Key Facts Over 100 member companies in eight Rwandan energy sub-sectors Flagship biennial sector events convene 1000 enterprises, investors and civil servants over two days in Kigali Adviser to Rwandan Minister for Energy and Rural Electrification Agency on rural electrification and consumer education Energy Private Developers (EPD) is a not-for-profit, in-country market accelerator in Rwanda,…
Key Facts Provided IT solutions to 18+ early stage companies serving over 130,000 households and small businesses Enabled the largest micro-grid in Nigeria with online contracting system Enable.digital is an IT solutions firm that provides technology/product agnostic IT strategy and implementation to social enterprises working throughout Africa. They help social enterprises and SMEs to select…
key facts 6500+ For every dollar invested by Aavishkaar, its portfolio companies have raised 4x follow-on capital Ranked in top three global social impact funds alongside Dell Foundation and Omidyar Network based on number of investments in 2017 (source: Tracxn) Aavishkaar Venture Management Services (AVMS), part of the Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group, is a multi-product financial services…
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SF is working with Value for Women to present the business case of gender inclusion strategies for SMEs in the off-grid energy sector. The lessons emerging, based on the first 11 months of testing approaches of SF’s portfolio of enterprises explore the potential impact to businesses, including: How SMEs can integrate and adopt gender inclusion…
SafeBoda is shifting attitudes towards motorbike taxis (boda-bodas) in Uganda, and planning to export its model to new markets in 2018. This report looks at the impact the company – which operates a ride hailing app to link customers with a community of well-trained, professional riders – has impacted the lives of women passengers. Drawing…
For the last two years, Shell Foundation has been working with elite sales specialists, Scott Roy and Roy Whitten, to understand how social enterprises who serve rural consumers can adopt cutting-edge sales techniques and salesforce management practices – in order to increase traction with low-income customers. The Whitten & Roy Partnership has now provided low…
By Rebecca Fries and Stephanie Finigan, Value for Women Clean energy represents one of the fastest growing sectors today. A 2017 report by the Energy Information Administration highlighted that for the first time in the United States, wind and solar accounted for 10% of all electricity generation in the country[1]. According to the International Renewable…
The Envirofit Women’s Empowerment Programme (WEP) was founded on the belief that women, as primary users of cookstoves, must be involved in both their design and distribution in order for stoves to be adopted and for women’s needs to be fully met. The WEP was first developed and funded in conjunction with the Global Alliance…
When Shell Foundation was created in 2000, we set out to test a theory, largely unproven at the time, that market forces could be directed to deliver lasting socio-economic, health and environmental value to low-income communities – and that eradicating many of the world’s most entrenched development challenges could be financed predominantly from private capital.…