AgriNov

Quality inputs CHALLENGE; Uganda

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality agricultural inputs.

Learn more about the Improved Farm Practices Challenge and why increasing the effective use of fertilizer has the potential to unlock significant crop yield for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

AgriNov seeks to improve yield and income of smallholder farmers through timely access to quality inputs, knowledge and market facilitation.

AgriNov uses a proven market-based model that stands on the following; financing for quality seeds and fertilizers, timely distribution of inputs to the last-mile farmers, agricultural trainings, and market facilitation to enable farmers maximize profits. Working with field officers, we target smallholder maize farmers that are in hard to reach areas (remote areas), and then provide such farmers with timely access to quality inputs, knowledge, and market facilitation. They mobilize farmers into groups, and then inputs are delivered to them on credit, and the loan is repaid at the end of the growing season.

The company was started in 2021 by Johnson Tumwesige and Emmanuel Dusabimana. Johnson serves as AgriNov’s full time managing director whilst Emmanuel serves as a full time sales and operations lead.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 100 farmers by the end of the pilot period

• Distribute two interventions (improved maize varieties and fertilizers)

• Fundraise an additional $15,000 USD from philanthropic organizations

FOUNDING TEAM

Johnson Tumwesige - Managing Director

Emmanuel Dusabimana - Sales and Operations Lead

Village Solar

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; Malawi

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Village Solar is driven by a mission to empower communities through the provision of accessible and sustainable energy solutions, utilizing a community-driven distribution model. Its current focus is on a pilot project aimed at a rural community lacking reliable electricity, with the goal of demonstrating the efficacy of our model in addressing energy poverty and meeting the unique needs of underserved areas. Through this pilot, they aim to build trust, foster ownership, and establish a scalable framework that can be replicated in various communities.

The long-term vision is to expand impact, bringing reliable and clean energy to numerous communities, transforming lives, and contributing to sustainable development on a larger scale.

The founding team at Village Solar consists of Sungeni Segula and Susanna Simango. Sungeni serves as the CEO, bringing strong leadership and strategic vision to the organization, while Susanna takes on the role of Programs Director, overseeing the implementation and development of our initiatives. Together, they form a dynamic team committed to empowering communities through accessible and sustainable energy solutions.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 1500 beneficiaries in 3 months

• Distribute 300 lamps by using 6 VSLAs

• Fundraise an additional $10000 from new donors or investors within three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Sungeni Segula - CEO

Susanna Simango - Programs Director

4Her2Her

SUGAR DADDY AWARENESS CHALLENGE; Malawi

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sugar Daddy Awareness classes. 

Learn more about the Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge and how a simple, one-hour “sugar daddy awareness” training could help countless girls avoid pregnancy while still in school, which can lead to entrenched poverty, and build a better life.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

By delivering “Sugar Daddy Awareness” classes to Standard 8 girls in Malawi, 4Her2Her will address the dangers of Sugar Daddies who capitalize on girls’ poverty and vulnerability, contributing to a reduction in cross-generational sexual encounters and related HIV/STI incidence, teenage pregnancies and early marriages.

The Sugar Daddy Awareness Classes pilot targets primary schools within Lilongwe Rural and Urban Education Zones. The delivery of these classes will remove the shroud over an SRHR issue that is prevalent yet taboo, giving the targeted girls tools to avoid risky sexual encounters. The curriculum will be taught in classes led by trained facilitators from similar backgrounds, using language and references that are understandable and relatable. 4Her2Her will leverage the lived and professional experiences of its founding team, who have seen their peers fall into the Sugar Daddy trap and use their passion to advocate for gender and social justice within contextual bounds.

4Her2Her was co-founded by Phindu Banda, Mirriam Sibale, Diana Gulitsa and Angella Bwilani. Though from different backgrounds, the team formed a friendship and working relationship based on their shared desire to see women and girls empowered and elevated using methods that recognised and centered their unique experiences. The team believes in the power of participatory arts and transformative approaches to aid in women and girls reclaiming their voices and autonomy.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 3,000 Standard 8 girls in primary schools across Lilongwe Urban and Rural Education Zones

• Successfully deliver 60 interventions/Sugar daddy Awareness classes through our trained facilitators

• Raise an additional $5,000 through new donors (which may be in-kind support from existing actors in the sector) during the Pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Phindu Banda - Human Relations and Training Officer

Mirriam Sibale - Resource Mobilization and Accounting Officer

Diana Gulitsa - Communications and Administration Officer

Angella Bwilani - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

tEnergy

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; Malawi

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

TENERGY is a youth-led clean energy company geared to reduce social and economic vulnerabilities associated with lack of access to clean and sustainable energy solutions.

The company provides reliable and certified solar energy solutions to households in the Northern Region of Malawi with limited access to electricity. Their solutions are backed by warranties and verification to ensure quality and longevity and are designed to overcome energy poverty and improve their daily lives. We are committed to bridging the logistical and financial barriers that hinder sustainable adoption of renewable energy technologies.

The team is being led by Pius Mkandawire who has an education background in Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Policy. His work and research have been in the fields of off-grid energy solutions, energy literacy, managing electronic waste, and productive use of energy.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 600 solar lamps within three-month pilot phase reaching 3,000 beneficiaries

• Recruit and train 20 sales agents

• Raise $9,000 during the pilot period

FOUNDING TEAM

Pius Mkandawire - Team Leader

Shukran Latif - ICT Officer

Daniel Sikwese - Accounting and Finance Officer

Gift Kasambala - Sales and Distribution Officer

Women Self-Inject Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Women Self Inject Initiative (WSII) seeks to increase access to modern contraceptives particularly self injectables (Sayana press) among women in low resource settings. WSII’s mission is “Empowering women to take control of their reproductive health needs"

The distribution model is based on private health workers who own drug shops to supply Sayana Press to women. We shall identify and train 30 private health workers (PHW) Masaka district, southern Uganda on family planning counseling and how to train women on self-injection using standard tools developed by PATH. In turn, the PHW will instruct and demonstrate self-injection technique to the women who take Sayana Press as method of choice. We believe that this model eliminates the need for women to return to a clinic every three months for re-injection and improves privacy for the users of the method.

Their team consists of 4 co-founders. Three graduate midwives, Robert Isoke, Hamiidah Nakyanzi, and Usaama Ssewankambo as well as their mentor Felister Apili who have expertise and prior experience working on sexual reproductive health and maternal child health initiatives in various parts of Uganda.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute Sayana Press to at least 500 women by the end of the pilot.\

• 30 private health workers recruited to distribute Sayana Press and trained on how to instruct and train women on self-injection with Sayana Press by the end of the pilot

• Raise an additional $40000 by the end of the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Robert Isoke - Team Leader

Nakyanzi Hamiidah - Public Relations Officer

Ssewankambo Usaama - Quality Assurance Officer

Apili Felister - Technical Lead

Madaraja Foundation

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Madaraja Foundation aims to improve the health and well-being of Ugandan women and girls by increasing access to quality sexual and reproductive health information and care.

The distribution model focuses on establishing a network of trained providers in private clinics, pharmacies, and drug shops in Mukono, Uganda, who can reliably offer self-injectable contraceptive, DMPA-SC, and support its continued use among women. To achieve this, the team will provide training and quarterly supportive supervision to enhance provider capacity, ensure availability of affordable DMPA-SC supplies through negotiations and collaborations with local importers, and support demand creation through printed communication material and community radio talk shows featuring community champions.

Madaraja Foundation was founded by Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu and Andrew Basenero, both Uganda Pharmacists with training in public health and deep passion for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights. As the Executive Director, Jacquellyn provides strategic direction and day-to-day management of the organization, while Andrew, the Program Manager, oversees planning, implementation, and management of all project activities.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 160 women within three months

• Work with 20 private health facilities (drug shops, pharmacies and clinics), distribute 160 doses of self- injectable contraceptives.

• Raise an additional $20,000 by the end of the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu - Executive Director

Andrew Basenero - Program Manager

Kayan Gona Agro Network

Quality inputs CHALLENGE; nigeria

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality agricultural inputs.

Learn more about the Improved Farm Practices Challenge and why increasing the effective use of fertilizer has the potential to unlock significant crop yield for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Kayan gona agro network distributes farm inputs of fertilizers and quality seeds as well as agronomic training to farmers in rural communities through a credit and gradual saving approach with a rural agency system for timely delivery.

The company distributes farm inputs of fertilizers and quality seeds as well as agronomic training to farmers in rural communities through a credit and gradual saving approach with a rural agency system that helps farmers to timely receive the farm inputs in their communities. Kayan gona agro network currently operates in Kaduna state, Northwest, Nigeria. For our farm inputs credit approach, we give farmers that meet our criteria inputs as short-term credit with a repayment plan payable throughout the farming season with a final deadline around the harvest season.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 200 smallholder farmers within three months

• Use 10 highly efficient rural agents to distribute 25 tons of fertilizer with quality seeds during pilot

• Raise additional $10,000 during pilot from investors and donors

FOUNDING TEAM

Mafeng Samuel Dangyang - Co-Founder

Ibrahim Adapar Ishaya - Co-Founder

Hope Springs Health Foundation Uganda

SUGAR DADDY AWARENESS CHALLENGE; uganda

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sugar Daddy Awareness classes. 

Learn more about the Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge and how a simple, one-hour “sugar daddy awareness” training could help countless girls avoid pregnancy while still in school, which can lead to entrenched poverty, and build a better life.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Hope Springs Health Foundation Uganda’s mission is to increase awareness of the risks of sugar daddies to 100%, improve girls' confidence to say "no" to cross-generational relationships, and enhance girls' ability to think critically about challenges facing them as well as how current choices can shape the future.

This project will utilize the “Sugar Daddy Awareness” class – (1-hour classes composed of 21 girls per class session. They will target 500 girls in ten schools in Mayuge district to tailor a core message that ‘sexually partnering with older men is risky behavior.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 500 girls in ten schools in the Mayuge District

• Train a team of 20 top-quality facilitators to teach the sugar daddy classes across the 10 schools

• Raise $60,000 by the end of year two operations

FOUNDING TEAM

Safaa Garelnabi - Team Leader

Jonathan Nsamba - Technical Lead

Charles Mwanje - Field Project Coordinator

GreenWorld Revolution

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; Benin

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

GREENWORLD REVOLUTION contributes to increasing access to energy and reducing energy access disparity in Benin using green energy sources.

The company wants to make a difference by creating more opportunities to achieve real social change at the community level. They put forward a distribution model promoting a traditional saving type called "tontine" to improve uptake of the proven technology and reach more people. Therefore, we will take advantage of the existing system, by targeting groups in the villages already using it.

GREENWORLD REVOLUTION was created in 2022 by ABIOLA Adikath: Resources management, Busness Development and management, relation with partners, and team management; OROU ADAMOU Halissath: Marketing, communication, Custumer services, and busness relationship; ZINSOU Gregoire: Responsible for sales, logistics, and accounting.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 2,000 people within three months

• Utilize 5 sales agents, distribute 500 solar lamps in three months

• Fundraise an additional $5,000 from new donors within three months

FOUNDING TEAM

ABIOLA Adikath - Resource Management, Business Development, Relation with Partners, and Team Management

OROU ADAMOU Halissath - Marketing, Communication, Customer services, and Business Relationship

ZINSOU Gregoire - Sales, Logistics, and Accounting

Fanilo Azavàna

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; madagascar

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Fanilo Azavàna enterprise aims to supply Pico solar lamp in remote area of Analamanga by working directly with existing community groups and local associations in order to promote and supply quickly underserved people with green light energy. Young people issued from these communities are recruited and trained to be local commercial agent in order to facilitate interaction with the company and customers, in the same time help for selling and promoting our products.

Fanilo Azavàna enterprise was started in 2021 after D-Prize announcement and is founded by RANIVOARIVELO Soazara who works as fundraiser in EDENa NGO and RAHARIFIANTRA Soanorovelo.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 780 households within three months

• Distribute 780 units of pico solar lamps with 12 local commercial agent

• Raise additional $15,000 during pilot from investors and donors

FOUNDING TEAM

RANIVOARIVELO Soazara - CEO

RAHARIFIANTRA Soanorovelo - Sales and Marketing Manager

Everlight Solar Solutions

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; Zambia

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Everlight Solar Solutions' mission is to empower rural communities in Central Province, Zambia, by providing them with access to reliable and affordable Pico solar lamps. They are committed to promoting sustainable development and environmental stewardship, while contributing to the socio-economic growth of the region.

They will distribute high tech, high quality Solar latens to off-grid and poor grid underserved communities in Mumbwa, Central province and across Zambia. Through their distribution network, they aim to improve the quality of life and reduce energy poverty, enabling individuals to work, study and enjoy leisure activities after sunset.

Everlight was started in 2023 by Wamunyima Walubita who is a trained journalist, theologian and entrepreneur. Emma Malambo who is a seasoned sales and marketing specialist is the co founder of everlight. Rosemary Phiri is the operation manager

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 600 solar lamps with 12 local commercial agent

• Impact 3,000 beneficiaries across 20 villages in Mumbwa

FOUNDING TEAM

Wamunyima Walubita - CEO

Emma Malambo - Sales and Marketing Manager

Soladrash

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; Ethiopia

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Soladrash’s mission is to develop a distribution mechanism which will help to create a means to reach remotely located societies with cost effective and reliable solar lamps.

Their distribution model is to serve as a provider, integrator and facilitator of dissemination of cost-efficient solar-powered lamps usable on an individual level. The model will focus on building a distribution network in rural areas starting from Kebele (the smallest administrative region) and continue to neighboring Kebeles, after that to other woredas (the next bigger administrative region) in Southwest region, Ethiopia which is one of the remotest regions.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 500 solar lamps during the pilot period

• Impact 40,000 beneficiaries by the end of the first year

FOUNDING TEAM

Nathnael Tadesse - Project Manager

Vital Water Purifier

Water filters CHALLENGE; ethiopia

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Ceramic Water Filters.

Learn more about the Chlorine Challenge and other D-Prize Distribution Challenges.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Vital Water Purifier is a social enterprise that distributes high-quality ceramic water filters to communities in rural Ethiopia.

The distribution model devised is to transport the water filters using cargo motorbikes within the pilot location, Aleta Chuko Woreda. When a household buys a water filter, we deliver the unit from our local store to their home using cargo motorbikes. The team’s unique quality is that they have lived and seen the life of typical rural families.

Vital water Purifier - Ethiopia is founded by Habteab Argaw, an aspiring social Entrepreneur. Habteab runs the startup as the project manager.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 300 ceramic water filters during the pilot period

• Raise an additional $3,000

FOUNDING TEAM

Habteab Argaw Bantora - Project Manager

Nahom Tesfaye Kebede - Co-Founder

Act 4 Sustainable Actions

Water filters CHALLENGE; BENIN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Ceramic Water Filters.

Learn more about the Chlorine Challenge and other D-Prize Distribution Challenges.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Act 4 Sustainable Solutions is dedicated to improving clean water access in the Vallée de l'Ouémé region of Benin through the distribution of high-quality Ceramic pot water filters to make a significant impact on the community's well-being.

Their model is based on leveraging existing networks, including schools, social groups, village chiefs, and farming cooperatives to ensure an effective distribution process and encourage community engagement and sustainability. In terms of payment, the team will provide two affordable payment options to help the local community: (1) subsidized rates for households paying in full and (2) an upfront fee paired with installment payments corresponding to the crop cycle.

The Act 4 Sustainable Solutions team comprises Dossa Martin Boton, an environmental and water specialist, and Thierry Adje and David Montcho, a medical doctor and nurse respectively. Their expertise and passion drive the organization's mission to create lasting positive change in the community.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 600 individuals at the end of the three-month pilot

• Distribute 100 Ceramic pots of water filters to householders during the three-month pilot

• Fundraise an additional fund of $30,000 at the end of the three-month pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Martin Boton - Executive Director

Thierry Adje - Project Manager

David Montcho - Supply Chain Manager

For Mom And Baby (FOMAB) Foundation

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; cameroon

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Misoprostol.

Learn more about the Maternal Health Challenge and how the distribution of Misoprostol, a $3 drug that can prevent maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, could save thousands of lives.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

For Mom And Baby (FOMAB) Foundation is on a mission to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths due to preventable causes in Cameroon with a particular focus on rural, fragile and internally displaced communities.

FOMAB Foundation will use a network of community health workers to identify pregnant women, initiate basic antenatal care, and connect them to the closest health facilities where they will get misoprotol-containing birth kits at a subsidised price for skilled delivery. Bringing basic antenatal care closer to women in the communities to ease follow-up and ensure prompt referral is what sets us apart. They plan to pilot this model in the South West Region of Cameroon which is a conflict-affected area with hundreds of internally displaced expectant women who lack access to pregnancy care.

The organization was founded in 2021 by Ashu Martha Egbe who is currently the President of the Foundation. Ngwashi Christabel and Nkwain Carlson joined the organisation in 2022 and together will oversee the operations of this project.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 400 pregnant women within three months of launch

• Use 15 trained community health workers, distribute 360 misoprostol-containing delivery kits in three months

• Fundraise an additional $30,000 from new donors within three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Ashu Martha Egbe - Founder