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World Bank InfoDev Update
“Clean, Green and Mobile: Making Technology
Work for the Poor”
June 9, 2010
www.EandCo.net
Clean Energy
A World With, A World Without
1.8 billion
Estimated number of
Internet users
world-wide
WSJ June 2010
1.6 billion
Estimated number of
people lacking access to
electricity
IEA 2008
E+Co
• Mission: To positively impact
climate change and reduce
poverty through investment in
small and growing clean energy
enterprises
• Investments in more than 200
enterprises in 21 developing
countries, Africa, Asia and Latin
America
• 8 offices, 75% staff field based
• “Market-based and
Entrepreneur–centric”
Why Clean Energy?
Climate
Security
Poverty
Energy
Water
Innovation
Health
Tackling the Problem
Filling a Market Gap
Services
Capital
Clean
Energy
Business
Why This Model?
 Entrepreneur = best to assess local market
opportunities
 Small/Growing Businesses = key drivers to
economic growth
 Customer driven, not donor driven
 Satisfy customer needs = Economic Growth
E+Co Triple Bottom Line Returns
Social
Environmental
Financial
Access to Clean Energy
6.2M
Carbon Dioxide Reduced
4.6M tons
Capital Invested
$40M
Entrepreneurs Trained
> 1,000
Firewood/Charcoal
Displaced
1.1M tons
Capital Mobilized
$253M
Income Generated
$7M
Decreased Oil
Consumption
910,000 barrels
Portfolio Return
8.7%*
Cumulative 1998-2000
*After write-offs and before operating expenses
Technology for the BOP
• E+Co is “Technology
Neutral”
– Enterprises provide
products that are
available, affordable and
appropriate
– Find innovative solutions
for their markets
• Solar lanterns with cellphone chargers
Zara Solar, Tanzania
Entrepreneur: Mohammed Parpia
In 2006, E+Co provided a
$200,000 loan to Mohammed
Parpia to launch Zara Solar.
Mwanza, Tanzania has a very
low 5.9% electrification rate
with no plans for national grid
extension. Zara Solar now
serves over 20,000 households
in six regions.
Toyola Energy Ltd., Ghana
Entrepreneurs: Suraj Wahab, Ernest Kyei
• Energy Efficient Cook Stove
Manufacturer/Distributor
– Use charcoal that is 40% more
energy efficient
– Stoves made of scrap metal
– “Evangelists” as sales agents
– Now selling lanterns to replace
kerosene
– Carbon offset monetization
returning monies back to region
E+Co and Technology
Carbon Finance
• Projecting completion of Gold Standard
Verification process by 2nd Quarter 2010
– 2nd and 3rd cook stove projects to
receive Gold Standard
• Focus on energy efficient cook stoves
– Toyola Ghana
– Katene Mali
• Goldman Sachs to monetize carbon
offsets
– Cook stove manufacturers to receive
share
• E+Co work profiled in Newsweek article
December 2009
E+Co and Technology
Mobile Sales Tracking
100s of salesman
nationwide
Toyola web-based project
database:
- End user contact info
- Stove serial numbers
(avoid double counting)
- Toyola stock data (supply
chain management)
Toyola
Management
E+Co
Staff
Training Toyola staff on how to
record sales using SMS
Carbon Finance
Auditors
Example Record Structure
Data Source
Point of Sale:
user name, location, mobile #
Follow-up Monitoring:
kitchen surveys, performance
tests, health questionnaires
Multiple records possible per
stove
Electronic Forms
Sensors
In-situ Performance:
stove use, personal exposure
Records Linked by Unique Stove Serial Number
SMS (Text
Messges)
Information Recorded
E+Co and Technology
Invisible Schoolhouse
Online Distance Learning
• Energy.invisibleschoolhouse.net
• Draws on materials on USAID
Energy Wikispace
– Energyaccess.wikispaces.com
• Facilitates learning at user’s pace
• Multiple “classrooms”
– Energy Enterprise, Climate Change,
Solar PV, Carbon Finance
• Will include long-distance
mentoring
• Start online, move to mobile
learning
• Log in as guest/password:
entrepreneur2010
E+Co
The Way Forward
• Business Plan under
development to
establish For-Profit
Funds to aggregate
capital
• Invest $80-$100 million
by 2014
• ~8-10 million
additional people
served
• 10 million tons of
carbon offset annually
Thank you
Anne Murray
Senior Development
Officer
E+Co
www.EandCo.net