testing and quality standards – remains essential to the health of the off-grid market.
The Lighting Global Quality Assurance program tested 17 top-selling, non-quality verified solar products from retail stores in Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Tanzania. All 17 tested products failed to meet LGQA standards for pico-PV products.
Results indicate that non-quality verified products break more often, more quickly, and for a variety of reasons, undermining consumer confidence and market health. Learn more. | | | | | | 10 Companies Receive Cold Chain Technology Innovation Award - The Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge and UK Aid announced 10 finalists of the international competition to identify the most energy-efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective cold storage technologies for agricultural produce and dairy products. Learn about OGCCC finalists. | | | | Cooling Workshop in Nairobi - CLASP recently hosted the Kenya Room Air Conditioner and Refrigerator Energy Efficiency Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop brought together stakeholders from the Kenyan government agencies, industry, and academia to discuss preliminary results of the ongoing room air conditioners and residential refrigerators market assessment and participate in trainings. More. | | | | New Off-grid TV Owner in Rural Kenya Seeks Information, Safety - During the 2007 riots that followed Kenya's presidential election, Dorine Adhiambo had no access to news and never knew if it was safe to go to work. This motivated her and her husband to save for a Mobisol Solar TV System. A recent Global LEAP survey shows that TVs are the second most desired appliance for off-and weak-grid consumers. Learn more about how off-grid systems benefit Dorine and her family. | | | | We’re Hiring in Nairobi - Communications Associate, Kenya– CLASP is seeking a creative and poised professional to support communications efforts at CLASP’s Nairobi office. Apply for or share this position. | | | | | | | |
