Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Uthabiti is a for-profit entity that exists to accelerate early childhood care, education and development (ECCED) in Africa. It accelerates access to quality and affordable childcare services for all. The organization redistributes care and domestic work by coordinate collaboration among childcare actors, facilitates organizing of childcare entrepreneurs and service providers; as well as influences creation of an enabling policy environment that supports child care enterprises and the childcare workforce to thrive. In 2021, the entity has also set up a non-profit entity.

Activities in the care economy: Provision of technology, services & policies/practice that improve conditions for domestic & care worker

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

Type of services: Infant-care (children younger than 1-year), Child-care (Ages 1 to 5)

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

Number of customers (2019): Not applicable

Number of customers (2018): Not applicable

Financials

Profitability status: Not profitable yet but planning to become profitable after 5 years

Revenue USD (2020): Information not available

Revenue USD (2019): Not applicable

Revenue USD (2018): Not applicable

Pathways to impact

Challenge addressed:
Lack of recognition and action with regards to unfair distribution of care and domestic work, Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work, Lack of / poor remuneration for care and domestic workers, Limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Recognize, Reward, Redistribute

Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Paid domestic workers, Infants or children

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

Number of people served (2019): Information not available

Number of people served (2018): Not applicable