Tanzania - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Clean cooking energy basically aims at protecting environment,since nowadays global faces environment challenges Therefore have come up with such idea to secure people and environment particular rural areas whom are highlydepend on unsafe cooking energies

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

It aims at securing our environment,as most of residents in Tanzania are depending on fossil fuels charcoal and firewood, especiallyfamilies from rural areas.This project intend to give out clean energies sources such as gas stoves and electrical cooking appliances by discount, as we buy for normal price and sell them by discount so as to make people especially from rural to afford as well as protecting our environment. Also borrowing such cooking facilities as most of higher percent in rural areas depend on local farming,as they cultivate and harvest seasonally, therefore we borrow them as they harvest,they suppose to pay back.This is done through local company owned by my father,that is unofficially registered and economically unstable since I'm still university student as i couldn't affordbut i used to dedicate it to my father and starting implimanting it locally so as to achieve environmental protection and having clean cooking energy that has higher calorific value,and affordable

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

Problem that intended and being solved mainly it's an environmental problem as being posed by fossil cooking fuels.As cooking energy being used are so destructive in terms of health as well as environment. Example charcoal produced from cutting trees ,that pose deforestation and desertification, and firewood as well. Also apart from such main problems,it help to improve health by reducing the risk of household pollution and smoke related diseases as they facilitate to poverty and underdevelopment of such societies. These problems are solved by providing the safe and clean cooking energies such as gas stoves and electrical cooking appliances by discount and by seasonal borrowing, as well as providing education about the essentials of using clean cooking energy and stop depending upon unsafe cooking energies,that will help them and their upcoming generations and will facilitate to sustainable development and economic growth of their societies as well as country at future days to come

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/Reducing direct emissions of climatic pollutants, posed by unsafe clean cooking energies being used. 2/Reduces gender inequality and poverty.As women's are in rural areas are the one responsible for searching firewood,,as its unsafe for them,also during cooking emissions pose healthy effect to them,therefore this will be avoided 3/Improving clean air and reducing negative health impacts of air pollution. Through shifting to safe and clean cooking energies that is so affordable and with high discount. 4/Enabling carbon removal by providing education as well as reafforestation and afforestation to the areas affected and new ones around societies and villages 5/Increasing women's time and safety while reducing drudgery. As women's affected much from such energies ,as they used to search up after them for a long time,and then they get affected too during timeof usage(cooking food for their families) 6/Avoiding emissions from forest degradation as fossil fuel are from forest degradation

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

Targeted zone of project the people from local communities especially from rural areas as are the common societies with high level of poverty since their access to specials needs and good living services are limited. Apart from rural residents, it highly targets at ensuring that gender inequality is overcome and protecting women's from rural areas since are the one who affected by such situation,as they use a lot of time in searching cooking fuels instead of doing other economic activities that will help them to improve their economy and overcome poverty. As well their health are affected due to frequently emissions of smokes produced from their own fuels that being searched by them.This automatically impacts to weak health ,and lacking enough time to relax ,as results to overall body weakness and aging at time that is not exactly their's. As well it aims at scholars in rural areas so as to provide awareness and education to them,since having educated generations it impacts more.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2021-05-29

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

6

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

4

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

Other partners are are six as stated above,,and two of them are male,,and one of them is my father who owner of an organization that work with such project,,and has business skills,and experience in terms of leadership and business Second male,has degree of electric engineering in terms of skills,but experience has in terms of entrepreneurship. Remaining female members two are just entrepreneurs, with local business skills and experience of just conducting small businesses such as street vending. Two Remaining females,,one is just a student from University of Dodoma taking a bachelor degree in special education, as helps us a lot to teach and educate disabled society, by using sign languages, as she has little skills on that,since it's her carrier. The rest girl skills upon businesses administration, as has its degree of business administration, and experience is just an entrepreneur, since has not employed anywhere since completed her bachelor degree in business administration.

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

https://tz.linkedin.com/in/byansi-kabaju-12783a291

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

This project contributes to no poverty,since it provides facilities which will help to secure time that have been lost in searching unsafe cooking fuels such as woods,and transforming such time in other economic activities that facilitate to economic development and resolving issue of poverty. Also since emissions posed by unsafe cooking energies causes health problems, that facilitates more to poverty and underdevelopment,therefore will be resolved too by this project by providing education as well as providing safe cooking appliances and energies by high discount and affordable price,as well seasonally borrowing of such energies and safe cooking appliances seasonally, as local farmers in rural areas used to cultivate ,harvest and sell their agricultural products seasonally.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

Strongly unsafe cooking energies pose environmental degradation, deforestation and desertification, as will facilitate to hunger,,as we provide clean cooking energy we will stop negative environmental impacts,therefore environmental hazards will be overcomed automatically, and rains will be there,and issue of hunger will be resolved too,,since there are plenty of rain,majority can cultivate and harvest,without being interrupted with changes of climatic conditions,caused by emissions within the environment. This projects will ends hunger by providing the energy and appliances that are affordable and protect wastage of time.Since if food it's there,there is no necessaries of wasting time searching of woods,or lighting charcoal,instead technological and improved appliances and energy is used. Also it helps farmer to keep their balance as they can afford to buy rest food necessaries, by spending little and conserving(saving),as we provide borrowing services,as well as highly discount.

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

This facilities good health since emissions will be overcomed,and from such point climatic condition will be good. As due to emissions climatic conditions tends to change as several issues begin to rise such as global warming and the rise of disease such as skin cancer,as well as diseases due to extensive rains such as diarrhea and cholera as well as outbreak diseases will began.Due to this project,these issues pertaining to unsafe health will be overcomed and society will have good and sustainable health.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

This idea particularly based on female scholars from rural areas who use a lot of time in searching and cooking with that usafe cooking energy, Due to this project such phenomena is being alleviated, since short time will be spent, and emissions will not be there. Since better education depends on having plenty of food as well as energy, that will help students to get a well balanced diet and improve their academic status and learning ability too

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

As stated at once,this will help increasing women time and safety while reducing drudgery. As women will be able to perform their economic activities and gain invmcome. Also it will facilitate diversification of responsibilities to the women's as well as men's, as it facilitates to gender equally.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

This is through treatment of water so as to get safe clean drinking water that won't pose healthy effects.For example they can use gas stoves ,heaters,or multiple cookers to boil drinking water at a short period of time.

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

Since,,the project provides discount and do borrow the clean sources of energy and cooking appliances, so as to make majorities to afford and use such clean cooking energies while protecting their environment.

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

It facilitates descent work and economic growth trough using such clean energies and safe cooking appliances in several economic activities such as restaurants where chefs use short period of time to prepare and cook their own food while protecting environment. Also to farmers instead of getting safe and clean energies by high price,they get them in discount as they can afford to buy them,,and facilitate saving. As they save,it's a way to overcome poverty and facilitate economic growth,from the concept of view of vicious poverty cycle. Therefore due to such project will facilitate to economic growth and descent works.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

5

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

It might facilitate to industrial innovation through providing time especially to girls in rural areas as they have ample time to study and concentrate with their studies instead of wasting time in searching cooking energies and cooking time as well. Through such sticky,it might facilitate to industrial innovation and infrastructure justification.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

Since it increasing women's time and safety while reducing drudgery to womens,and it facilitates diversification of responsibility to both women's and mens,,especially in rural areas as,it provide an open to evmconomic activities,as well as using short period of time in cooking,as well as eliminating time wasted in searching cooking energies.

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

As it help to reduce poverty from rural areas by influencing economic growth and environmental sustainability as well as protecting their environment as well as healthies of community.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

This project will have high impact in production and consumption since it increases the numbers of users especially in terms of gas ,as well as other electronic cooking appliances. As this will impact the production market and earning more profit while protecting our environment.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

This takes action in combating climatic effect that posed by the use of unsafe clean energies that harm environment. This is done through providing education as well as providing clean cooking energy in discount and affordable to each residents especially in rural areas. That ihughly protect environment as well as combating climatic changes.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

This project mainly intend to manage forests and making sure that they not deteriorated from effects posed from deforestation in processes of searching firewood as well as charcoal for cooking purposes.As we also provide education so as to enable majority to protect their environment as well as restore biodiversity as well as trees being cutted.

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

4

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

This project strongly need or encourage global partnership for the goal as due to this partnership it will facilitate to sustainable development among our communities,by ensuring that environment is protected while gaining income. Also providing safe and clean cooking energies to local communities by high discount and borrowng, to the farmer societies and rural families as well.

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

4

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

4

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

1 - Strongly Disagree

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.

7 - Strongly Agree

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

7 - Strongly Agree

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

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

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

Main competitors are the casual sellers as they tend to defend their business so as to earn profit,and the reason behind that makes me Stanford out from them,is that as I'm intending to pursue a business while protecting environment and implementing environmental sustainability .

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

For really I'm initiating the role of female entrepreneurs, since I'm trying to have essential plan especially at securing time that have been lost in search for firewood especially in rural areas.Also implementing economic growth of female by using such cheap clean energies and appliances to generate their daily income that will help them to improve their living standard.