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Sustainable ICT

for
“Yunus” Social
Business
Sponsorship
Model”
-inspired by Prof Yunus “Creating a World Without Poverty”, Nelson Mandela’s
Speech at TELCOM’95 on “South –South cooperation” and Sir Donald Maitland’s
Report “Missing Link” from 1982
Pain points
Energy poverty---India alone uses
2.7 billion litres of diesel to power
mobile communication (brings down
ARPU for operator)

Huge pent up demand for


communication (India has 15 million
new subscribers a month, China
about 10 million, etc)

ICT emits 2-3% of Greenhouse gas


emissions (same as that of the
aviation industry)
Opportunity
Use pent up demand for
communication to drive
desire -Solar homes
driven by desire to
power mobile phones (as
this needs more energy
than they can have with
a kerosene lamp for
light)

Bangladesh is installing
about 10,000 solar
panels in rural poor
homes EVERY month
WHY Sustainable ICT?

SUSTAINABLE ICT

POVERTY

EDUCATION HEALTH
ENVIRONMENT

SMART SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES


ECOSYSTEM LACKING (ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH)
Funding gap---not VC or angel, and too large to microlending.
Expertise, and technology gaps too (OFTEN TECHNOLOGY COULD BE IN SOUTH-
AFTER ALL NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Elements of THE
“Yunus Social
Business model”
Social objective

Not-for profit distribution

Community ownership
Where the fund
comes from
-target high network individuals or Foundations
who otherwise give to philantrophy

-social corporate responsibility funds


From big companies

-government grants to startups that need their first


Pilot projects which could be field tested in
The developing world

-visionary VCs with a “heart” (they also see long term


value to pilot their start up in these emerging markets)
How the Fund
works
-Could be pre-collected and then handed out to promising
emerging market Solutions that need help

-could be sponsored basis as and when a “project arises” or pre-


collected Sponsorship fund that goes for such projects over time

-Companies can invest directly into projects much as the


Grameen-Danone
model
“Cleantech with a purpose”
Pain points addressed:

Social Business
Sponsorship

The mission of the fund is to enable corporations and


communities in the developing countries to create a
solution for pressing, everyday life using pent up demand
for communication as the drive for renewables to create
smart sustainable cities for poverty alleviation and

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