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SOLUX was invited by the World Bank to participate in the International Lighting Africa Conference and Trade Fair May 18-20, 2010. As one of the winners of the last competition, SOLUX was represented by Franz Kies, who presented our Ghanaian project ‘One Child One Solar Light‘.

Once more SOLUX was officially named as one of the few providers of top solar lights with regards to quality and performance! As a result of our work, SOLUX was invited to cooperate at the highest level as ‘Tier Three Associate’ with the World Bank/IFC (International Finance Corporation).

The SOLUX booth was one of the most frequented places in the Bougainvillea Exhibition Hall. Enjoy some pictures here.

Lighting Africa, a joint World Bank and IFC program, seeks to accelerate the development of markets for modern off-grid lighting products in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 10 to 30 percent of household incomes are spent on hazardous and low quality fuel-based lighting products.

More than 600 participants and 50 exhibitors attended the second Lighting Africa conference and trade fair, which was introducing a new generation of affordable and better quality off-grid lighting products targeting low-income consumers. Quality products will allow them to realize significant cost savings, gains in productivity to raise their living standards and be less exposed to health risks by moving from kerosene to modern off-grid lighting.

Franz Kies

The Ecumenical Kirchentag (May 12-16) in Munich was a big success for SOLUX and a lot of fun.

During their walk through Munich city center at the opening night, German President Horst Köhler, Minister President of Bavaria Horst Seehofer and Munich’s Mayor Christian Ude were attracted by a stand which was gleaming in bright light of two SOLUX LED 50!

The SOLUX booth at the Munich Traidfair Center was busy all the time. Our solar lights and also the new solar radio attracted a lot of customers - there was no age limit! Also our solar workshop, where we showed how the LED-100 is being assembled, attracted a lot of attention.

We had a lot of promising conversations with existing and potentially new customers and we are looking forward to interesting new projects worldwide.For the team of SOLUX volunteers it was a lot of fun to be in direct contact with the visitors and receive all this positive feedback.

Here are a few more pictures. Enjoy!

-bk

In May, SOLUX will participate in several large public events in Nairobi/Kenya and Munich/Germany. Hope to see you there!

The Lighting Africa 2010 - Business Conference and Trade Fair will be held May 18-20, 2010, at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the second global Lighting Africa Conference; the first, held in Accra, Ghana, in May 2008 brought together over 400 participants. Lighting Africa 2010 expects to draw an even greater attendance, attracting individuals from across the African continent and around the world. In 2008 Solux e.V. won an award in a “Lighting Africa” competition of the World Bank to provide alternative lighting to Africa. Franz Kies of Solux e.V. was invited as a speaker to this years’ conference to talk about Solux’ experience with their solar light projects in Ghana and elsewhere. Solux will also show their solar lamps at a booth in the exhibition area of the conference.

Munich: Ecumenical Kirchentag May 12 - 16. In more than 3,000 events thousands of visitors will discuss questions of todays christian life, with a large focus on OneWorld topics. SOLUX will host a booth in the exhibition area B4 B26.

Munich: Streetlife Festival, May 29/30, Munich Leopoldstrasse. A 2-day party on one of Munich’s nicest boulevards. Music, food, events and information. SOLUX will have a stand there and is looking forward to meeting a lot of old and new friends. -bk

The SOLUX info-event in the EineWeltHaus Munich was very well received by the audience. People were very interested in the presentation of the SOLUX philosophy and products, as well as in exciting reports of projects in Papua Neuguinea and West Africa. We had a lot of good conversations with potential customers and volunteers. Many thanks to all participants and contributors!

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If you are in the Munich area and speak German, please come! We’ll present SOLUX solar lights and share how they are used around the world. You’ll hear about projects in Papua New Guinea and Ghana. Hope to see you there!

http://www.solux.org/DOCS/SOLUX_EWH_19_3_10_Info.pdf