Social Impact Project for Help Pioneering Tanzanian Solar Company Leverage Data for Good
How This Works
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Project Description and Impact
We are the only company in East Africa focused on equipment that farmers and small businesses can use to grow their businesses. Our solar packages include water pumps for farming, lights for fishing, and refrigeration for the dairy industry. We use GSM technology to communicate with our customer devices around the country, even in the most remote of areas.
Managing this smart equipment as well as our 60 staff across half of Tanzania requires efficient capture and use of information. We need to track inventory, customer service issues, logistics, sales management, and other metrics that would help us better serve our clients, over 64% of whom are below the poverty line. This project is your chance to make a HUGE impact on our organization and serve our mission of equipping rural households and businesses to achieve prosperity and security.
Learning Opportunity
About technology's applications in emerging markets, about agriculture and technology - how they are increasingly interconnected, a tangible view of the effects and risks of climate change, and about what building a company in Tanzania looks like.
Accommodation
To be determined with the selected candidate
Food Stipend
To be determined with the selected candidate
Virtual
This project accepts virtual experteers.
About the Hosting Organization
Simusolar is a For-profit working on Global Development, Machinery, Renewables & Environment.