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One Afternoon Under a Thatched Roof – a Tale from Rural Malawi

This blog, written by Susanna Simango, Founder and Co-CEO of Village Solar, was originally published on the kanthari blog and ...

How Darkness Holds Back Malawi’s Children

In rural Malawi, the setting sun marks the end of the day not just for work but for learning too ...
Malawian Farmer

Can entreprenuership make an impact on poverty?

Thoughts on the power of social entrepreneurship from Village Solar's Founder, Sungeni Segula. I have always believed that real change ...

Women + Energy = Development

In many rural communities in Malawi, women are at the center of daily life. They wake up before sunrise to ...

Fighting Climate Change, One Solar Panel at a Time

When you think of climate change, it is easy to picture melting glaciers, rising sea levels, or giant factories pumping ...