What is the customer problem the product is solving ?Each year, more than 600,000 Africans die, that is to say 11,200 Cameroonians (WHO sources) because of the pollution of the air due to the use of wood or coal to cook. Faced with this finding, SOLARLIFE has decided to democratize solar powered ovens, clean cooking equipment to protect the health of users, the environment and also make real savings (a bag of coal lasts 03 to 06 months more compared to an open hearth)

List of current or potential customers : Household Organizations Humanitarian Restaurant and microfinance institution.

What is your solution ? A cooker with solar energy that allows access to solar electricity light and recharge a phone.

Unit selling price ? 100 000 Fcfa payable in several monthly installments through recognized groups of associations and Micro Finance Institutions.

User benefits : The use of the solar cooking kit will allow them to :

• Have access to solar electricity light and recharge mobile phones
• Reduce by 70% the consumption of firewood, charcoal and cooking 24 hours a day
• To reduce the health risks associated with the inhalation of smoke from wood combustion
• Reduce the need for labor to pick up firewood
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100%, including C02 and black carbon
• To make real savings a bag of hard coal 03 to 06 months more compared to an open hearth

What is your Business Model ? SOLARLIFE provides direct distribution via associations or groups of women partners or through its network of authorized resellers trained and accompanied by the social enterprise. Payment facilities are offered at all levels of the distribution chain (resellers and end customers) to facilitate access to the solar cooking kit that allows cooking 24/24 and also to have access to electricity. Promotional campaigns are organized to raise awareness of the advantages of the solar cooking kit (economically, environmentally and healthily) compared to traditional equipment.

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Competitive Positioning (Describe your competitive advantage and barriers to entry) : SOLARLIFE is a pioneer in the distribution of clean cooking equipment of high quality (zero CO2 emissions) and wants to become a leader in Cameroon in the very short term.

When do you reach the Breakeven point: At the end of the 1st year (after successfully raised the capital sought).

Describe your exit strategy: The exit strategy for an investor is during the new fundraiser.

Project progress

• Year 2017
  Solar Cooking Kits were acquired as samples to:
  - Present the product physically to potential buyers
  - Do tests of uses within households.
  - Make sales, to measure the reception of the product on the market.
  Positive feedback from users, pushes us to seek funding to launch the commercialization of the product on a large scale in the Cameroonian market
• Year 2018
  We created Solarlife Sarl and took steps with humanitarian organizations (pre-order for 2000 KITS in progress)