KEY FACTS Over a million energy efficient stoves sold, saving >8m tonnes of CO2 emissions and >4.5m tonnes of wood Impacted over 6 million lives and generated more than $350m in household savings with an NPS of 98% Created local employment for 400+ people since 2013 Founded in 2011, BURN is a vertically integrated modern…
KEY FACTS ATG incorporates three funds; two pre-seed and one seed fund including an alternative financial instruments fund Invested in 15+ businesses in under two years amounting to $4m+ Africa Trust Group (ATG) is a holistic early-stage gender lens investor focused on accelerating investment into women-led start-ups in Africa. The start-ups benefit from ATGs women-led…
KEY FACTS Raised funding to cover pilot, hired initial team, built first operational hub Successfully transformed from trials in 2019 to a handful of paying customers by Q4 2020 Massive reduction in environmental pollution by avoiding GHG emissions and oils spillage caused by petrol engines Increased income for fishers and their families through more affordable…
Key Facts WEEE Centre has safely processed over 10,000 tonnes of e-waste in Kenya Received several awards and certifications including ISO 9001:2015 & 14001:2015 con quality and environmental management systems Reduction of carbon footprint current estimated to be around 14,400 tonnes CO2/year WEEE Centre is a social enterprise whose main aim is to safely manage…
Key Facts Completed 1000+ trips Served 2500+ commuters Trained 50+ minibus drivers Easy Matatu is reforming the existing, informal minibus-taxis (matatu) industry by building a community of trusted matatu drivers and a fleet of clean and safe vehicles to provide first-rate transportation to the public. Piloting in Kampala, Uganda, commuters can pre-book seats on scheduled…
KEY FACTS Part of Balton CP group with operating entities across eight African countries in east, west and southern Africa Track record of over 50 years innovating in the Kenyan agriculture sector Piloted 100+ credit sales to small scale farmers and SME agribusinesses in 2019-2020 Amiran brings to Kenya the products of leading and innovative…
Key Facts Distributed nearly 8,500 solar home systems in over five Ethiopian regions Able to leverage 7,400 BelCash agents network and brand Many of the worlds 1.3 billion off-grid population are concentrated in a limited number of large frontier markets, like Ethiopia. HelloSolar was co-created by SF and BelCash, the leading mobile money and Value…
Key Facts Has built a platform known as OmniBranches that delivers financial and non financial services to the underserved market OmniBranches leverages a widespread network of about 20,000 agents to deliver services throughout Nigeria Is partnering with NoMap (the Nigeria Off-grid Market Acceleration Programme) to address the payment collection difficulties faced by Solar Home Systems companies Swifta…
KEY FACTS Serviced more than 30,000 households and empowering 23 waste picking entrepreneurs Created over 250 predictable livelihoods for wastepickers Diverted over 1000 tonnes of waste per month away from landfills Set up a 30 tonne per day organic waste to compressed bio gas facility Hasiru Dala Innovations is a social enterprise that is focused…
HIGHLIGHTS Wood energy makes up over 80% of African primary energy needs Trees and forests provide one of the most cost effective ‘climate solutions’ The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is one of the world’s leading conservation organisations working to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends in over 70 countries around the world.…