Design Business Model - Revision history

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Sophia Schneider: /* Guiding Principles */

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Guiding Principles

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 ==Guiding Principles==
 This section describes first steps that can be taken to identify and design a suitable business model. Besides, it emphasises certain considerations that are especially relevant in entering low income markets.
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 This section describes first steps that can be taken to identify and design a suitable business model. Besides, it emphasises certain considerations that are especially relevant in entering low income markets.
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 ==== Be context specific and integrate community needs ====
 For a business to be potentially viable in the long term, it is essential to adjust the business model to the specific context to meet the actual consumer needs. Integrating community needs in the design of the electricity intervention is an integral part of this. To capture socio-cultural needs beyond energy access, community groups that understand their needs have to be connected to energy companies that implement solutions. Business models that are co-created with the users may enhance competitive advantage while integrating the voice of the community<ref>Mukoro, V., Sharmina, M., & Gallego-Schmid, A. (2022). A review of business models for access to affordable and clean energy in Africa: Do they deliver social, economic, and environmental value? Energy Research & Social Science, 88. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102530</nowiki></ref>. However, while the available knowledge on private sector engagement in rural electrification is growing, knowledge of particular and contextualised business processes, i.e. firms’ ‘ways of doing business’ in a particular community, is limited<ref>Pedersen, M. B., Wehrmeyer, W., & Nygaard, I. (2020). Commercial yet social: The practices and logics of bringing mini-grid electricity to rural villages in Kenya. Energy Research & Social Science, 68. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101588</nowiki></ref>.
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 ==Guiding Principles==
 This section describes first steps that can be taken to identify and design a suitable business model. Besides, it emphasises certain considerations that are especially relevant in entering low income markets.
 ==== Specify and visualise your idea ====

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 |Startups registered in sub-Saharan Africa which have a mature product or business idea and/or a first prototype that targets the decentralized energy market in sub-Saharan Africa can apply to be part of the startup community. The accelerator program offers long-term support through continuous, high-quality coaching and building and maintaining a thriving Sub-Saharan startup community.
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 ==== Mini Grids ====
-In the mini grid space, business models vary by ownership/operatorship, size and customer. There is no single proven business model for mini grids. However, different strategies are used to make a business model successful. Table 2 shows the characteristics of business models and briefly describes the existing strategies to make them viable. Module 5 of the AFDB mini-grid training further explains these aspects (refer to list of tools).
+In the mini grid space, business models vary by ownership/operatorship, size and customer. There is no single proven business model for mini grids. However, different strategies are used to make a business model successful. Table 2 shows the characteristics of business models and briefly describes the existing strategies to make them viable. Module 5 of the [https://greenminigrid.afdb.org/afdb-mini-grid-training-and-templates AFDB mini-grid training] further explains these aspects.
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 |+Table 2: Overview of mini grid characteristics and strategies to develop them (own compilation based on AFDB, 2020<ref>AFDB. (2020). Green Mini-Grid Developers Help Desk. Greenminigrid.Afdb.Org. <nowiki>https://greenminigrid.afdb.org</nowiki></ref>)

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 |The Help Desk has been set up so mini-grid developers and policymakers can find practical information on mini-grids quickly. This includes market reports, links to industry stakeholders, instruction guides, business forms and templates, financial models and much more.
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-|[https://startup-energy.org/accelerator/ Startup|Energy Accelerator]
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-|[https://www.iied.org/16638iied E'''nergy Delivery Model Toolkit''']
+|[https://www.iied.org/16638iied '''Energy Delivery Model Toolkit''']
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 |This toolkit helps to understand the enabling factors and barriers to deliver energy services for poor groups by learning from practitioner experience and research. It illustrates the six-step EDM design process and the two innovative tools that support the design process for inclusive energy services planning, the Delivery Model Map and Delivery Model Canvas<ref name=":1">Bellanca, R., & Garside, B. (2013). An approach to designing energy delivery models that work for people living in poverty. <nowiki>https://pubs.iied.org/16551iied</nowiki></ref>. The two tools integrate a pro-poor focus by considering long term development impacts and environmental sustainability of the model. Based on Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas<ref>Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. John Wiley & Sons.</ref>, it was adapted by energy access practitioners in order to assist the design of business models in contexts of energy poverty.
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-|[https://endeva.org/publication/energize-the-bop-energy-business-generator-for-low-income-markets E'''nergy Business Model Generator for Low-Income Markets “Energize the BoP!”''']
+|[https://endeva.org/publication/energize-the-bop-energy-business-generator-for-low-income-markets '''Energy Business Model Generator for Low-Income Markets “Energize the BoP!”''']
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 |The practitioners guide aims to support entrepreneurs in taking the right steps towards creating a sustainable business in the BoP’s (Base of the Pyramid) energy market. The guide explains the various challenges in the areas business case, customer interface, development process and support directory and also describes solutions how to possibly overcome them. The theoretical content is complemented by various case studies which demonstrate good practices<ref>Gradl, C., & Knoblauch, C. (2011). Energize the BoP! - Energy Business Generator for Low-Income Markets. endeva. <nowiki>https://endeva.org/publication/energize-the-bop-energy-business-generator-for-low-income-markets</nowiki></ref>.
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-|[https://www.cgap.org/research/data/paygo-perform-data-collection-tool P'''AYGo PERFORM Data Collection Tool''']
+|[https://www.cgap.org/research/data/paygo-perform-data-collection-tool '''PAYGo PERFORM Data Collection Tool''']
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 |The PAYGo Performance, Reporting, and Measurement (PERFORM) tool is an open source tool that provides the solar industry a standardised and transparent set of key performance indicators (KPIs). It supports users in collecting data and conducting quantitative analyses of PAYGo firm performance and enables them to calculate the PAYGo KPIs from building block indicators<ref>CGAP. (2021). PAYGo PERFORM Data Collection Tool. <nowiki>https://www.cgap.org/research/data/paygo-perform-data-collection-tool</nowiki></ref>.
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-|[https://core-initiative.org/resources/ C'''ORE (Cornerstone for Rural Electrification)''']
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