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C o n t e n t Overview Climate Innovation Centers
Global Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Main Highlights Africa’s Optimism in the Midst of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
A vision to boost growth opportunities through the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center’s Proof of Concept Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Other Highlights Engaging Creative Kenyan Minds for Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Green and Profitable: CTP in the 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Meet The Innovators Kenneth Ndua, Energy All Round Stove (EARS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Peter Chege, Minerals and Alied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Resources Publications: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
VIDEO: Deliberate outreach strategies to spur more clean technology solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
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Images courtesy of: The World Bank, International Finance Corporation & Kenya Climate Innovation Center
Overview
Climate Technology Program The Climate Technology Program (CTP) is housed at infoDev, a global technology and entrepreneurship program in the World Bank Group. The CTP supports the private sector in developing countries - targeting SMEs and entrepreneurs - to innovate novel technologies and business models to address local climate challenges.
By supporting the stakeholder-driven development of innovative solutions, the CTP allows developing countries to mitigate emissions and increase climate resiliency while also actively and profitably participating in the global clean technology revolution. In addition to achieving climate and energy impacts, results are measured in new jobs and businesses created, helping countries achieve their green growth objectives.
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Climate Innovation Centers
Global Map Kenya CIC Since its launch in 2012, the Kenya CIC continues to be the “go to” institution to network and cluster Kenyan activity for emerging climate solutions that bring economic development and green growth. The KCIC focuses on Kenya’s high priority sectors: renewable energy, water management and agribusiness. It offers financing and other services to businesses that can profitably address local climate challenges and create sustainable jobs. The KCIC is a key part of the Government of Kenya’s Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP). In addition to providing direct services to the more than 30 Kenyan firms it has signed with, the KCIC also provides broader training sessions, including one on accessing carbon finance and one on intellectual property rights (IPR) done in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Target # of Jobs (after 5 years): 930
Target clean energy access (households): 9,100
Key Dates: Operational
Global Map Ethiopia CIC A consortium led by the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre (HoA-REC) will establish and implement the Ethiopia CIC. The ECIC will support SMEs by providing financing, access to high end technical facilities and business advisory services. The ECIC is part of the Government of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilience and Green Economy (CRGE). With its Climate Technology Proof of Concept competition already attracting 183 innovators as interested clients, the ECIC will launch the last quarter of 2013. The ECIC is supported by UKAID and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Target # of Companies to support: 40
Key Dates: Launching Fall 2013
Project size: $15 .9M
Global Map Caribbean CIC The Caribbean CIC will help local innovators develop innovative and profitable solutions in an area that faces pressing needs for climate resiliency. It also aims to reduce the region’s dependence on harmful fossil fuels, which are subject to high and volatile prices. It is being developed jointly by the Climate Technology Program and infoDev’s Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC). The CCIC will address specific challenges for the Caribbean including small market size, high transportation costs, and specific technology needs for island nations. It will be run by the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) in Trinidad and the Scientific Research Council (SRC) in Jamaica. CARIRI and SRC will work with local organizations throughout the Caribbean to ensure the CCIC is truly regional in its support for climate technology entrepreneurs.
Key Dates: Launching Fall 2013
Project size: $10M
Global Map Morocco CIC The Morocco CIC will focus on solar energy. The Morocco CIC will support the government’s efforts to become a regional and global leader in solar energy, including the World Bank-financed Ourzazate solar plant and other projects. The Morocco CIC will provide services and financing for Moroccan companies to become integral in designing and building the planned expansion of solar energy in the country. The CIC will create a network of relevant actors in Morocco and the MENA the region to spur industrialization in this growing sector for job creation and greater innovation of solar products appropriate for local markets. The CIC will be implemented by the Morocco Agency for Solar Agency (MASEN), the government’s lead agency to support solar technologies.
Key Dates: Launching 2014
Project Size: $13 .9M
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Global Map South Africa The Gauteng Climate Innovation Center is run by The Innovation Hub (TIH), the Gauteng government’s key agency to promote innovation and competitiveness in the province. The CIC is featured in the government’s Green Economy Accord and will support key economic policies, such as South Africa’s New Growth Path and Gauteng’s Green Economy Strategy. The Gauteng CIC will focus especially on “inclusive green innovation” to ensure that the benefits of the ongoing global clean technology revolution reach all citizens. Special efforts will be made to reach out to poor and historically disadvantaged communities to help them develop appropriate climate- friendly products for their own circumstances.
Key Dates: Soft launch in progress
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Ghana CIC The CTP has begun work in 2013 to establish a CIC to support the growth of Ghana’s climate technology sector. The CIC will enable Ghana’s strong private sector to address its unique climate change challenges, including floods, droughts, changing agricultural seasons, shifting temperatures and rainfall patterns. Climate smart agriculture, rural off grid renewable energy, green buildings and transport offer entrepreneurs an opportunity to turn these challenges into business opportunities.
Global Map Vietnam CIC The Vietnam CIC will provide entrepreneurs and start-ups with a holistic suite of early-stage financing, technology commercialization, market development and venture acceleration services. The Center’s programs, services and convening power will unlock the potential for Vietnamese innovators to contribute towards their country’s job creation and green growth objectives. The CIC will target Vietnamese private sector innovators in energy efficiency and sustainable agribusiness industries based on these sectors’ contribution on the country’s low-carbon development and impact on economic growth potential. The VCIC forms part of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s National Strategy for Green Growth.
Global Map India CIC The India Climate Innovation Center (ICIC) will act as a hub that supports enhanced coordination within India’s innovation system, helping entrepreneurs to access the full range of support required to help them identify, develop and commercialize new climate technologies. The ICIC will address market failures and also help companies to expand, create jobs and develop inclusive solutions that address both mitigation and adaptation. The ICIC will prioritize activities across five sectors: water, sustainable agriculture, solar, transportation and bio-fuels supporting up to 70 new ventures in these areas. It is projected that technologies deployed by ICIC companies will help mitigate over 1.9M tons of CO2 and create over 6,000 jobs in the long term.
Target # of Companies (to invest in): 70
Kenya CIC Business Plan – Sumary
Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC)
ABOUT THE KCIC (Introduction Video)
Climate innovation Kenya
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Context Kenya currently faces challenges that underscore the critical need to stimulate climate innovation and the growth of new clean technology industries in the country. For instance, only 14-16% of Kenyan households are connected to the grid, which is a significant contributor to the energy divide in the country. In addition, climate change increases issues on water sanitation and arid lands that affect Kenya’s key domestic livelihoods such as agriculture.
During the development of the CIC program, infoDev engaged Kenyan stakeholders from Research & Development facilities, universities, incubators, industry, government, SMEs, investors and NGOs, as well as international institutions operating in Kenya. Working with these stakeholders, infoDev identified the most critical gaps facing climate innovation and prioritized three
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Implementation The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) continues to be a cutting-edge facility to a growing network of climate innovators and entrepreneurs. Since its inception in 2012, nearly 180 companies have approached the KCIC and contracts for services have already been signed with over 30 of these. In addition, the Kenya CIC is now linked with the East Africa Climate Innovation Network (EACIN) - a community of innovators in clean energy and other technologies across all countries of East Africa.
The KCIC has also been highly involved in notable events such as the 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Next Big Thing Competition and the EACIN Conference.
The KCIC recently partnered with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and organized the Climate Change Innovation Conference that aimed to build consensus among policy makers, academics and key stakeholders regarding future efforts to address climate change in the region.
The KCIC is supporting the following priority sectors:
Water Management
Funded by: The government of Denmark and UKaid
For more information visit the KCIC Website: www.kenyacic.org
Kenya is considered one of the most prominent sub-Saharan countries in terms of renewable energy. UNEP. 2012.
Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC)
Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC)
Context Ethiopia is highly exposed to the effects of climate change with future adaptation costs modeled at up to 10% of GDP per year. Ethiopia’s economic development requires expansion of industrial activities. Ensuring the transfer of modern and resource efficient technologies and their adaptability to Ethiopia’s context is one of the critical issues faced.
infoDev has now identified a consortium of organizations led by the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre (HoA-REC) to establish and manage the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC). The ECIC is a key component of DFID’s Strategic Climate Institutions Program (SCIP) in Ethiopia and the Government of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) vision.
Business Plan:
Ethiopia CIC Business Plan – Summary
Challenges for SMEs Limited access to R&D facilities and
insufficient coordination between researchers and industry practitioners;
Unfamiliarity of Ethiopian entrepreneurs with climate technology as a business opportunity.
Limited access to flexible, early-stage risk capital;
Need for accurate market information;
Limited and lacking policy inhibits the creation and adoption of new technologies.
The ECIC will focus on the following priority sectors:
Sustainable agribusiness
The market opportunity
for households that
$635 million/year
The ECIC will shortly open its doors to entrepreneurs, with its widely publicized Climate Technology Proof of Concept (POC) competition already attracting 183 innovators as interested clients. A formal event to celebrate the CIC’s launch will follow in late 2013.
Funded by: UKAid and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Partner: Government of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Facility. The ECIC is a central aspect of the government’s CRGE strategy that envisions a central role for the private sector in providing a low carbon and climate resilient future for Ethiopia.
Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC)
Main Highlights
Africa’s Optimism in the Midst of Climate Change The Climate Change Innovation Conference
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Professor Judi Wakhungu, officially opened a conference in late June which explored solutions to the intellectual property rights (IPR) challenges that impede development of local solutions to climate change. The conference, organized by the Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC), in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Japan Patent Office and Kenya Intellectual Property Institute, called for more urgent regional cooperation in climate change adaptation and development
Africans are currently faced with common environmental challenges, such as land degradation, declining biodiversity, deforestation, rising pollution and the effects of rapid urbanization. African nations are especially vulnerable to these threats because of limited local capacity for disaster mitigation and a general lack of awareness on how to overcome climate challenges.
Nonetheless, there are unrealized opportunities for innovators and SMEs to develop locally appropriate climate technologies to address these challenges. However, few support systems are in place to help SMEs, and there is a lack of coordination between government and institutions on policies that can hinder businesses. Moreover, significant information generated by the scientific community becomes inaccessible due to the absence of information channels in the region.
It is in this context that the KCIC mobilized resources to bring together industry actors in an urgent call for regional cooperation. The theme of the conference was “Climate Change Innovation in Africa: Advancing Knowledge, Technology, Policy and Practice.” The 3-day conference’s overall objective was to build consensus among policy makers, academics and key stakeholders regarding future efforts to address climate change in the region.
Signing of the Memorandun of
Understanding (MOU) between the
Global Challenges Division, WIPO;
and Partnership Manager, KCIC
Professor Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Natural Resources, officially opened the conference to 200 participants representing different countries across Africa, including Ghana, South Africa, Benin, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo. In an exciting showcase of innovation, clean technology entrepreneurs exhibited their products during the opening activities.
The conference also offered an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn from industry experts and from each other. The series of talks and activities, including a plenary discussion, focused on: (1) Climate change policy and the legal landscape in Africa, (2) Climate change and its threat to agriculture, food security, sustainable energy and water access, (3) Intellectual property rights in facilitating innovation in climate change and (4) Identification of appropriate climate technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
One of the highlights of the conference was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between KCIC and WIPO. The two parties agreed to work together to develop streamlined approaches to creating an enabling environment for accelerating technology transfer and protection as well as the use of intellectual property rights to effectively promote green innovation and successful transfer of green technologies. This collaboration aims to strengthen the capacity of both organizations to respond to green technology acceleration and development.
Main Highlights
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A vision to boost growth opportunities through the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center’s Proof of Concept Competition The Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC) marks the start of its initiatives with a Proof of Concept competition announced on March 17, 2013.
The Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC), which is expected to be launched in last quarter of 2013, will offer a holistic suite of services to support SMEs and entrepreneurs with financing, business training, regional network building, and policy support. The center is being developed with support from UKAID and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and in partnership with the Government of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilience and Green Economy (CRGE).
The Proof of Concept competition is one of ECIC’s initial activities to spur enterprises to proactively and profitably develop innovative and locally-relevant climate technology solutions. A series of public outreach events were held throughout Ethiopia in March of 2013 to publicize the competition to interested applicants. The sessions also provided an excellent opportunity for attendees to find out about infoDev’s work and how the ECIC will help develop an enabling environment for Ethiopian businesses. Applicants were required to propose an innovative new product or service to be developed and tested in the Ethiopian market within the sectors of: 1) sustainable agribusiness, 2) bio-fuels or bio-mass, 3) transportation technologies, 4) micro-hydropower, 5) energy efficiency, 6) water management and recycling, and 7) other clean tech or clean tech support businesses, to be eligible for the competition. Sessions were held in the cities of Addis Abeba,
Awassa, Mekele, Bahir Dar, Dire Dawa and Adama. The competition encouraged submissions from entrepreneurs, researchers, startups and existing companies that are developing products or business models within the clean technology space. Women-led ventures were strongly encouraged to apply.
The contest officially closed for entries on April 5, 2013 with 183 submissions from clean technology entrepreneurs. A selected evaluation panel, consisting of business and technical experts, is currently reviewing the applications. Selected finalists will receive mentorship to prepare full proposals to go to the ECIC investment committee for funding decisions. Finalists will be announced in August, 2013.
Successful candidates will (1) receive funding up to ETB 1,000,000 (around US$ 53,000) to develop, launch and/or scale a product or service, (2) have considerable exposure in ECIC’s media events and (3) have the chance to be the first set of entrepreneurs or firms to receive ECIC services such as business training, partnership and support services and subsequent funding to finance product development, prototyping, marketing, hiring staff and other product launch costs.
Winners of the competition will be announced during ECIC’s official launch.
550 million people
0-10 58% 11-50 22% 26-50 10% 50+ 10%
CURRENT SALES % of Applications by Annual Sales Range
ETB 0-100,000 57% ETB 100,000-1,000,000 20% ETB 1,000,000+ 23%
TYPE OF APPLICANT % of Applications by Type of Applicant
Researcher 3% Entrepreneur 37% Start-up Company 20% Existing company developing a product/project 39%
STAGE OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT % of Applications by Stage of Product Development
Concept Stage 58% Demonstration / prototype Exists 25% First sales have been achieved 7% Scale-up / with significant sales 11%
Main Highlights
Other clean tech or clean tech support ventures
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Other Highlights
Engaging Creative Kenyan Minds for Innovation Kenya Climate Innovation Center in the Next Big Thing Competition In order to catalyze pioneering ideas and inspire the next generation of Kenyan innovators, the Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) partnered with Nation Media Group’s Business Daily publication as a sponsor for the special category in The Next Big Thing competition.
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Green and Profitable: CTP in the 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Climate Technology Program (CTP) brought together stakeholders from Climate Innovation Center’s (CICs) to exchange know-how, establish partnerships and to present at infoDev’s Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship that took place on May 28th-30th, 2013. The CTP organized an “Innovation for Green Growth” session, which took place on May 30th 2013, to highlight the importance of green growth and to present how climate technologies are creating lucrative new business opportunities in developing countries.
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infoDev’s Climate Technology Program
Carbon Trust: The Opportunity for SMEs in clean tech industries in developing countries
Kenya Climate Innovation Center
Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center
Kenneth Ndua, Energy All Round Stove (EARS)
Climate change poses a significant threat to farmers and to the sustainability of their output. Climate-smart agriculture offers real hope. It is about strengthening farmers’ resilience to climate change, and reducing agriculture’s climate imprint by curbing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon storage, including in the soil. Entrepreneur Peter Chege set out to develop a more efficient way of growing the cereals that are often used in making animal feed in Kenya. This is how he came across hydroponic technology which launched his business, Minerals and Allied Ltd.
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Peter Chege, Minerals and Alied
From Left Edward Mungai Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Climate Innovation Center, Mr . Peter Chege, Proprietor, Minerals and Alied, and Prof . Izael Da Silva DVC Academic Affairs, Strathmore University while visiting the hydroponics farm operated by Mr . Chege in Zambezi in Kiambu, Kenya
Since its launch in September 2012, the Kenya CIC has accepted over 30 entrepreneurs into its program. One of the successful applicants is Kenneth Ndua, who has designed and developed an energy efficient cookstove that simultaneously boils water.
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Inclusive Green Growth The CTP, in partnership with the Gauteng Climate Inovation Center has released a new report, titled “Inclusive Green Growth. Findings from community outreach through the Climate Innovation Center in South Africa.” The report focuses on how to maximize inclusive green growth, based on findings from international experience and community outreach, in South African townships for the Climate Innovation Center (CIC) in Gauteng, South Africa.
Blogs: 7 Ways to Support the next wave of women-led innovation in Ethiopia By: Anthony Lambkin
Publications:
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Climate Innovation Centers Business Plans As part of infoDev’s plans for a global network of Climate Innovation Ceters (CIC), infoDev has produced Business Plans to detail the specific functions, services and financing each climate innovation centre will deliver. The Business Plans are developed in collaboration with local stakeholders using proprietary methodologies.
Download the business plans.
Coming Soon
Crowdfunding: Financing the Future CTP along with infoDev’s Access to Finance Program is pioneering new research on the potential for crowdfund investing in developing countries. The report, Scaling Innovation: Crowdfunding’s Game- changing Potential for the Developing World is being conducted in partnership with Crowdfund Capital Advisors. The main objective of the project is to analyze the opportunities and challenges posed by crowdfunding as an alternative source of early-stage finance for entrepreneurs and new ventures in developing countries. The report will be released in September 2013.
Resources
Climate innovation Kenya
Vietnam, WB work on designing climate innovation center NZweek
The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) and the World Bank (WB)’s infoDev held here on Tuesday a seminar on designing a Climate Innovation Center (CIC) in Vietnam.
Kenya Climate Innovation Center Helps Address Climate Change Voice of America
NAIROBI — Quickly becoming known as the home of the “Silicon Savannah,” Kenya hopes to make the world a bit greener with its new Climate Innovation Center. The center will assist entrepreneurs in securing financing and other services for their companies while helping the country and region address the effects of climate change.
The Financial Post
The Financial Post
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Kenya’s poor to bear the brunt of rising heat Daily Nation
In a forum on natural resource management, Kenya was identified as one of the developing countries to be hit hard by increasing temperatures due to global warming. Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) Chief Edward Mungai said Mombasa, Kilifi and Malindi are amongst the coastal towns threatened by the effects of global warming.
How these men make millions in Kenya’s new goldmines The People
They are ordinary Kenyans. But unlike most of us, they have charted different paths in generating wealth and have stumbled on new money-spin- ning opportunities in the country.
Main Highlights
Africa’s Optimism in the Midst of Climate Change
A vision to boost growth opportunities through the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center’s Proof of Concept Competition
Other Highlights
Engaging Creative Kenyan Minds for Innovation
Green and Profitable: CTP in the 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Meet The Innovators
Peter Chege, Minerals and Alied
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