Acacia Innovations Ltd.
Company overview
Website:
http://acaciainnovations.com
Headquarters: Kenya
Countries of Operations: Kenya
Women owned /led: Founded by at least one woman
Year of founding: 2016
Number of FTEs
: 50 to 100 FTEs
Legal status of the organization
: For-profit
Company overview
Website: www.lavanderiapp.io
Headquarters: Mexico
Countries of Operations: Mexico
Legal status of the organization
: For-profit
Year of founding: 2018
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 FTEs
Women owned / led: Founder
Care economy activities and business model
About the organization:
Acacia Innovations is a for-profit, women-led social enterprise specializing in the manufacturing and sale of biomass briquettes (branded under Kuni Safi). It reduces care work by saving time, money & energy spent by women in cooking and fuel collection. Acacia manufactures and distributes affordable cookstoves & briquettes, a nearly smokeless alternative to firewood, made of sugarcane waste. The enterprise's work has helped reduce deforestation and the risk of respiratory illnesses due to indoor air pollution. Acacia's customers save an average of 35% compared to firewood and 50% compared to charcoal.
Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products
Acacia Innovations is a for-profit, women-led social enterprise specializing in the manufacturing and sale of biomass briquettes (branded under Kuni Safi). It reduces care work by saving time, money & energy spent by women in cooking and fuel collection. Acacia manufactures and distributes affordable cookstoves & briquettes, a nearly smokeless alternative to firewood, made of sugarcane waste. The enterprise's work has helped reduce deforestation and the risk of respiratory illnesses due to indoor air pollution. Acacia's customers save an average of 35% compared to firewood and 50% compared to charcoal.
Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion
Type of services: Labour saving solutions, Child-care (Ages 6 and above)
Number of customers (2020): Information not available
Number of customers (2019): Information not available
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Type of services: Labour saving solutions, Child-care (Ages 6 and above)
Number of customers (2020): Information not available
Number of customers (2019): Information not available
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Between 500,000 to 1 million
Revenue USD (2019): Information not available
Revenue USD (2018): Information not available
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: Paid care workers, Infants or children
Number of people served (2020): Information not available
Number of people served (2019): Information not available
Number of people served (2018): Information not available