Aceleron has undertaken two projects with another of our partners, Bboxx, to investigate the viability of replacing lead-acid batteries currently in use with Aceleron’s advanced Li-ion offering. The Bboxx pilot has demonstrated the ability for Aceleron to successfully build and deploy advanced Li-ion batteries that are fit for purpose and have a number of advantages…
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.…
S4S Technologies is an Indian food dehydration and preservation company with a solar-powered farm-based supply chain. It installs patented solar powered dehydrators at farm level to convert fruit and veg into value added dehydrated products. S4S then buys back these produce from women farmers and sells them in B2B and B2C markets to general assured…
The Uganda Off-Grid Energy Market Accelerator (UOMA) is a neutral intermediary focused on accelerating the growth of off-grid energy access in Uganda to enable universal energy access. SF co-created UOMA in 2017 in partnership with USAID, Power Africa and the UK Government, to be implemented by Open Capital Advisors, a management consultancy headquartered in Nairobi,…
SF portfolio partner SunCulture recently announced the launch of its latest generation of solar-powered irrigation tool, RainMaker2, with a new ‘Internet of Things (IoT) capability that will help to boost the productivity of the world’s 570 million smallholder farming families. RainMaker2 offers more than double the amount of water than its predecessor and a longer…
Rent to Own (RTO) has successfully completed a seed round of $1.05m in equity, enabling it to grow its provision of high-impact assets to small scale-entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers in rural Zambia. The round was led by shareholder AHL Venture Partners, who significantly increased its investment, and supported by Small Foundation and Jordan Engineering (via…
SF portfolio enterprise Sure Chill recently received recognition for its innovative cooling technology after winning the UK Eagle Lab Innovation category at the Barclays’ annual High-Growth & Entrepreneur Awards. The awards celebrate entrepreneurs’ success, leadership and positive impact on society. Sure Chill has developed and patented unique technology that enables cooling equipment to maintain a…
The Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) sector will be a critical component of reaching SDG7 – and requires appropriately-funded commercial enterprises to open entire new consumer markets. In this new report, SF and Persistent present learnings from their experience in venture building PAYG companies in multiple African markets, including a case study from SolarWorks! in Mozambique, where 20…
VIP designs and manufactures a combined heat and power plant that uses various biomass crop waste as fuel to produce productive heat and three-phase power off grid and on demand. VIP employs a design referral model, working with a range of manufacturers to source processing equipment that customers can plug into the VIP power unit and grow their…