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WECONNEX AG | Bohl 2 | CH-9000 St.Gallen | +41 71 923 88 88 | info@weconnex.org | www.weconnex.org
WECONNEX AG | Bohl 2 | CH-9000 St.Gallen | +41 71 923 88 88 | info@weconnex.org | www.weconnex.org
Tech4Dev, 2.5.16 Lausanne
Innovative Offgrid Water
and Energy Hub
WECONNEX AG | Bohl 2 | CH-9000 St.Gallen | +41 71 923 88 88 | info@weconnex.org | www.weconnex.org
HALF OF THE HUMANITY…
DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BASIC
SERVICES!
WECONNEX AG | Bohl 2 | CH-9000 St.Gallen | +41 71 923 88 88 | info@weconnex.org | www.weconnex.org
• What incentives do Governments have
to provide longterm and sustainable
solutions for decentralized access to
infrastructure?
• How can a non-profit business model
be scaled a multiplied?
• Why do large companies not show
more interest in the BoP market?
• Are the investment policies of large
investors suitable for BoP markets?
• Do SME suppliers tend to over-
engineer?
WHY ARE THESE PROBLEMS NOT
SOLVED?
THE TECHNOLOGY IS DEVELOPED, FUNDS ARE AROUND BUT...
JUST A FEW THOUGHTS...
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- 80% of Nepal‘s population is living in rural areas.
- One of the poorest nations in the world with a per capita income of about $730.
- The majority of the population lack access to basic necessities including safe drinking water, health care, electricity
and food.
- 63% of the Nepalese households, particularly in rural areas, have no reliable access to electricity.
- Scheduled load shedding of up to 16 hours per day in most of the regions.
- Most households rely on traditional and fossil fuel energy sources (imported kerosene, fuelwood, animal dung
and agricultural residues) which has an adverse impact on health and the environment.
- More than 89% of the total population is deprived of regular access to quality drinking water.
- About 10,500 children die each year because of inadequate access to safe drinking water and poor hygiene and
sanitation conditions.
EXAMPLE: SITUATION IN NEPAL
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THE SOLUTION
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• Rural Impact Hub: Platform and offices for local
businesses and collaboration space
• Cold Storage: Community Fridge
• Center of Farming Excellence: Processing
Facilities, Distribution Channel for Agricultural
Products, Education Center
• Internet Hot Spot: Access to mobile Banking,
Office Services, Printing, Social Media
• Medical Service Space: local basic checkup,
storage of basic medicine
• Energy-to-go: Charging Service of electronic
devices, renting options
• Power Package: reliable power supply for local
business, modular, smart grid
• Watershop: Access to safe drinking water and
good sanitation
THE NEXUS CENTER
Features
We facilitate the
infrastructure.
Locals develop and
operate their
business!
upgrade your life
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Environmental Aspects
Sustainable usage and recycling of natural ressources, access to clean energy
-> A role model
Social & Health Aspects
Women Empowerment, Health Improvements, Jobs and Capacity Building, Community Engagement
-> A Community Center
Economical Aspects
Financial Sustainability for all stakeholders, Cross Subsidization, Full cost recovery
-> Local Entrepreneurship
TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE IMPACT
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Proven technical track record of 850 solar powered drinking water units in 42 countries
(www.trunzwatersystems.com)
Large network of established and reliable partners for technology, financing, business modeling, project
management etc.
Dedicated to develop sustainable projects
Experienced team in project management in BoP markets
Provides personalized services and technical advice
Direct, transparent and fair
We love what we do and we know how to do it
WHY WECONNEX?
Enabling sustainable business
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• NGO and Government activities which
provide access to basic infrastructure for
free or low (subsidized) costs
• Free ressources (e.g. untreated water, open
defecation etc.)
• Other international or national organisations
offering access to basic services via a
business oriented approach (e.g. Swiss
Fresh Water, Sarvajal, etc.)
-> Very Welcome!
• Acceptance of endcustomers
• Long project lead times
• Complexity of the concept
COMPETITION & RISKS
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PARTNER NETWORK
PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERTS NGOs / Civil Society
Financing Support
Business Development
Management Skills
Consulting (technical, social,
business)
Networking
General Support
Stakeholder Coordination
Local Knowledge
Monitoring & Evaluation
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• Water Treatment Sytems:
Trunz Water Systems,
Katadyn and Swiss Fresh
Water
• Energy supplies:
Hydropower (vorteco, IDE
Energy, RCE Engineering),
Waste-to-Energy
(Terragon), Solar (Phocos
and others), Windpower
(Bergey, Northern Power)
• Sanitation and Waste
Water Treatment: tbc
• Communication and
Monitoring: isaTech,
Swisscom
TECHNICAL PARTNERS
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Team WECONNEX
• Markus Stolz, Research and Development
• Anthony Musco, Project Management
• Lars Willi, Founder & CEO
Project Partners
• Guneswhar Mahato, NEXUS Nepal
• Nigist Gebrehiwot Goytom, Traveler Ethiopia & NEXUS
Ethiopia
• Andrew Cheah, ISZA Trade Malaysia & NEXUS Laos &
Co-Founder
• Awi Fang, PT Enviromate Indonesia & NEXUS
Indonesia & Co-Founder
Advisors
• Susanne Grossmann, Switzerland
• Dr. Christoph Sievers, Switzerland
• Nikolaus Hutter, Austria
• Prof. Dr. Lukas Schmid, Switzerland
TEAM AND ADVISORS
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STRUCTURE
Technology
Partner
NEXUS Project
NGO-Partner
INVESTOR
NEXUS Center NEXUS Center
NEXUS Center NEXUS Center
WECONNEX AG
NEXUS Center NEXUS Center
NEXUS Center NEXUS Center
NEXUS
Foundation
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Achievements:
- Pilot with three Watershops in Southern Nepal (grant from Swissbluetec of CHF 150’000) started
in August 2014. Despite many difficulties in 2015 the Watershops are on Budget as of March 2016
- CHF 540’000 for 7 NEXUS Centers which will be inaugurated in May/June 2016 in Nepal
- Oral Confirmation of Triodos Bank to finance the remaining 90 NEXUS Centers if the
performance of the first 10 installations is positive for 4 months
- 2 Watershops in India and 3 in Madagascar (2 more in April 2016)
Next steps:
1. Implementation of 7 NEXUS Centers in Nepal and proof of concept until October 2016
2. Securing of additional 5 NEXUS Centers from Worldvision, Heifer and JTI Foundation for Nepal
until May 2016
3. Preparation and execution of Crowdinvestment Campaign for Nepal between April - October 2016
4. Start of NEXUS Project in Cambodia (small scale)
5. Securing of NEXUS Pilot Project in Ethiopia and/or Angola
PROOF & TIMELINE
WECONNEX AG | Bohl 2 | CH-9000 St.Gallen | +41 71 923 88 88 | info@weconnex.org | www.weconnex.org
• We need alternative business models to tackle infrastructure problems in BoP markets
• Entrepreneurial models can only be implemented by entrepreneurs
• The concept is complex, yes. If it would be simple, many others would already do it!
• The funds are available, WECONNEX can offer an innovative plumbing system to allocate these funds to
the areas in need
• Focussing on Technology development is important, developing the right concept to deploy the
technologies is even more important!
• The market potential is approx. 3 billion people worldwide!
• We love what we do and we know what we can achieve!
SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY Why should you support WECONNEX?
Enabling sustainable business
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TOO BIG TO FAIL...
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WECONNEX AG | Bohl 2 | CH-9000 St.Gallen | +41 71 923 88 88 | info@weconnex.org | www.weconnex.org
Thank you!