The World Bank Group invites the media to its first global business conference and competition for off-grid lighting in Africa. The conference, Lighting Africa 2008, will take place at the La-Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana, from May 5 to 8, 2008.
Lighting Africa is a joint IFC and World Bank initiative that seeks to provide modern lighting by the year 2030 to the 250 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa who lack access to electricity.
More than 400 lighting industry companies and entrepreneurs from 52 countries worldwide have registered to attend. Speakers will include representatives from Osram, Philips, and Coca-Cola.
Journalists who attend will be able to interview lighting industry representatives, including top innovators in the sustainable energy and off-grid lighting fields; World Bank Group officials; representatives from donor countries; and the winners of the 2008 Development Marketplace lighting competition.
For more information and registration, visit www.lightingafrica.org.
Registration deadline for the media is May 5.
Contacts:
Katia Theriault
Lighting Africa initiative
Phone: +1 202 458 9704
E-mail: ktheriault@ifc.org | Lucie Giraud
IFC Communications Officer
Phone: +1 202 458 4662
E-mail: lgiraud@ifc.org |
Published April 15, 2008
