Currently, there are 1.6 billion people in the world without access to on-demand electricity; 800 million of them have mobile phones and many light their homes with hazardous, inefficient kerosene lanterns. Repetual provides an affordable, safe, and renewable solar-powered solution that allows citizens in developing nations to achieve a basic quality of life most of us take for granted.

Just as the spread of mobile phones in poor countries has transformed lives and boosted economic activity, solar lighting is poised to improve incomes, educational attainment and health across the developing world.”

—The Economist, September 2012