Koola Waters
Company overview
Website:
koolawaters.co.ke
Headquarters: Kenya
Countries of Operations: Kenya
Women owned /led: Founded by at least one woman
Year of founding: 2014
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 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: Small scale roll-out/Early stage
Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Between 10,000 to 50,000
Revenue USD (2019): Between 10,000 to 50,000
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: Unpaid care workers, Infants or children, Elderly people
Number of people served (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of people served (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of people served (2018): Information not available