Women and Youths Take Off
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Women and Youths Take Off
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Key Data
Organisation
Social Ecological Management Fund (SEM Fund)
Duration
May 2022 - September 2023
Project Description
The non-governmental organisation SEM Fund enables young people and women to start their own businesses with the help of renewable energies. The project targets 17 women’s groups and 19 youth associations that are active in the town of Nguidjilone and its surroundings, which belong to the Matam region. 1,800 people benefit directly from the project, with their families benefitting indirectly. The SEM Fund’s strategy is to (1) facilitate access to 26 productive solar PV systems as well as 668 solar home systems for domestic use, (2) support 26 small businesses including on employment creation and training, and finally (3) raise awareness among the general population about the importance of gender equality and women’s economic independence. To achieve these goals, SEM Fund enables the selected groups to purchase solar-powered equipment for entrepreneurial activities as well as solar home systems for private use via a layered financing structure. As soon as the party interested in purchasing an asset has paid an upfront sum of 10% of the total investment costs, they receive a 90% loan to be repaid over 18–24 months. The 90% are split in a 50% loan covered by SEM Fund and a supplier credit of 40% that both are handled by a local microfinance institution.
GBE Component
Small Projects Fund
Categories
- Productive Use
- Financing
- Gender
Factsheet
Location
Country SPF
Senegal
Geographic coordinates of project site
15° 0' 10.37" N, 13° 55' 26.44" W
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