The system has a sustainable output sufficient to power multiple appliances, accessories, charge several mobile phones, as well as power 5 bright lights. If you’d like to get featured on our Entrepreneur Spotlight, click here to share your startup story with us.The Dlight X850+ Solar TV system is the company’s most popular product in the Kenyan market, with boosted capabilities as compared to its predecessor, the Dlight X850. Dignitaries at the official country launch included the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo CEO, who gave his virtual goodwill message and Florian Seche, CEO of HMD, Global strategic partners to d.light. The highlight of the event was the official launch of the iMax 10 Solar Power System an inverter battery system that can give Nigerians the freedom to live their best lives. They look for signing-up, proving they have the ability to be able to pay every week – they have a different system: every week, every month, every day – are different options that are available and as you increase your credibility ratio in terms of your performance, you then have opportunity to get into more.” They don’t have to look for the capital to buy. How is it affordable? It is pay-as-you-go. Thirdly, make sure it’s affordable for them. Two, how do you deliver it? Deliver it to them at the most reasonable price. What we’ve done is to think of the entire problem chain. So, when you think about all the ESG matters, you will encourage more people to use alternate sources of energy rather than polluting sources of energy and that helps everywhere whether you are in the city or in the village. ![]() Why? Because of environmental sustainability. The guy who lives in Lagos, but doesn’t have a generator shouldn’t even use a generator if he can have a solar solution. There is the sun in the village and the cities, so when we just say a rural market, it is not. He added, “Our target is lower-income individuals. The co-founder and CEO, Ned Tozun in his own address stated that d.light has provided employment for over 6,000 people across Africa. A demonstration of the capacity of the solar panels to the guests… ![]() Access to sustainable energy will not be possible unless we solve the funding problem. Hence our target market is low-income individuals not just the rural communities which is why the company adopts the ‘pay-as-you-go” model. ![]() Giving the opening address at the launch, co-founder and president Sam Goldman said “The reality is that we are still so far from where we need to be in terms of our population and their needs. “Our vision is to change the lives of billions of people on the face of the earth who are crying for equity to have a chance to live a better life.” We are in Nigeria to transform Africa one community at a time, and this is our driving force she said. Speaking about d.light’s passion to transform and impact billions of lives across the globe, the chairman of the board, Mrs Ibukun Awosika explained that the goal of the company is to bridge the gap and ensure inclusiveness for everyone. ![]() Founded in 2007 by Ned Tozun a Canadian & Sam Goldman an American who met at Stanford Business School, d.light has operated in several markets globally like India, China and Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia in Africa before expanding to the Nigerian market with over 25 million sustainable products including solar lanterns, solar home systems, TVs, radios and smartphones sold globally across over 70 countries. D.light launches in Nigeria with solar energy and device financing Solutionsĭ.light, a global leader in social transformation has officially launched into the Nigerian market with a promise to transform one billion lives globally by 2030.
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