Journal

Aligning Incentives: How Impact-Linked Finance supports reduction of chores for women
14 August 2024
With Aqua for All, we piloted a forgivable loan model that rewards real-world impact - bringing affordable water tanks to rural households across Kenya.

Saving Time, Changing Lives: Transforming the Care Economy
4 December 2023
The Care Economy is often defined narrow but it's really about saving time from daily chores that too often fall back on women.

Beyond Traditional Results-Based Financing
11 October 2023
We worked on a pilot of impact linked incentive payments that go beyond measuring the number of products sold.

Financing Rural Farmers in Uganda through Mobile Money
23 July 2023
Pioneering climate finance at the grassroots level in a Uganda pilot to test our model assumptions from Kenya

Bidhaa Sasa raises $500,000 in inventory finance for charcoal stoves
31 January 2023
After a long due diligence process finally some relief for our stock situation.

Empowering Rural Women through Training: Our New Partnership with Siemens Foundation
1 November 2022
We always used to meet our community ambassadors regularly and they asked for training beyond the products we sell. Now we can deliver that.
Scaling Impact: Our Journey with Miller Center’s GSBI Accelerator
30 August 2022
“Participating in the GSBI Accelerator programs in 2018 and 2022 was transformative for Bidhaa Sasa, equipping us with the mentorship and resources needed to scale ...
Reaching the Last Mile: How Social Networks Power Bidhaa Sasa’s Success
25 April 2022
The Clean Cooking Alliance interviews our CEO and Co-Founder Rocío

From nuclear physics to rural Kenya
20 April 2022
Forbes interviewed Rocío who provided insights into her entrepreneurial journey and motivations.