"Receiving the Lytefire Solar oven has improved our lives. We are glad to testify the beauty in using solar energy because it’s cheap, user friendly and we no longer spend money on electricity or charcoal."

"Throughout the process, Lytefire proved itself as an innovative, resourceful, and thoughtful partner in Uganda. They offer an impressive product, and back it with in-depth knowledge and supportive staff. The Lytefire units have a triple impact of fighting climate change, enhancing food security, and supporting rural entrepreneurship. This technology has great potential to help the world. I am pleased to recommend Lytefire."

"Such a great example of sustainable innovation supporting local entrepreneurship, livelihoods, and school meals. Thank you for the inspiring initiative and for the important collaboration, Lytefire!"

"Joining the Lytefire project was a special moment and the best decision we have ever made because in most countries in Africa, especially in Uganda, we are educated to look for jobs as job seekers not as job creators but this bakery group with the Lytefire solar oven and training has given us an opportunity to create jobs."

"By harnessing solar energy, bakeries using the Lytefire solar oven eliminate the costs of electricity and coal. This enables them to produce goods more cost-effectively and gradually increase sales volumes, despite the limited purchasing power in rural areas. As a result, poverty can be tackled more effectively."

"Plan International Uganda has been very satisfied with Lytefire’s pedagogy, methodology, organization skills and the solar concentrator Lytefire (solar oven) is very well adapted to Uganda’s context for small entrepreneurs. The Lytefire is empowering people and is a good solution for climate change mitigation among vulnerable populations."

"The second prize awarded to the solar bakery recognizes a project requiring very little capital, using updated techniques for baking bread through concentrated solar power. It meets the requirements of sustainability and accessibility, is highly replicable across all regions, and is a reliable way to stabilize and retain local populations, as the bakery serves as a hub of social activity."

"I chose the DIY Lytefire because it’s an incredibly accessible tool for those who want to live differently. I had no welding experience before building my Lytefire. I would also add that the design is incredibly simple. By that I mean it’s quite magical to see how it works so simply and so effectively on a daily basis."

"The Lytefire is the best for baking as it is environment friendly. For our group and myself during this training I have acquired advanced baking skills, good hygiene practices and entrepreneurial skills during the training. Using the Lytefire we will provide our community with good quality solar snacks or bites that are smoke free."

"The ability to leapfrog from one technology to the other, much like the explosion of mobile phone technology across the continent of South-Saharan Africa, we need a similar intervention from an energy perspective. That’s the main thing that made me excited about GoSol (Lytefire) and one of the reasons why we support your organization."

"Solar artisanats will soon be recognized as an instrument of the world of the future. And not only in France"

"This product holds the solution to a group of global issues that we need to tackle now!"

"I think Lytefire is an almost indispensable tool for the future."

"We are able to save 500€ per month of buying bread that we now bake ourselves, and on top of that, the solar bakery brings an income of 260€ every month from additional sales"

"In Sudan, we have been very satisfied with Lytefire’s innovative solar oven and the company’s professionalism, technical support, responsiveness, and clear scale-up plans. Plan International is looking forward to continuing the partnership and scale-up phase."

"The training was amazing and it helped me in many different ways; It has improved my entrepreneurial skills, baking skills and understanding solar energy and how the Lytefire works. It has helped my technical skills as I can operate, maintain and fix the machine."

“The Lytefire Oven is giving us 275 KSh (€2,70) per day, but with the charcoal oven it’s only 75 KSh (€0,70). That’s a big difference.”

"Joan’s bread is better than any other. So yummy! Her solar fire bakery is the best bakery in town."

"The Lytefire will help the community to bake bread with solar, instead of firewood and charcoal. I wish for it to create income within our community because the locals will save money for transport and will buy fresh local solar baked bread within walking distance!"

"Our beers are brewed thanks to the power of the sun! To reduce our carbon footprint and the use of resources required for our lifestyle and consumption, the sun is our best friend!"

"Under the initiative of ADSCAL and with the excellent service provided by Lytefire, four solar ovens have been installed for the bakeries and a pastry shop run by a women’s group in the village of Agnam, as part of the fight against deforestation in a region strongly affected by climate change. The energy and dedication shown by Mrs. Wissenz go far beyond the project itself and give us complete satisfaction and confidence in recommending this work."

"I’m so happy about the inauguration and presentation of the DIY oven… The important people were there: the mayor of São Domingos, the secretary of the Luxembourg embassy, and the director of the IEFP (the vocational training center), a project I managed to bring to life! We succeeded in reaching 220°C for two hours! But the weather is extremely cloudy at the moment, and since I bake sourdough bread, I’m not very flexible! My vision is that we can offer training around the oven, but also training for building it, so that the oven can spread throughout Cape Verde!"

“Here are two beautiful examples of what can be done here with the Lytefire DIY. I now need to find a serious user in Mexico who is ready to get involved. I also want to promote this technology. At the moment, I’m starting the construction of the building that will be used to prepare the ingredients before baking, and people from the community who want to learn will be able to come. I hope to discover more people passionate about this work. In addition, it will be a very visible example for interested artisans. A whole promotional program for the future!”

"It’s clear that Lytefire is a pioneer in what could be the starting point for a new economy, one that’s much more virtuous and cleaner!"

"I believe the Lytefire will help employment for youths, reduce usage of charcoal and emissions to the atmosphere because we will be using direct sun through concentrated solar energy!"

"We made popcorn as a snack this morning, (look how hot the cooker got at 9am). Then this afternoon the students used it to make a stir-fry using ingredients from the garden (collard greens, garlic, onions, eggplants, and herbs)."

"When the sun rises early morning and the sky is blue, I am sure it’s a good baking day with the sun rays. Since our bakery demand rose from the 10kg per day to not less than 40 kg a day it’s impressive to see how well the Lytefire can handle such a big batch of production. And it’s so good to see myself and other bakers I work with put in a full tray of ready to be baked products as they are taking out the fully baked tray of solar goodies."

"Training with the Lyfeire technology is environmentally friendly and using solar as a form of energy that will sustain my life and the community without causing harm such as C02. As a bakery we are preserving the environment and the other living organisms."

"What attracted me to the Lytefire was the simplicity of the product, and the fact that it’s an extremely robust and a highly efficient mechanical unit."

"The community still considers solar energy as an alternative, yet it is the first energy source that isn’t owned yet; nobody utilizes the sun."