Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
ACE is a for-profit entity with operations in Cambodia, Lesotho and Uganda. The ACE One energy system is an integral energy solution for off-the-grid households in the developing world. It provides a device that uses a combination of thermal and electric generation to provide a clean, smokeless cooking experience for its users, a high quality solar-biomass hybrid enabling users to cook using significantly less fuel and offers access to electricity for mobile charging and lighting. The entity’s product helps reduce harmful indoor smoke emissions which can cause significant health problems and reduces the drudgery associated with care work.

Activities in the care economy: Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products (e.g. product that makes washing, cooking more efficient)

Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion

Type of services: Labour saving solutions

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Financials

Profitability status: Not profitable yet but planning to become profitable within 3 years

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Pathways to impact

Challenge addressed: Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work (Reduce)

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce

Populations affected: Unpaid care workers Paid care workers Unpaid domestic workers Paid domestic workers

Number of people served (2020): Information not available

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