Kenya: Total Set to Grow Solar Energy Market

28 February 2012

Nairobi — Oil marketer Total Kenya has partnered with the German Development Corporation (GIZ) to grow its solar lighting product business in the country and improve access to solar energy for the low income population.

With a goal of increasing its market share to 15 percent of the solar market across Africa in the next 10 years, Total Kenya Managing Director Alexis Vovk said, the marketer has sold approximately 20,000 solar lamps since July 2010 in Kenya.

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