Is the new continent of Chinese LED companies opening up the African LED lighting market?

A few days ago, a news from Zimbabwe, Africa began to adopt LED street lights has attracted industry attention. This move will not only enable African cities to save energy and reduce the cost of lighting operations, but will also be a new milestone in the lighting industry in Africa.

China-Africa trade volume grows rapidly Africa's LED lighting demand rises year by year

It is understood that as far back as 1950 to the present, the average annual growth of China-Africa trade volume is 43.5%. As of 2011, China-Africa trade volume has reached 160 billion US dollars, China has become Africa's largest trading partner. As a result, the economic modernization of emerging African countries has attracted more and more attention, especially in the context of the global economic recession, the African economy still maintains a high speed of retrograde growth. Africa has 15% of the world ’s population. As the global market with the most development potential for basic lighting and municipal lighting, in recent years, Africa has been committed to developing sustainable lighting solutions to effectively solve the power consumption. LED lighting demand has been driven by the global low-carbon trend year by year. rise.

Looking at its lighting industry, in Africa, not long ago the power of solar panels required to drive light bulbs should be 20-30 watts, because people can only afford incandescent lamps, but LED lamps are more efficient, and people only need a few watts of power. Solar panels can meet the lighting needs. With the continuous decline in the prices of LED lights, batteries and solar panels, coupled with the innovation of business plans, millions of households in Africa and other regions are likely to be able to abandon kerosene lamps and incandescent lamps and switch to using technology. Advanced lighting fixtures.

Global LED well-known companies have invested heavily in the African lighting market

According to incomplete statistics, since the end of last year, there have been reports of positive development of the African LED industry. At the end of 2011, South Africa became the first African country to eliminate incandescent lamps. It is also reported that the introduction of LED lighting technology saves about 41 million gold (approximately 4 million euros) in energy annually for South African companies and reduces 60,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions; at the same time, at the World Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa, Philips company officials It calls for the globalization of LED lighting as soon as possible. Philips Africa CEO JJ van Dongen said that LED lighting has greatly benefited African countries, and LED lighting technology also provides the possibility for the rapid development of other high-tech (such as mobile phone development technology).

There is also public information showing that at the end of 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission, with the support of the Ministry of Finance, formally launched a special work on international cooperation to combat climate change. Through the establishment of special work funds, energy-saving low-carbon products such as LED lights will be presented to African countries and other developing countries within three years; this year, Zimbabwe in Africa has also begun to adopt LED street lights. This move will be a new milestone for African cities Save energy and reduce the cost of lighting operation.

It is worth mentioning that Philips plans to invest 1.2 million euros to build 100 solar-powered LED lighting centers in rural communities in Africa, each of which has the size of a small football field to solve the problem of no electric lighting in rural Africa. In addition, Osram, GE, Spike Optoelectronics and other global LED lighting well-known companies in the African market layout.