P4G SC + CLASP P4G Partnerships Fund Concept v1
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Action-research project on stand-alone Pay-Go appliances for off-grid households - concept note developed with CLASP.
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P4G SC + CLASP P4G Partnerships Fund Concept v1
- 1. THE SURECHILL COMPANY LTD. Prepared by: Binagwaho Gakunju (Grants Consultant, SureChill) Binagwaho.gakunju@surechill.com CLASP Grant Partnership Proposal Grant: P4G Partnerships Fund Link: https://p4gpartnerships.org/p4g-call-partnerships Deadline (Concept Note): 31st July 2021 Applicants - The SureChill Company - CLASP
- 2. OVERVIEW & BACKGROUND OF GRANT Annual call for applications to the P4G Partnerships Fund for 2021 is currently active. Fund supports pilots and scale projects centred on market-based solutions to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in renewable energy and multiple sectors. Partnership must involve both a private sector actor, and a non-governmental organization (NGO) or business association responsible for the management and administration of funds. Each awarded partnership will benefit from some combination of these services, tailored to the partnerships specific needs and path toward commercialization: Catalytic Funding up to USD 1 million, with a 50% cost-share in-kind Co-Creation and Co-Investment Strategic Leadership, Commercial and Financial Advice Engagement with Investors and Policymakers Partnership Governance Global Recognition Learning and Knowledge Sharing The SureChill Company Ltd. (SureChill) have launched a Grants strategy in July 2021, focused on sustainable pathways to distribute best-in-class off-grid household refrigerators in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- 3. BACKGROUND: THE SURECHILL COMPANY LIMITED Established in 2013, with the company headquarters based in Cardiff, Wales www.surechill.com Inventors and developers of the award-winning SureChillTM technology for off-grid refrigeration: Our cooling technology uses water as a natural energy store, like an endlessly rechargeable battery, using its thermodynamic properties to create an efficient and resilient refrigerator. If the power goes off, SureChill fridges can stay perfectly cool for days, some for as long as 12 days, even with the refrigerator in normal use in 43尊C ambient temperatures. 60+ countries, 20,000+ refrigerators, and over 36 million vaccines administered through our work. Since 2020, operating in Kenya through SureChill Africa, a subsidiary working with distributors and consumer finance organizations to deploy refrigerators for home and productive use, targeting off-grid and weak-grid households in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.surechill.com/home-and-small-business/
- 4. SureChill Concept: Standalone PayGo B2B Results-Based Facility for Action Research Partnership for Cooling Services (SDG7) Despite consumer financing being identified as the key to scaling access to household cooling technologies, no action-research has been compiled to model the steps to developing a sustainable and scalable model for stand-alone appliances, with a bias towards distributing products as upsell appliances through Solar Home System (SHS) channels. This partnership will be an action-research partnership aimed at implementing and building a sustainable Pay-Go value chain for the distribution of stand-alone off-grid refrigerators, focusing on the B2B partnership between manufacturers and distributors. The goal is to identify, build, and refine on the key elements of the Pay-Go value chain for refrigerator manufacturers (represented by SureChill) distributing stand-alone appliances with local partners, with a focus on the Kenya and a view to replicate the model in-country and within the region once proof-points on financial sustainability demonstrated to commercial investors. Objective: Implement and build a value-chain to reach a positive cash-flow from a cohort of ~1000 customers as a proof-point for sustainable scaling of the distribution of stand-alone pay-Go refrigerators for households. Timeline: 2 years allocated, with a maximum of 18 months to run action-learning activities as per the business model. Budget (note of 50% cost-share): USD 1 million budgeted, with 50% provided by P4G as follows: 1) $120,000 working capital facility deployed in the form of an RBF to subsidize value-chain building by refrigerator distributor over 3 phases of the action-research (A, B, C) 2) $230,000 provided as insights + action research testing of value-chain levers with external service providers to drive cohort scale, including Marketing, Operations & Maintenance, After-Sales, Logistics, and other Pay-Go value-chain elements. 3) $150,000 provided as administrative + research + communications expenses between CLASP + SureChill over the 2 year project
- 5. Budget Expenses Cost-Share Expenses
- 7. INGO PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL SureChill is seeking an INGO partner (CLASP) to act as the fund administrator, research partner, and support engagement with investors and policymakers with the findings of the action-research. The first step is the submission of the concept note developed by SureChill (draft ready), which if approved, will begin a pathway towards approval as per the infographic. P4G anticipate the process between Step 3 7 to take between 2-5 months, so anticipation to start the project activities from the beginning of 2022 latest (earliest is Q4 2021).