Care Economy Case Studies

These case studies present care economy social innovations and impactful businesses, helping to demonstrate viable and impactful business models.

Africa Care Economy Case Studies

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Xalco – Kenya

Xalco Limited is a Kenyan enterprise that addresses the health and care needs of the elderly, including elderly people with disabilities and post-hospitalized patients.

Tiny Totos – Kenya

Tiny Totos is a social enterprise that aims improve informal daycare by partnering with private, informal daycare entrepreneurs and delivering training and investment to upgrade standards, foster business sustainability and deliver improved care to children in Kenya and Rwanda.

Strong Start – Kenya

Strong Start is a for-profit company that provides caregivers and domestic staff in Kenya with technical skills training in early childhood development, household management, self advocacy and job search training.

Powerstove Energy – Nigeria

Powerstove Energy is a social enterprise based in Nigeria that provides cookstoves and biomass pellets for clean household cooking.

Jazza Centre – Kenya

Jazza Centre is a for-profit social enterprise in Kenya that trains domestic workers, primarily vulnerable young and middle-aged women.

Emerging Cooking Solutions – Zambia

Emerging Cooking Solutions is a for-profit company that manufactures and distributes SupaMoto® clean-burning stoves and biomass cooking fuel for low-income urban families and businesses in Zambia.

BURN Manufacturing – Kenya

BURN Manufacturing is a Kenyan for-profit enterprise that designs, manufactures, and distributes fuel-efficient cooking appliances.

Bidhaa Sasa – Kenya 

Bidhaa Sasa is a for-profit company that supplies a range of products to customers in rural communities of Kenya.