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\"\"<\/a>The World Bank says that countries in sub-Sahara Africa spend an estimated $10.5 billion on kerosene and candles every year.<\/p>\n

These are low-quality and fuel-based lighting, the Bank said.<\/p>\n

According to the World Bank, the expenditure is so because 70% of people living in Africa are not connected to a power grid. This information was published on the Bank\u2019s website early this June 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeventy percent of Africans are not connected to a power grid\u2026 Because of this, sub-Saharan Africa spends an estimated $10.5 billion annually on low-quality, fuel-based lighting such as kerosene and candles\u201d, it indicated.<\/p>\n

To solve this problem, the World Bank in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation has set up the Lighting Africa Programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lighting Africa programme supports the development and distribution of safe, clean, affordable off-grid lighting to Africans not yet connected to a grid\u201d, the Bank said.<\/p>\n

Mainly working with the private sector to provide clean, affordable, and quality lighting to people without access to electricity, the program\u2019s immediate target is to have 500,000 high-quality lanterns distributed by 2012, said the World Bank adding \u201cLonger term, it aims to support businesses to reach 250 million people by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a senior energy specialist at the World Bank\u2019s Africa Energy unit, who is also the programme manager for Lighting Africa, Dana Rysankova, each light-emitting diodes (LED) light will save some kerosene consumption as well as save money which they can use to \u201cbuy more lights or spend on other household necessities, creating a virtuous cycle of monetary savings and improved energy service.\u201d<\/p>\n

By Ekow Quandzie<\/p>\n

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