Stage of Innovation: Idea (You have thought it through and documented it)

Problem: 1. Lack of affordable clean energy for small-scale food processors to produce hygienic, high-quality food products. 2. Combating the ills effects of climate change arising from carbon generated during the drying of food products. 3. Reduce the poverty level incomes of women from economically poor strata in rural communities.

Unique Selling Point: 1. Portability: WoSolar Dryers are portable, and easy to set up and carry about. 2. Affordability: WoSolar dryers can be acquired using the PAYGO (Pay-As-You-Go) Model, which allows women to get the device and spread the payments over several months. 3. Impact-driven: WoSolar is supporting rural women to improve their income, by providing them with WoSolar Dryers to dry their fish for market consumption. 4. WoSolar Dryers will also provide free after-sale services to its customers to provide guidance on how to repair damaged parts of the solar dryers. 5. WoSolar will leverage technology to display a screen that shows the total energy usage in every drying process. These metrics will be used to compare the reduction of carbon emission compared to the use of carbon drying for fish drying. WoSolar Dryers will help to reduce fish spoilage, food insecurity, and environmental pollution. Our business solution can improve economic co-benefits in coastal communities and the lessons learned in its deployment can be up-scaled to other coastal communities across Nigeria.