NewLight Africa Ltd - Issue 1: 7% Bond
£70,000 | 42 | 0 |
£100 invested
Every £100 invested through NewLight will help purchase and distribute just under 4 cook stoves and give 20 people access to clean cooking.
2,636 families
Your investment will help NewLight to provide more fuel efficient cooking systems to 2,636 families in Kenya.
NewLight Africa – trading in Kenya as Heya! – was founded in 2014 and is a last mile distribution company which sells products to some of the poorest people in Kenya, living deep in the rural areas. NewLight sell solar lanterns, solar home systems, water tanks and clean cooking solutions and has plans for many more products in the future.
This project benefits from 25% match funding thanks to a grant from Good Energies Foundation. Lendahand Ethex Ltd has provided an up-front match of £17,500, meaning that for every £3 invested into this project by the crowd an additional £1 will be invested through match funding.
About NewLight
Key product information
Investment target: £70,000
Minimum investment: £50
Maximum investment: No maximum
Maturity: 18 months
Expected interest rate: 7% per annum
Interest payment frequency: 6 monthly
Notional repayment: 6 monthly
Financial instrument: Unsecured interest bearing bond
Security: Unsecured
Key risks
This is a bond issued by a single company (rather than a savings product) and therefore it is recommended that you are careful with the amount you invest.
You must read the investment memorandum (provided below) where a full statement of risks is presented.
Documents
What the project investment will enable
Every £100 invested will allow NewLight to purchase and distribute 4 energy efficient cook stoves and give 20 people access to clean cooking.
NewLight provide two alternative types of cook stoves to families in rural Kenya, helping reduce health and environmental problems caused from cooking using open-fires indoors. The first cook stove is a fuel efficient charcoal stove - the Envirofit Supersaver - which uses up to 58% less charcoal, translating into a financial saving for families, and also reduces carbon monoxide emissions by 50%, which massively decreases the possibility of fatal carbon monoxide poisoning. The second is a Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cook stove, which comes with a 6kg gas canister and a burner and frame to help hold cooking equipment. LPG is a much less harmful and cleaner fuel source and releases less pollutants than traditional fuel sources.
NewLight is aiming to raise £70,000 of investment enabling them to purchase and distribute 1,985 LPG stoves, including 6KG of LPG fuel, and 651 Envirofit Supersavers to existing regions. These cook stoves will to help modernise household energy options for families who previously would be cooking using wood and other harmful fuel sources .
NewLight Africa Ltd
NewLight will use funds from this campaign to deploy cook stoves across Kenya from their offices in Kakamega, to help reduce the dependence of cooking using wood and other solid fuels, which can cause harmful diseases.
Cook stoves will be distributed to the regions of Siaya, Nandi Hills, and Busia where NewLight already has a presence. The stoves are then sold through their network of Fields Sales Representatives, who are mainly local women's business groups called 'Chamas', reaching rural communities in Kenya with each stove sold on credit, taking often between 21 and 23 weeks to pay off.
Social and environmental impact
Evidence has shown that nearly 600,000 Africans die every year and millions more suffer from chronic illnesses caused by air pollution from inefficient, traditional cooking fuels and stoves. Switching to more fuel efficient cookstoves, and cleaner fuels, such as LPG, will help to improve families' health and reduce particulate emissions by almost 90%, in comparison to open wood burning fires.
Social Impact
The introduction of more fuel efficient and modern fuel burning cooking stoves has significant social benefits to families previously using traditional fuels.
~50%
decrease in money spent on charcoal when switched to Envirofit cook stove
35.7%
increase in thermal efficiency from using Envirofit cook stove
600,000
deaths every year in Africa from chronic illnesses brought on by inefficient cooking methods
Environmental impact
By reducing the number of families using traditional fuel sources for cooking, NewLight is also helping to reduce the correlative environmental problems that these fuel sources cause.
80%
reduction in smoke and toxic emissions from use of Envirofit stove
2.5-3.5 tonnes
of CO2e saved per stove per annum compared to wood burning stoves
58%
less charcoal used in Newlight's supplied fuel-efficient charcoal stove
Offer Documents
NewLight Africa Ltd - Issue 1 - Offer Document (Log In to download)