Tieme Ndo

IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES CHALLENGE; GHANA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Input credits, training and extension services, and access to markets.

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

Tiem Ndo is a high-impact social enterprise in Ghana increasing access to improved basic inputs for smallholder farmers.

Tieme Ndo literally means “push me up” in the language of Dagaare. Their mission is to transform how farmers in rural areas access quality farm inputs which are crucial for improving harvests and livelihoods. To add value for farmers, Tieme Ndo offers a credit extension package which includes three services: input credit (registered farmers have access to at least 3 bags of fertilizer, seeds, and herbicides on credit), training and extension services (farmers are trained on new and appropriate agronomic practices and extension services are provided to help farmers apply appropriate farm practices), and access to market (farmers are assisted in finding buyers to purchase their produce at or above market prices).

The social enterprise also focuses on small agribusiness development. The Tieme Ndo team supports farmers in developing an alternative market for their produce by offering trainings on how to transform produce into other products. Tieme Ndo assists farmers in building entrepreneurial skills to help them establish small, thriving enterprises along the agriculture value chain.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 130 farmers served during the pilot phase

• 200% increase in farmer average income

• 3,000 farmers reached during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Moses Yangnemenga - Founder

Sihle Magagula - Founder

Trinity Health

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Misoprostol tablets.

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

Trinity Health is a non-profit organization that aims to reduce maternal mortality in Nigeria by training traditional birth attendants on how to adequately respond to postpartum hemorrhage through the use of simulation-based medical education.

Once trained, field officers link traditional birth attendants to needed supplies such as Misoprostol and Birth Delivery Kits to ensure safe and sterile deliveries. The team’s distribution strategy centers around a system involving local drivers plying rural routes. The community-based distribution model is aimed at ensuring safe deliveries for every mother and child.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 100 Traditional Birth Attendants trained during the pilot phase

• 3,000 Misoprostol tablets distributed during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Priscilla Colon - Founder

Joel Akachukwu Igu - Founder

Obieze Nwunna-Nzwenna - Founder

Imole Energy Solutions

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

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

Imole Energy Solutions was founded by to create energy access for the under-served in Nigeria. The venture will create energy access at Makoko Waterfront Communities, an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria by distributing thousands of solar lamps.

The organization will create jobs for 200 women as clean energy entrepreneurs and train 40 youths as solar technicians in one year thereby increasing sources of income for community members. With a projected energy access created for 5,000 women in one year, this will help eliminate the burning of 1.33 million liters of kerosene in the lifetime of the products (estimated at 5 years) thereby reducing about 3.07 million kg of carbon emission (at a rate or 2.3 kg of CO2 per liter of kerosene). They ultimately plan to scale the venture to achieve the goal of reaching 1 million beneficiaries by 2030 to support Goal 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 5,000 solar lamps distributed by year 1

FOUNDING TEAM

Segun Adaju - Founder

Harness Energy

COOK STOVE CHALLENGE; PAKISTAN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Cook Stoves.

Learn more about the Cook Stove Challenge and how clean cook stoves reduce health and safety risks, lower fuel expenses, and help reduce poverty.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Harness Energy is a social enterprise dedicated to providing clean and affordable solutions to Pakistan’s energy-starved population. Harness are an Associate of IFC’s Lighting Pakistan program, and their role in eradicating poverty lies in innovative distribution models that take clean energy products to the last mile. They are conducting a pilot to distribute 500 clean cook stoves in rural Punjab, and aim to scale up to 25000 in 2 years. These stoves significantly reduce indoor air pollution and pay back their investment within 6 months, leading to major improvements in their living standards.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 500 cook stoves distributed during the pilot phase

• 25,000 distributed by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Shehryar - Founder and Managing Director

Tessellate Strategies Ltd.

IMMUNIZATION CHALLENGE; ZAMBIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Immunization reminders.

Learn more about the Immunization Challenge and how Increasing routine childhood immunization rates in low-coverage areas could prevent millions of childhood deaths.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

The vision of Tessellate Strategies Ltd. Is to track vaccine supply chains in Zambia using SMS messages. The principle is simple- when vaccines arrive in country, a sticker is applied to each box with a unique identifying code that drivers, stock movers, and healthcare workers text to the organization’s free number. Everyone along the way will be incentivized to text their toll-free number so Tessellate Strategies can collect data along the distribution chain. The team will develop an online platform that will integrate the data collected into an online, real-time tracking and inventory system. Their system will improve distribution efficiency and reduce vaccine wastage in the regions where they work.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Identify key inefficiencies and weak points in the supply chain by 6 months

FOUNDING TEAM

Lauren Byrne - Founder

Camillo Lamanna - Founder

Safe Love International

SUGAR DADDY AWARENESS CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sugar Daddy Awareness class.

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

Safe Love International is a young and dynamic non-governmental foundation committed to providing informed education and scaling proven poverty interventions to address society's most pressing social and economic problems in Africa. In its D-Prize pilot, Safe Love International scaled Sugar Daddy Awareness to over 21,000 students in Nigeria to tackle the high rates of HIV infections and unwanted pregnancies among teenagers.

The Sugar Daddy Awareness class has been proven in a randomized controlled trial to reduce unplanned teenage pregnancy and HIV infection rates by 28%.

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 15,000 students with Sugar Daddy Awareness Class

• Recruit and train 100+ teacher to lead Sugar Daddy Awareness Class

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Sandra Omo Idugboe - Founder

Endurance Electric

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; CHILE

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

Endurance Electric’s mission is to improve access to affordable, high-quality, portable energy solutions that transform the lives of people in Chile who don’t have access to energy. With a special focus on solar lamps, a last-mile market based distribution model, customer service and a focus on integrating readily-available technology, their team will start a revolution from Chile to the rest of Latin America.

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 500 lamps distributed during the pilot phase

• 2,000 people reached during the pilot phase

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Cristián O’Ryan - Founder

GreenVille Solutions

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; NAMIBIA

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

GreenVille Solutions creates awareness on the dangers of using awareness candles/kerosene for light and distributes Sun King solar products with the mission to improve lives one solar light at a time. Focusing on cross-sector collaboration, social media advertising and having a physical presence where our target customers are, we aim to sell 1000 solar products within 3 months with a goal of growing to serving 20,000 households by the end of 2020.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 1,000 solar products during the pilot 

• Serve 20,000 households by the end of 2020

FOUNDING TEAM

Sylver Kibelolaud - Co-Founder

Kleopas Johannes - Co-Founder