LIB SolarDistributing Solar podcast interviewThe Distributing Solar podcast recently interviewed our CEO Nicholai Lidow. The discussion focused on the challenges of energy access and…May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
LIB SolarExperience with Ebola helps us operate during Covid-19USAID Power Africa featured our work today in their blog, which describes how LIB Solar adopted “Ebola procedures” weeks before the first…May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
LIB SolarOur Covid-19 Response in the NewsLiberia’s leading newspaper, Front Page Africa, featured our distribution of sanitizers, soap, and handwashing stations to our customers…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
LIB SolarAnticipating downside risk is key to success in frontier marketsStartups and investors typically focus on opportunities: Go after big markets, move fast and break things, disrupt the incumbents, etc…Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
LIB SolarSolar refrigerators boost profits for women entrepreneurs: initial findings from our pilotIn October 2019 we installed 24 business systems for women entrepreneurs. The systems consist of solar panels, a large battery, 5 lights…Dec 13, 20191Dec 13, 20191
LIB SolarDid Impact Investing F%&k Up the PAYG Solar Sector? Yes, but it also holds the solution.A key finding of Acumen’s recently published report on the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar sector is this: “Lack of debt and a resulting…Nov 1, 2019Nov 1, 2019
LIB SolarFinancing productive assets for low-income customersThis month marked a milestone for LIB Solar as we financed and installed our first solar-powered business systems, featuring a commercial…Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019
LIB SolarWomen entrepreneurs are the best investment in rural AfricaIn most African countries, nearly every sector of the rural economy is under-capitalized. Farmers could benefit from mechanized tools…Feb 12, 2019Feb 12, 2019
LIB SolarPAYG solar won’t reach rural customers through agent networksPay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar companies reach tremendous scale by rapidly growing a network of sales agents. Rather than hiring and training…Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2019
LIB SolarWhy we designed our own software based on chat bots to run LIB SolarA welcome development in the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar sector is the availability of ready-made software and hardware solutions. A…Oct 29, 2018Oct 29, 2018
