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Enabling Clean Energy Access in Underserved Communities through the Creation of Women-Owned Green Enterprises

The project, proposed to be funded by the Tides Foundation via the Google Impact Challenge and the GEF-SGP fund will be used to kick start businesses for 100 selected women entrepreneurs who will distribute (through a sales model) clean energy solutions including solar lamps and clean cook stoves to their communities. Baseline surveys will be conducted project locations to ascertain viability to Solar Sister Model, in terms of energy need, to track impact of project expected result areas. Project activities to be covered by each fund source is detailed in the proposal.

Objective 1: Provide improved clean energy access in identified underserved communities
Objective 2: Advance sustainable livelihoods for 100 women through their business growth in successful green enterprises.
Objective 3: Drive shift in risk enhanced environmental behaviours (Use of kerosene, candles, firewood and charcoal) in project communities and its environs.
Objective 4: Scale up successful experiences through data evaluation and project Impact tracking and Organizational knowledge Management.

Project activities include:
1. Project Launch and team Orientation
2. Training of Trainers and project staff (Business Development Associates and data collators)
3. Baseline Surveys via Community Entrance and Identification of community stakeholder
Stakeholder Engagement
4. Recruit/Engage and On-board Solar Sister Entrepreneurs with their ?business in a bag? starter and trainings.
5. Clean energy product and distribution to the selected 100 women entrepreneurs
6. Entrepreneurs engagement meeting
7. Formation of Village Savings structure
8. Product fair
9. Provide ongoing training and mentoring monthly ?Sisterhood Meetings
10. Monitoring and Evaluation Activities. (data collection, (baseline and impact surveys)) and knowledge management

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Solar Sister Entrepreneurs Nigeria Ltd/GTE

Country:

Nigeria

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)

Grant Amount:

US$ 100,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 126,917.00

Project Number:

NGA/SGP/OP6/Y4/STAR/CC/19/29

Start Date:

11/2020

End Date:

4/2022

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Creation of Photo Story; Twitter impressions through the online campaign; Newsletter produced and blogpost published

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Recruit/Engage and On-board Solar Sister Entrepreneurs with their ?business in a bag? starter and trainings to identify women who has the passion to drive change. -To help start their distribution business. -To help the entrepreneur identify her primary market within her community. - women who demonstrate they can be entrepreneurs will be recruited

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Share survey Reports and success stories with stakeholders

Gender Focus

The renewable energy sector is presently gender imbalanced as men dominate 80% of its value chain. Recent development interventions are beginning to change this narrative and this is where Solar Sister strategy to drive clean energy access through women entrepreneurship is contributing to increasing the number of female actors in the Renewable Energy space. Currently, out of 1,500 entrepreneurs in Nigeria, 85% (892) are female, and the average SSE age is 41 years old. Solar Sister beneficiaries are those living in last-mile communities across Nigeria. While SSEs typically sell to female customers, entire households ? which include men, women, and children ? benefit from the use of clean energy products purchased through Solar Sister.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Visual Data and Learning ? Communicating visual data and evidence; Digital Storytelling ? short videos from Project communities

Project Results

1.A total of 312 people were sensitized on climate change, renewable energy technology and its enterprise opportunity during mobilization activities across 16 communities, while 148 potential beneficiaries were further sensitized project objectives and goal during the baseline survey administration.
2. Distributed 1000 units of Pico, 100 units of Mobiya lamp, and 100 units of clean cook stove.(The products are inventories for the project participants to revolve in sales. The beneficiaries are the 100 persons already enrolled in the program in Zarama and Biseni(Bayelsa), Lafiagi and Edu(Kwara), Kokona and Karu(Nassarawa), Ajaka and Ojede(Kogi)). With an additional 200 units of phone charging lamps, 70 units of clean cookstove and 50 units of Solar Home System already purchased for further distribution.
3. The 100 women entrepreneurs have so far sold a total of 1057 pico Solar lamps, 196 phone charging lamps and 13 clean cookstoves between May and August 12th,2021.
4. 100 women entrepreneurs have been trained on how to own and run a clean energy business. They have also saved an average income of N3,500 each between May and July.
5. Entrepreneurs trained on clean energy technology and products and equipped with business skills and capacity to drive market penetration and business growth.

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Indicators

Biophysical

Tonnes of CO2 decreased or avoided by energy efficient and renewable energy technologies or applying environmentally sustainable transport practices introduced by SGP Project 29479

Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 100

Livehood

Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project 8

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