Tanzania - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

We are providing a clean, affordable, feasible, environmental friendly, strong heat production and healthy clean cooking energy in form of clean charcoal produced from recycling of rice-husk waste materials making into a briquettes shaped clean charcoal

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Mbarali clean charcoal project is an innovative projecting intending to bring impacts on the clean cooking energy industry by coming up with a cost friendly, health friendly and accessible clean cooking energy For ages now, more than 80% of residents of Tanzania has been sourcing from trees related products such as fire woods and charcoal as a main source of cooking energy. This habit of trees dependent has created multiple problems such as environmental destructions, health problems to women such as cancers and blindness and reduced quality of women participation to economic activities since much of their time is used in collecting fire woods Our projects produces charcoal from rice husk remains thus protecting trees, the energy produced by this charcoal is three times stronger and lasting than wood charcoal, it has no smoke emissions thus protecting health of users, it also creates an employment for women on local community hence fascinating society development by empowering women

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY Our main solution is in accordance with the SDG 7 which entails on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all mainly renewable clean cooking energy. Our team was moved highly into this project after its participation in a study which was aiming in identifying health hazardous effects of using non-clean cooking energy, unfortunately most of the identified hazards were preventable by an access to clean energy It was through a series of testing and investigations carried out to test the hypothesis available on clean charcoal that we were able to alive to this conclusion of developing charcoal from rice husk materials Given the fact that more than 80% of our population depend on charcoal and wood for cooking hence coming up with an alternative charcoal will attract more users and given that this charcoal burns more strong than the wood charcoal then rest assured that we are going to demolish trees related cooking energy

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

1. Women; having access to clean energy will save their health by keeping them away from smokes as it is associated with more than 33,000 deaths every year in Tanzania, also saving their time they use in search for firewood thus directing that time to productive activities and raising their incomes to meet their daily needs 2. Youth: will create employment to youth around our plants and our selling depots (productive age girls and young women) 3. Environment protection; By saving trees who are commonly approached by majority as their primary source of energy for cooking thus with this charcoal we are going to facilitate the green future 4. Industrial power; especially those in high demand of heat in their processes will have a great alternative and force them to turn blind to trees which they are currently using since with our charcoal they get strong, constant long lasting heat production of no harm effect to people and environment

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS From the personal experience of my partner who grew up in northern highlands as a Girl , she faced a great challenge of being assigned with daily task of making sure the family has eaten by the fact that the fathers would supply food requirements but the cooking energy is a women task. Considering the kind of the environment they were living they had to walk for 3 hours away from home in search for fire woods thus more than half of their daily time was spend on cooking energy searches She wants to make a change to this girls by bringing an affordable clean energy at their doors and giving them a chance to work in our plants thus not only will they have less time to look for clean energy but also they will earn by working in our plants, also to protect their health by exposing them to healthier cooking energy, give them access to supplying these clean charcoal and reaching more young girls and women hence securing their future in safe hands

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2023-07-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

1

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

1

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Name: BENEDICTA SAMWELY BENEDICT Gender; Female Date of birth: 16th March 1999 Nationality; Tanzanian ID (NIDA/Passport/Birth certificate/other; NIDA; 19990316 27302 00001 16 Postal address and physical address; P.O Box 55068, Ubungo- Dar es salaam Tanzania, physical; Kimamba street house number 34, Makurumla-Ubungo, Dar es salaam Contact number; +255627120849 Email; benedictasamwely@gmail.com About: An enthusiastic woman who build her carrier in business administration, always open to innovative and available opportunities especially in projects that empower women and young girls to stand in an economic freedom stage, open for new ideas and learnings from everyday activities. Made her success in the farming industry doing horticulture farming

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

https://youtu.be/c7PuC74z_Ws?si=qg6X_xOEe38xmI78

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

a) Energy (equipment, services, sustainable energy and fuel)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

1. The project offers a chance for employment creation thus offering a chance for anyone to work here and earn a living, favoring more on the local inhabitant people who are in extreme poverty to raise their economic status 2. It gives equal economic opportunity to under presented and vulnerable groups mainly young girls and women to earn a living by working with thus and as we all know if we are to eradicate poverty in a community then it should be through women entering into productivity

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

By facilitating activities that reserve nature and protect from climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters thus favoring agricultural productivity. Through Our project we will enhance the trees protection activities and campaigns, our alternative charcoal paves a way to ending the dependency on trees for cooking energy hence reserving the environment with more rains and agricultural productions

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

The project intends to reduce the number of preventable causes resulting from using non-clean energy. In Tanzania country only more than 33,000 people die every year due to complications resulting from using non-clean cooking energy (Ministry of health). And we are bringing a solution which prevents this by eliminating the causative agent of these deaths which is smoke produced from wood and charcoal woods as our charcoal is smokeless

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

1. We have researched and found out that, young girls and women of school ages from society which use fire woods as a source of energy (approximately 60% of Tanzania community) are faced by a great challenge of everyday walking long distances in search of firewoods, thus when they come back home they are always tired and they cannot concentrate with evening studies compared to boys 2. With our charcoal we are going to remove this burden to our school aged young girls giving them a chance to concentrate much of their time in studies, and we are sure that by doing this the quality of these girls access to education matters will increase same as their education and this will open a door for them to strive towards their goals

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

In most of the society in Tanzania women are left far behind from being involved in economic activities as most of the works are regarded as men oriented jobs and tasks and this leaves them with no other option but taking care of the family In our project we are intending to give an equal opportunity to women to engage in our project from the production process to the goods supply. We understand the challenge of being different from the cultural norms and our team has prepared a structure approach to make sure our plans execution wont face much challenges from the community

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

1. We are bringing a project that facilitates the GREEN FUTURE by protecting the ecosystem, clean water and sanitation depend much on reserved environment and clean environment hence by avoiding deforestation and facilitating afforestation we are assuring the community that our water sources are going to last for generations and thus we are going to protect them and ensure everyone in our community has access to this clean water for uses 2. Our clean charcoal is produced from rice husk materials which are wastes and if unhanded well can lead to pollution of water sources, hence with our process of converting them to charcoal we are facilitating the clean environment and clean water sources

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

1. Our clean charcoal  production uses local materials available in community and the production process is under local trained people. All of these factors lower down the cost of production, and since its a product from our local areas even the access and cost of buying is very low to the extent that it is a promised and affordable cooking energy source for extreme poverty families 2. The burning process of our charcoal during cooking doesn't produce any smoke and there are no hazardous effects related to the use of this clean charcoal thus it falls under a group of clean cooking renewable energy sources

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

1. We are going to decrease the number of youth women who are not in employment by providing chances for them to work in our projects as workers in production plants but also in supply chain 2. Through the training we are going to be conducting to local communities around our production areas, we are going to raise their knowledge in entrepreneurship and expose them to the world of approaching challenges as opportunities and creating more room for employment creation 3. We are going to be participating to policies amendments and modification in accordance with the clean cooking energy industry and entrepreneurship

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

1. This project is going to produce and innovative product of better version and service from the previous known available product. It has been reshaped to remove the negative impacts of the available product and bring positive impacts to the users and surrounding 2. With this product we are paving a way towards innovation and innovative products, thus once funded we are going to establish and infrastructure to help more innovative products and solutions to enter the market and community

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

1. Providing equal access to all members of the community of using clean cooking energy 2. Providing chances to women and young gils of productive age to engage in economic activities and production to earn for a living 3. Treating all community members equally who approach our project whether s workers or suppliers of our products, every person will be treated in equality with respect as per national policies

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

1. Since our production process uses rice husk wastes as raw materials, we are helping in putting the cities and communities clean 2. We will be working with people from the direct local communities hence preserving the cultural norms and heritage

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

1. Acting as one of stable sustainable means of recycling and reuse of rice husk wastes by producing a renewable energy from them 2. To participate in national programs of strengthening wastes management ways by coming up with more innovative ways of handling wastes

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

1. Participate in climatic mitigation by protecting trees from cut-downs, reducing wastes from the environment by recycling them into another useful product 2. Participate in creating awareness to the community in climatic protection mitigations and law enacting towards people or organizations who destroy the environment through their activities

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution by proper handling of agricultural wastes

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

1. Ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements 2. promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally 3. Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

1. Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere 2. End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children 3. Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Partnerships is one of the great drivers of business growth, and in our project we did analysis and found the initial partnerships which we see an opportunity for us to grow and reach more people 1.Rice mills; with our partnership we will be able to get raw materials at affordable costs while helping them getting rid of these as they regard them as wastes hence giving them a clean and healthier work place 2. Energy efficient related NGO’s; since they deal with educating the society on clean energy utilization this will help in creating an awareness to the community about our clean, cost effective, environmental friendly and efficient one easily 3. Climatic changes mitigations NGO’s; The green world is the future and fighting for green Tanzania is our mission for the future generations 4. Women health related NGO; will help in reaching more women educating them on clean cooking energy and health related impacts of using firewoods and offering an access to healthier charcoal

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

2

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

6

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

2

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

4

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

For decades now our communities have been using charcoal from trees as one of the main source of cooking energy. The technology of using wastes and converting them to clan charcoal is one of the new technologies in our country but studies we conducted showed positive perception from people who use it We are not bringing the same charcoal as that has been in use for ages but this time we are bringing in clean charcoal by the fact that one, it is not from trees, secondly the combustion of this charcoal doesn't produce smoke or much ashes as the traditional charcoal, thirdly our charcoal doesn't affect the health of our users. Through these reasons we even identified our products as not a MERE CHARCOAL BUT A CLEAN CHARCOAL

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

As has been witnessed that our country is making a great shift from non-clean to clean cooking energy, now our competitors here are the companies dealing with clean cooking energy as we are but who are in the gas and oil industries, also electric industries. But with them we have a competitive advantage than them as follows 1. The infrastructure of the gas and electricity industry limits the number of people to use as less people are accessible to their services but our clean charcoal is accessible up to the interior 2. The initial subscription cost for buying LPG and electricity stoves is higher compared to our charcoal stoves 3. The refilling for gas cooking energy (LPG) and electricity is much more costful than buying a bag of our clean charcoal

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

YES We have been into various projects for empowering women and girls both government and non-government funded, provided that even my partner is a female she has forecasted a clear plan on how we are going to favor women into our productions 2. We will be providing entrepreneurial education to all women around our plants aiming on expanding the knowledge on economic opportunities in our communities