Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
SETECH is a for-profit entity based in Ghana that provides clean cooking and solar lighting solutions to households and women dominated agro-industries in rural and peri-urban communities. It not only reduces the time spent by women and girls on sourcing fuel for cooking but also contributes to reduced energy expenditures.

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: Labour saving solutions

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

Number of customers (2019): Information not available

Number of customers (2018): Not applicable

Financials

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

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

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

Revenue USD (2018): Not applicable

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, Paid care workers, Unpaid domestic workers, Paid domestic workers

Number of people served (2020): Information not available

Number of people served (2019): Information not available

Number of people served (2018): Not applicable