Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Acacia Innovations is a for-profit, women-led social enterprise specializing in the manufacturing and sale of biomass briquettes (branded under Kuni Safi). It reduces care work by saving time, money & energy spent by women in cooking and fuel collection. Acacia manufactures and distributes affordable cookstoves & briquettes, a nearly smokeless alternative to firewood, made of sugarcane waste. The enterprise’s work has helped reduce deforestation and the risk of respiratory illnesses due to indoor air pollution. Acacia’s customers save an average of 35% compared to firewood and 50% compared to charcoal.

Activities in the care economy: Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products

Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage

Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions

Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000

Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000

Number of customers (2018): Information not available

Financials

Profitability status: Financially profitable

Revenue USD (2020): Between 10,000 to 50,000

Revenue USD (2019): Between 10,000 to 50,000

Revenue USD (2018): Information not available

Pathways to impact

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

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce

Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Infants or children, Elderly people

Number of people served (2020): Less than 1,000

Number of people served (2019): Less than 1,000

Number of people served (2018): Information not available