Turning on the Lights: Transcending Energy Poverty Through the Power of Women Entrepreneurs

In 2016, a research team from Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship undertook survey research with Solar Sister to examine the effects of solar lantern use on users’ health, education, time allocation, household savings, income generation and increased agency. The team conducted a 53-question survey in more than 20 villages across five regions in Tanzania, with research assistants providing English-Swahili translation. The results of the study are presented in this report.