d. lightthe global provider of transformative home products and affordable financing for low-income households, has partnered with global telecommunications operator Orange to open up access to d.light’s range of low-cost solar products for customers in 11 African countries.
Details
d.light solar-powered products, including solar home systems, solar inverters, TVs, fans and portable solar lanterns, are available to Orange customers through Orange Smart Energies platform.
The collaboration is already up and running Ivory Coast, where Orange has thirty million customers, and also Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It will be extended to five other African countries where Orange operates – Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Central African Republic (CAR).
d.light products are available in Orange stores as well as partner retailers and sales representatives. Customers can pay using it Orange Money service, allowing them to shop via Pay As You Go (PAYG).
What they say
Commenting on the partnership, d.light CEO Nick Imoudiahe said, “Mobile operators are natural partners for off-grid solar providers like d.light as they have the scale and resources to reach rural communities in remote locations that are not connected to the energy grid. In addition, mobile money services based on carrier fees, such as Orange Money, give low-income households the flexibility to make payments for solar products as and when they can afford it. People can access affordable renewable solar energy solutions through simple pre-payment via mobile phone.”
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Imudia continued, “According to the International Energy Agency, in 2022 600 million people in Africa were without access to electricity. The effects of the global pandemic and the international energy crisis have combined to slow down and hinder the progress that had been made in recent years to improve access to electricity across the continent. Much work remains to be done to expand the availability of reliable, affordable electricity to low-income households and off-grid communities in Africa, so that many more people can benefit from the improved living standards, opportunities and economic growth it enables.”
Imudia concluded:d.light’s partnership with Orange in Sub-Saharan Africa allows us to put our two areas of expertise – high quality solar products and affordable personal finance – to work for a wider impact in the region. It also furthers d.light’s goal to transform the lives of more than one billion people worldwide by 2030 with access to clean, safe solar energy.”
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