Business Case Studies

Uganda
NUCAFE empowers smallholder farmers to create an end-to-end coffee processing value chain
NUCAFE, a UNDP Business Call to Action (BCtA) member and a UNCDF pipeline company, empowers farmers in Uganda with access to the coffee value chain - all the way from farm processing to manufacturing and exporting. Access to these services is enhanced with technical skills training, business development, and farmer organization governance and management training.
SDGs: 2 - Zero Hunger, 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Sectors: Food and Beverage
IOAs:
Food processing and collection services
Coffee farmer
Nigeria
Powerstove provides affordable and sustainable energy solutions to meet household’s energy demand
Established in 2018, Powerstove develops affordable and sustainable energy solutions to meet the energy demand from households in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Powerstove clean cookstove combines clean energy, IoT and mobile phone technology.
SDGs: 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Sectors: Consumer Goods
IOAs:
Improved cooking stoves
Powerstove products and sample users
Kenya
Rwanda
ACRE Africa provides micro-insurance products to strengthen farmer resilience
Africa-based insurance service provider ACRE Africa, a UNDP Business Call to Action (BCtA) member, provides micro-insurance products to strengthen the resilience of African farmers to climate risks.
SDGs: 1 - No Poverty, 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Sectors: Financials
IOAs:
Farmer insurances, Micro insurance
Farmers as potential ACRE Africa customers
Ghana
South Africa
ECOLOO offers water-free biological toilets improving sanitation and saving lives
ECOLOO, a UNDP Business Call to Action (BCtA) member, specializes in sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene solutions and provides sustainable and affordable toilets to low-income communities.
SDGs: 1 - No Poverty, 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 6 - Clean water and sanitation
Sectors: Infrastructure
IOAs:
Dry sanitation technologies, On-site sanitation for public and private facilities, Sanitation services
ECOLOO toilet in action
Kenya
Equator Kenya increases farmer productivity through technology for irrigation, bio pesticides and fertilizer blends
Equator Kenya, a UNDP Business Call to Action (BCtA) member dealing with dehydrated fruits and vegetable products, provides technology packages for irrigation, bio pesticides and fertilizer blends to smallholder farmers, which result in higher yields and greater incomes.
SDGs: 2 - Zero Hunger, 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Sectors: Food and Beverage
IOAs:
Fruit processing
Equator Kenya chilies harvesting in Kenya
Kenya
Uganda
CityTaps scales digital solutions in the water sector through smart metering and mobile money
CityTaps, a UNDP Business Call to Action (BCtA) member, is a technology and service company on a quest to bring running water into the homes of the world’s urban poor. Its Pay-As-You-Go and Smart water metering solution offers water utilities in developing countries a new and sustainable business model.
SDGs: 1 - No Poverty, 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 6 - Clean water and sanitation
Sectors: Infrastructure, Food and Beverage
IOAs:
Drinking water distillation and distribution, Water purification
CityTaps scene
Nigeria
Aimcare improves women and child health through pharma inventory financing, education, water and sanitation products
Aimcare, a UNDP Business Call to Action (BCtA) member, promotes personal hygiene through healthcare products and services in low-income communities in Nigeria.
SDGs: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
Sectors: Health Care
IOAs:
Healthcare consumables
Aimcare activity
Ghana
Nigeria
South Africa
Vanu connects the unconnected through sustainable connectivity to off-grid markets
Vanu, a UNDP Business Call to Action (BCtA) member, is a global provider of turnkey mobile communications solutions that allow mobile network operators to serve off-grid markets. Its innovative technology enables cellular coverage in areas that cannot be covered profitably with existing technology.
SDGs: 1 - No Poverty, 4 - Quality Education, 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 17 - Partnerships For the Goals
Sectors: Technology and Communications, Infrastructure
IOAs:
Mobile broadband distribution, Mobile internet hotspots, Off-grid solar WiFi
Vanu installation
South Africa
Unjani Clinics empowers healthcare through an Enterprise Development Approach in South Africa
Unjani Clinics, which has engaged with UNDP South Africa, provides quality and affordable private healthcare to South Africa’s low-income communities. The Network of nearly 100 clinics empowers professional nurses as healthcare providers, enhances access to care and supports health systems strengthening.
SDGs: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
Sectors: Health Care
IOAs:
Modular medical facilities
Unjani Clinics office in South Africa