Off-grid lighting solutions in Africa

Playing a football match in the evening in Kenya

Extended play with the first solar-powered football floodlighting system

Philips is to enable people with little or no access to electricity to enjoy playing or watching sport long into the night with the world’s first dedicated solar-powered LED floodlighting solution.
Mr. Amadu is introducing the ALFA project

Videoseries about the ALFA project

View a monthly updated videoseries about the progress that has been made during the ALFA project in North-Ghana.

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The reading light in use

Solar powered homework light

Philips has announced the development of a new solar powered reading light, which allows people to read books and write in the dark.

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View the video about the SESA project
Mission

Philips is committed to developing sustainable and affordable lighting solutions for Africa and bringing these to market.

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Woman reading with solar lantern
The sun as the main source of lighting

Approximately 2 billion people world wide have no access to electricity. For them nighttime means either darkness or the flickering light of a kerosine lamp. Philips is now working on solutions to change their lives.

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See also:

+ Philips at UNEP in Kenya
+ The benefits of solar lighting
+ Photos of solar lantern in use