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| Jita |
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| Rural Sales Programme, Bangladesh |
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| The Jita programme has created a rural sales force of women entrepreneurs - called "Aparajitas" - who sell consumer goods in their communities. |
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| ERAS, Phosholer Pran |
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| Soil testing for farmers, Bangladesh |
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| This project aims to increase soil testing amongst smallholders through sales of soil testing kits that can support increases in yields and income. |
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| mKrishi, TCS |
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| Agricultural mobile services, India |
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| The initiative offers personalized and integrated agricultural services in local languages to low income farmers living in remote areas via their mobile phones. |
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| MCX |
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| Gramin Suvidha Kendra, India |
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| This initiative aims to distribute agricultural inputs, expert advice, warehousing and future pricing information to farmers by partnering with the Postal service. |
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| AfriNut, Twin Trading |
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| Pro-poor nut processing, Malawi |
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| AfriNut is an inclusive pro-poor peanut processing business which aims to process Malawian groundnuts for sale on domestic and regional markets. |
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| MEGA |
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| Micro-hydro electricity, Malawi |
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| MEGA aims to bring locally-generated electricity to Malawian communities through micro-hydro power using water from the Lichenya River flowing down Mt Mulanje. |
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| Oando Plc. |
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| Clean cooking fuels, Nigeria |
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| Providing low income households with affordable and clean cooking fuels through light-weight (LPG) cylinders with an integrated cooking ring. |
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| iSchool |
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| e-learning in rural schools, Zambia |
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| The iSchool project aims to provide internet connectivity and online education resources ('e-learning' ) to Zambian schools on a commercial basis. |
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| Stanbic Bank |
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| Smallholder farmer finance |
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| A farmer finance and credit scheme that aimsto reach 5,000,000 farmers through after five years. |
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| Saraplast, 3S SHRAMIK |
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| Portable sanitation, India |
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| This inclusive business venture aims to provide access to sustainable sanitation and waste management in urban slum settlements across India. |
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| Healthstore Foundation |
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| CFW clinics, Zambia |
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| One Family Helath will establish a network of clinics providing healthcare services to the poor in rural, slum and peri-urban areas of Zambia. |
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| Nuru Energy |
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| Clean energy distribution, Kenya |
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| This venture seeks to develop manufacturing and distribution of Nuru's portable light to provide a sustainable source of energy. |
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| Swedstream |
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| Portable ultrasounds, Uganda,Tajikistan |
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| This pilot project seeks to reduce limitations on cost and access to ultrasound technology before spreading commercially to other developing countries. |
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| Text to Change |
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| Mobile market research, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda |
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| Text to Change aims to provide businesses and NGOs with vital information on their target communities, through mobile market research. |
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| Sanergy |
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| Slum sanitation, Kenya |
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Sanergy aims to improve sanitation in urban slums in Kenya by designing user-friendly systems to increase usage and reduce cleaning costs.
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| Sunny People |
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| Rural mobile charging, Kenya |
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| Sunny People aims to spread solar chargers across East Africa to increase access to electricity in rural areas by distributing 200,000 chargers by 2020. |
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| SHORT PROJECTS |
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| Calimera Solokraft |
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| Safe bottled water distribution, Tanzania |
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| Calimera Solokraft aims to develop locally managed micro factories to distribute clean drinking water and generate jobs in low-income communities. |
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| GreenLaiti |
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| Renewable energy, Zambia |
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| This venture will market ethanol-based cooking fuel to replace paraffin and charcoal as a cheaper energy source that will benefit low income consumers in local communities. |
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| Greenway |
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| Waste to electricity, India & Burkina Faso |
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| Greenway aim to develop and commercialise their thermoelectric generator to convert waste-heat from household activities into a clean source of electricity. |
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| HiNation |
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| Solar Lighting, Zambia |
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| HiNation aims to commercialise its portable solar lighting and mobile phone charging pane which will reduce costs and provide opportunities for rental. |
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| Ignitia |
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| Mobile weather forecasting, Zambia |
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| Ignitia seeks to provide subscription-based localised weather forecast services to 90,000 smallholders in Ghana. |
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| Vagga till Vagga |
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| Biomass stoves, Zambia |
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| This project aims to provide an alternative source of energy to families through biomass produced from husks and sawdust . |
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| Lotus Foods |
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| SRI rice cultivation, Bhutan, India & Indonesia |
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| Lotus Foods seeks to identify value chains to apply the System of Rice Intensification which can help farmers produce more crops with fewer chemicals and costs. |
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| IDE |
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| Farm business advisors, Mozambique |
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| IDE aim to extend their franchise model to support the production, wholesale, retail and distribution of quality services to smallholder farmers in Mozambique. |
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| MAKIT |
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| Menstrual cup distribution, Kenya |
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MAKIT aims to act as a market leader in sustainable menstrual hygiene products. Its menstrual cup will be distributed to women through entrepreneurial networks.
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| Moringa food additives, Madagascar |
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This project aims to fight malnutrition in Madagascar by selling a nutrient-rich food additive made from the leaves of the moringa tree at the BOP.
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| Waste 2 Energy Ltd. |
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| Biogas from waste, Uganda |
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Waste 2 Energy Ltd. aim to develop a commercial biogas production, purification and pressurising facility in Kampala to provide alternative, cheaper fuels.
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| ACI Agribusiness |
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| Contract farming workshop, Bangladesh |
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| BIF facilitated a workshop bringing together 20 managers from different parts of the division to brainstorm an integrated approach to working with smallholder farmers... |
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| Global Tea Commodities |
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| Clean energy assessment, Malawi |
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| GTC runs three processing sites for tea, coffee and macadamia nuts. This project aims to investigate potential for switching from diesel to renewable energy sources on these sites.... |
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| BISC |
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| Operation management, Malawi |
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| This project will develop an operational management plan for financial services company BISC, as well as a marketing plan and sales pitch. If successful, this inclusive business will lead to a... |
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| Landscape study |
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| Access to finance, Zambia |
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| This project will conduct a study of the different finance options available to businesses who face challenges with the prohibitively stringent lending demands of commercial banks. |
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