STRUCTURING A PAN-AFRICAN BIOGAS VENTURE FOR INVESTMENT

THE Customer: Pan-African Clean Cooking: Investment Readiness and Fundraising Support for a Biogas Ecosystem

THE CHALLENGE

In Africa, 200,000 biogas plants have fallen into disrepair, leaving households without access to clean cooking solutions and forcing them to revert to harmful wood and charcoal alternatives. Across the continent, 750,000 people die annually from smoke inhalation caused by the use of such hazardous cooking methods. While biogas offers a clean, sustainable solution, its potential remains untapped. Our client recognized this market gap and approached us with the vision to establish a pan-African ecosystem for biogas, leveraging existing assets to position clean cooking as a profitable, scalable solution, but needed a partner to structure and support this initiative into an investment-ready venture.

OUR SERVICE

Building on our client's 15+ years of on-the-ground experience, we challenged and rigorously tested the underlying assumptions of the business through direct engagement with ecosystem stakeholders. From this validation process, we collaboratively refined the business plan, conducted targeted market research, and developed a robust financial model, ultimately conceptualizing a dual-platform approach inspired by successful platform economies, i.e. an "Airbnb for Biogas" enabling plant owners to monetize underutilized assets, and an “Uber for Biogas" connecting owners with qualified technicians for maintenance and repair.

THE RESULT

In this project we have co-created a powerful, market-driven initiative poised to revolutionize clean cooking in Africa. By enabling biogas plant owners to monetize their assets and connecting them with vital maintenance services, we are empowering all participants within the biogas ecosystem to become economically independent. The concept is not only reactivate thousands of biogas plants but also significantly contributing to cleaner energy access and improved health across the continent.