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Philips is the global leader in lighting. Its products can be found in residential homes and in the commercial sector.

Daily, more than 44.000 employees worldwide keep Philips’ lighting solutions up to standards through innovations & projects in business, products and sustainability.

Lighting Africa conference, Accra, Ghana

The Lighting Africa conference held in Accra, Ghana on May 6 and 7 2008, focused on finding solutions for the electricity problem in rural Africa. Part of this event was the Development Marketplace Grant Competition where contestants could file innovative ideas to solve the energy problems in Africa. Three of the twenty winners of the competition explain about their lighting-projects in the above video.

This video is made possible by Philips Lighting.

Contact details Philips Lighting

Philips Lighting Components

P.O. Box 80020
5600 JM Eindhoven
The Netherlands

tel. +31 40 27 56 035
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What is Lighting Africa?

Lighting Africa is a World Bank Group initiative aimed at providing up to 250 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa with access to non-fossil fuel based, low cost, safe, and reliable lighting products with associated basic energy services by the year 2030.

See: http://lightingafrica.org

Also read: Finalists DMGC present ways to lighten Africa