Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Usafi Green Energy Limited is a for-profit company that manufactures and distributes cookstoves and biomass briquettes in Kenya. Usafi briquettes are of high carolific value and high heat content therefore make it more viable for household, industrial and institutional use as a fuel. It reduces care work by saving cost and energy. Through the use of the enterprise’s renewable energy products 3 out of 10 trees have been saved and over 4200 households are using the product.

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): Between 5,000 to 25,000

Number of customers (2019): Between 1,000 to 5,000

Number of customers (2018): Between 1,000 to 5,000

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 50,001

Revenue USD (2018): Between 10,000 to 50,002

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): Between 5,000 to 25,000

Number of people served (2019): Between 1,000 to 5,000

Number of people served (2018): Between 1,000 to 5,000