Rwanda: NURU Energy Wins Environmental Award

24 February 2010

Kigali — NURU Energy has been awarded the prestigious UNEP Sasakawa Prize 2009 for bringing kerosene free lights to rural communities in Rwanda.

"We are very proud to win this award and it will help us in our mission to replace the use of kerosene as a source of lighting," Julio de Souza, Chief Operating Officer of Nuru Energy in Rwanda said in a press statement yesterday.

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