D.light, Inc.

d.light, Inc. (also known as d.light design, Inc.) is a multinational social enterprise that provides solar-powered solutions for households without reliable access to electricity. Their stated mission is to provide “distributed solar energy solutions for households and small businesses that transform the way people all over the world use and pay for energy.” d.light’s solar products include single-function lanterns, multi-function lamps and mobile phone chargers, and small home systems.
The company has offices in San Francisco, USA; Nairobi, Kenya; New Delhi, India; and Shenzhen, China.
Though d.light has a social mission, it is a for-profit corporation with private investors. Their target customer base is the 1.2 billion people worldwide without access to grid electricity, who are part of the bottom of the pyramid, or the poorest households in the world. d.light has impacted over 60 million lives so far, with a goal to 100 million by 2020. The company has sold 250,000 complete solar home systems, as well as 2 million portable off-grid solar units into Kenya.
There are approximately 100 companies working in the off-grid solar industry today, including M-KOPA, Nuru Energy, Off-Grid Electric, BBOXX, and Greenlight Planet.

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