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Incubation Program

Incubation Program

The Incubation program at AIC-SELCO Foundation offers opportunities to energy entrepreneurs and innovators to develop their ideas and goals within the broader umbrella of sustainable energy and energy efficiency. Designed to be a collaborative platform, the program will facilitate innovation and interaction with relevant networks in the field of sustainable energy for poverty alleviation. Scroll through links below for details about each residency, and how to apply. Selection is dependent on a justification and review process.

Clean Energy Enterprise : AIC SELCO Foundation invites applications from entrepreneurs interested in assisting vulnerable communities to access sustainable livelihood and earning opportunities. The program allows for mentoring of entrepreneurs as they build an ecosystem that is financially viable to both themselves as well as the underserved communities they would be working with.

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Technology Innovators: To support local innovators who develop technologies and products that are futuristic and can enable transformative change in the climate or social sustainability paradigm (by building assets, opportunities, services and investments for the poor which are capable of long term positive environmental and social impacts).

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Its core services include

User & Market Research

• Mission and Vision Alignment.

• Tracking Sectoral Expertise

• End user Understanding

• Building Value Proposition

• Understanding Benchmarks and Competition

Product Development

• Technology/Product/ Service Refinement

• Lab and Field Testing

• Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Compatibility.

• Manufacturing Processes and Set-up

Business Model Development

• Dissemination Models Strategies for Impact and Scale

• Pilots for End user Segmentation, and Market. Channel Development

• Partnerships, Networks and Linkages

• Sales, Marketing and Communications

• Team Building

• Operations

Sustainability & Growth

• Evaluation of type of Capital Required

• Business Plan Development

• Strategic Pitch Support

• Ecosystem Building Inputs Provided

• Support in Securing and Managing Appropriate Funding/Investments