Dzuwa Gleam

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

Dzuwa Gleam is on a mission to empower and enhance the lives of Malawians living in underserved, off-grid rural communities grappling with energy poverty through the provision of clean, sustainable, and reliable energy solutions.

Dzuwa Gleam's distribution model centers on deploying highly motivated local sales agents to deliver sustainable energy solutions, starting with the pilot in Kasungu district, Malawi. Their agents leverage community connections and local knowledge to directly engage with residents, ensuring the effective distribution of Pico solar lamps.

What sets Dzuwa Gleam apart is its commitment to empowering communities by establishing a robust network of agents, fostering genuine connections, and tailoring its approach to the specific needs of each locality. This localized, community-driven strategy distinguishes Dzuwa Gleam as a catalyst for transformative change in the energy landscape.

Dzuwa Gleam was founded in 2023 by Geoffrey Mtika, a visionary Chief Executive Officer, who serves as the driving force behind Dzuwa Gleam's commitment to bringing sustainable energy solutions to communities in Malawi. While Geoffrey leads the initiative, the team is further strengthened by dedicated individuals, including Steve Chipanje, Sales and Marketing Executive, and Stern Nyasulu, Finance Manager.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 1,500 unique customers within three months.

• Using 15 high-performing sales agents to distribute 300 Pico Solar Lamps during the three-month pilot.

• Fundraise an additional fund of $20,000 from new investors or funders within three months.

FOUNDING TEAM

Geoffrey Mtika - CEO

Steve Chipanje - Sales and Marketing Executive

Stern Nyasulu - Finance Manager

Ziimba

CUSTOM AGRICULTURE CHALLENGE; Uganda

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality inputs, technical training, field monitoring, and direct linkages to markets

Learn more about the Custom Agriculture Challenge and why distributing proven agricultural interventions can greatly improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Ziimba's mission is to empower marginalized farmers to earn substantial income through sustainable agroforestry.

Ziimba’s program is a hyper-scalable, smallholder-based agroforestry initiative that aims to create viable livelihoods for ultra-poor dry-land farmers in Kyankwanzi District, located in Uganda's cattle corridor, where the pilot is set to launch.

Ziimba is employing an end-to-end support model of distributing quality inputs, technical training, ongoing field monitoring, and direct linkages to preferred markets for farmers’ high-value tree outputs.

Their model stands out for its dual approach of helping farmers earn a living wage in the short-term with high-value cash crops interplanted in woodlots, and providing a transformative, secondary source of income in the long-term with rapid-growing trees suitable for dry-land cultivation and high-value commercial utility.

By forging strategic partnerships that empower marginalized farmers via their proven intervention, they will convert their underutilized and deteriorating landholdings into sustainable tree farms, thereby elevating their livelihoods, eradicating deforestation, and stifling surging demand in the region's wood-scarce markets.

Juliet Namwanje is the Founder of Ziimba and serves as the organization's Executive Director alongside key team members including Gerald Katende, a knowledgeable advisory board member who brings extensive knowledge of the pilot district's climate, poverty-driven challenges, and forest management; Simon Zziwa, the Director of Field Operations, with a strong background as a Senior Agriculture Officer and Agronomist; John Kibuuka, the Field Manager with vast experience in community-centric reforestation from the National Forestry Authority (NFA); and Maureen Nakacwa, the Field Facilitator, known for her administrative coordination and efforts in workplace gender equality.

Each member brings specialized knowledge and experience, allowing Ziimba to address the multifaceted challenges of the agroforestry initiative effectively. United by a shared vision, the team is deeply committed to spreading Ziimba’s proven agroforestry intervention to marginalized populations across Sub-Saharan Africa, starting in Uganda, to address the continent’s growing wood supply deficit.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 180+ beneficiaries during the pilot.

• Establish 40 operational woodlots with 9,600+ trees planted.

• Fundraise an additional $50,000 USD from new donors or investors within three months.

FOUNDING TEAM

Juliet Namwanje - Founder and Executive Director

Gerald Katende - Board Member

Simon Zziwa - Director of Field Operations

John Kibuuka - Field Manager

Maureen Nakacwa - Field Facilitator

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

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

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

Eco-Energy Liberia

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; LIBERIA

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

Eco-Energy's mission is to improve access to clean, safe, and affordable solar energy products in rural and off-grid communities of Liberia.

Eco-Energy will distribute superior quality and easy-to-use Solar Lamps to rural and Off-grid communities of Liberia through people-centered, courageous, talented, and trustworthy field agents who will be recruited locally, trained, and placed in a network to serve fragile communities. The enterprise will distribute lamps through an effective and efficient PayGo model tailored to suit the diverse needs of customers who reside in the remotest part of Liberia.

Eco-Energy was founded in 2022 by two motivated and passionate entrepreneurs who have an in-depth understanding of the energy sector of Liberia. The team is led by Nelson Papi Kolliesuah who serves as the Team Leader and a Co-founder. He is assisted by James M. Sumo, Jr. who is the Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Manager and is a Co-founder as well.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 2,500 beneficiaries within 3 months

• Using 10 high-performing distribution agents, distribute 500 products/services in three months

• Fundraise an additional $10,000 USD from new donors or investors within three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Nelson Papi Kolliesuah - Team Leader

James M. Sumo, Jr. - Sales, Distribution and Marketing 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

Women for Women Uganda

PMTCT CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Retention in care and adherence to anti-retroviral treatment for people living with HIV. 

Learn more about the PMTCT Challenge and how increasing completion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV can decrease HIV rates and improve lives.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Women for Women Uganda aims to bridge the gap in health services delivery for underserved and disadvantaged communities by establishing and building local partnerships with communities.

Women 4 Women Uganda aims to use the Traditional Birth Attendant-mentor mother hybrid model to contribute to the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV. The model is a sustainable approach to overcoming the barrier of geographic isolation faced by remote underserved communities of Kalangala district, an archipelago of 84 islands with limited access to health facilities by pregnant women living with HIV. For ease of integration into other government community health structures, the distribution of TBAs and Mentor mothers will be at the village level with an average of two mentor mothers and one TBA per village.

Women for Women Uganda was co-founded by three young women passionate about health equity in July 2021. Rebecca Mulungi a Fundraising and Communications Professional, Jane Frances Nakanwagi a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Expert, and Ruth Mary Kemigisha a Public Health Specialist.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 300 beneficiaries during the pilot phase

• Distribute three interventions: Delivery of ART and psychosocial support reaching 300 women living with HIV, HIV counseling and testing reaching 600 women and their spouses, Linkage to safe antenatal and delivery services- 100 women linked to qualified health workers

• Raise an additional $5,000 during the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Rebecca Annette Mulungi - Team Lead

Jane Frances Nakanwagi - Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment, and Learning Specialist

Ruth Mary Kemigisha - Public Health Specialist

Easy Buy

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

Easy Buy’s mission is to improve lives through distributing cost effective solar products of superior quality to far flung areas in Zambia and beyond.

Easy Buy will distribute high tech, high quality Solar Lamps to Rural Off-grid and poor grid underserved communities across Zambia. Its mission is to improve the lives of Zambians through providing them clean and reliable light. Their model is to distribute solar lamps through local Community Based Distributors and Sales Representatives who will be recruited and trained to serve the communities they live in. The venture will distribute lamps through an improved and simplified PayGo model to suit customer who live in the remotest part of the country with no mobile money services which other similar ventures use.

The company was founded in 2022 by Misheck Nkhoma. He is joined by a team of like minded passionate individuals Emmanuel and Betty with vast experience in working with rural communities.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

•  Reach 1,200 beneficiaries during pilot

• Distribute 400 Pico Solar Lamps during the pilot

• Raise an additional $15,000 during the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Misheck Nkhoma - Executive Director

Emmanuel Tembo - Sales Executive

Betty Mukoka - Marketing Excutive

RUMO Energy

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; TANZANIA

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

RUMO Energy increases the distribution of solar lamps in rural Tanzania through the rent-to-own model.

Their model is based on a competitive rent-to-own distribution through local entrepreneurs. The program targets entrepreneurs with influence and working together on mutually beneficial to support them to serve more people in their community. The RUMO Energy model is the best model to produce critical distribution networks in rural areas in Tanzania.

RUMO Energy was started on March 1, 2021, by Patrick Mkoma, Heri Marco and Sefania Amnon.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 350 customers within three months

• Use 26 distribution agents, distribute 350 lanterns in three months

• Fundraise an addition of $30,000 from new donors and investors within three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Patrick Mkoma - Sales, Marketing & Revenue

Heri Marco - Business Development & Government Logistics

Sefania Amnon - Sales & Business Relationship

Samuel Mshana - Project Engineer & Technician

Sun Plugged

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; ZIMBABWE

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

Sun Plugged is a Zimbabwean-based renewable energy company aimed at distributing affordable renewable energy solutions to the last mile customer in the rural areas.

Their distribution model focuses on community empowerment through engaging community-based sales agents, also known as Community Energy Distributors (CEDs). The CEDs are well versed and are able to articulate better the needs of the community that they live in, making them our frontline and critical cog in the model. Sun Plugged uses Pay as You Go (PAYG) to plug the affordability gaps that currently exist within rural communities, in order to ensure clean renewable energy is accessible to all.

Sun Plugged was started in 2021 by Fidelis Mashonga, Shalom Makaya, Talent Mashonga and Albert Kazembe. Fidelis serves as the Chief Executive Officer, while Shalom is Operations Manager. Talent is the Accountant and Albert is the Sales Manager.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Sell 500 solar lamps that will directly benefit 2,500 people by the end of three months

• Sell 2,500 solar lamps that will directly benefit 15,000 people by the end of Year 1

• Raise an additional $150,000 in capital

FOUNDING TEAM

Fidelis Mashonga - Chief Executive Officer

Shalom Makaya - Operations Manager

Talent Mashonga - Accountant

Albert Kazembe - Sales Manager

ARC-EN-CIEL

QUALITY INPUTS CHALLENGE CHALLENGE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

 PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality seeds, fertilizer, and post-harvest storage bags) to smallholder farmers

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

ARC-EN-CIEL’s mission is to increase agricultural productivity as the major source of income and employment in the South-Kivu province that will help rural communities to move out of poverty.

ARC-EN-CIEL will distribute quality farm inputs (fertilizer, seeds and post-harvest storage bags) to smallholder farmers and provide extension services on better agronomic practices through village savings groups, farmer cooperatives, and existing hardware stores.

The company was started by Waciba Swedi W’amisiand who was joined later by Byamnobe Mlongeca Evariste, Bagula Mukengere Espoir and Joseph Mkakyo Mtambala. Waciba Swedi W'Amisi serves as the Managing Directror who will oversee all days activities of ARC-EN-CIEL

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 100 smallholder farmers trained and given the needed inputs

• 100 inputs packages (seeds and fertilzers) and PICS bags distributed to 100 smallholder farmers

• Raise additional $10,000 within the three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Waciba Swedi W’amisi - Co-Founder and CEO

Byamnobe Mlongeca Evariste - Co-Founder and HR and Finance Manager

Bagula Mukengere Espoir - Co-Founder and Program Leads

Fistula Awareness and Treatment Initiative

PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE; SOUTH SUDAN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Obstetric fistula screenings.

Learn more about the Patient Identification Challenge and why identifying individuals in need of medical treatment and finding ways to make that treatment accessible reduces poverty.  

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Fistula Awareness and Treatment Initiative aims to identify and to help treat obstetric fistula patients from remote areas of South Sudan.

In Western Equatoria State of South Sudan, the majority of women deliver at home without a skilled birth attendant and when complications arise, as they do in approximately 30% of all births, there is no one available to treat the woman, leading to disabling injuries like fistula. The project will use women peer educators, community health workers and traditional healers to increase community awareness about the issue, with a concomitant increase in the number of patients identified and be referred to the nearby hospitals to receive the required treatment for obstetric fistula. The project will cover transportation costs for fistula patients to get treatment and will further establish fistula survivors’ solidarity groups for awareness raising and ongoing identification of other patients.

Fistula Awareness and Treatment Initiative was started December 2021 by Fidele Tuyishimire and Pio William Jey Mayot. Fidele serves as the Director of the initiative while Pio William serves as its Partnership Officer.

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Identify and help treating 150 fistula patients

• Empower 60 community health workers and 40 traditional healers to assist in identifying and help treating fistula patients

• Conduct 40 community awareness campaigns on obstetric fistula

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Fidele Tuyishimire- Director

Pio William Jey Mayot - Partnership Officer