Business development in Africa is Ben’s speciality
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 November 2013 11:19
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The Standard Bank IFA team manage the relationship between Standard Bank and independent financial advisers around the world, by providing products tailor made for the IFA market.
Ben will be reporting to John Hall, head of IFA distribution.
He said: ‘Ben’s appointment comes at an interesting time for us as we continue expanding our network of independent financial advisers in Africa.
‘Ben brings with him a wealth of experience in dealing with African IFAs and we feel sure he will continue the team’s work in this exciting and economically dynamic continent.’
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About Seven Million People Now Using Clean Solar Lights in Africa
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 November 2013 10:46
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lose to seven million people in Africa without electricity now have access to clean lighting as a result of the joint efforts of the Lighting Africa program, and its partners, to develop markets for quality, solar lights.
Results just in show program-supported manufacturers and distributors operating in Africa’s off-grid lighting market sold more than 600,000 lanterns in the six months to December 2012.
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Africa to Become World’s Largest Market for Solar Lanterns by 2015
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Lighting Africa's “Lighting Africa Market Trends Report 2012 – Overview of an the Off-Grid Lighting Market in Africa” indicates that market growth for clean, off-grid lighting has consistently beaten expectations, growing 300 percent in the past three years. Growth is also expected to continue, with current estimations for 2015's market size now double what experts had predicted in 2010.
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Econet Solar lighting up African homes in 2014
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Econet Wireless subsidiary Econet Solar International is aiming to deliver its Home Power Stations (HPS) to over 125,000 homes across Africa in 2014.
The device, designed to harness solar energy in order to provide affordable, clean and safe lighting to homes in off-grid communities, is already being successfully used by approximately 8,000 people in 2,000 homes across Zimbabwe.
The Home Power Station uses solar energy to power wireless LED light bulbs, charge GSM mobile phones and to provide the power necessary to use or charge a range of other accessories including mosquito repellents, TVs, fans and LED candles. First launched in Durban at COP17, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the HPS has now been fully tested and the latest generation comes with a range of new features including a battery twice the size of the original model.