November 2008
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Press
Lebone in the NYT
The New York Times published a great article on Lebônê in Tuesday’s Giving Section. Overall, we’re really pleased with how it turned out.
Also in the Giving Section: an article about NetHelp, a very cool solar-powered internet-hookup for aid workers in disaster areas. Why limit this to aidworkers, though? Why not connect it to OLPCs [...] -
Energy
Lebone Blog!
11.10.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsWe’re starting a Lebônê blog to keep you updated on our progress in bringing low cost, environmentally friendly, locally sustainable lighting to Africa. We’ll also be posting about broader development issues and technologies that interest us.
To get started: is it possible to power America entirely by renewable energy by 2020? Al Gore thinks so.
So what [...]
who we are
Lebone Solutions, Inc. is a social enterprise working in off-grid energy delivery and lighting technology. The mission of Lebone is to end the energy and lighting crisis in Africa by identifying and harnessing emerging technologies, developing and adapting them for the African market, and delivering them to rural villages in an innovative and accessible manner.Links
- All Africa News
- Ashoka Africa
- Bhlasen
- Bill Gates and Adam Smith
- Cheap LEDs and Africa
- Earth2Tech
- Engineers without Borders
- First OLED
- Harvard Energy Journal Club
- Harvard News: Global Health
- Harvard’s Environment Center
- IDE
- IFC Press Release
- Le Laboratoire
- Lighting Africa
- Living Power Systems
- Mobiles and poverty
- Nextbillion
- NYT on off-grid mobile phones
- PopTech Social Innovation Fellows
- Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards
- Practical Action
- Social Entrepreneurs
- TED
- The Crimson
- The Economist
- We can solve it
- WhiteAfrican
- WorldBank Conference
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