TSEP#100 Bake bread while the sun shines: Solarbakery for off-grid rural communities

Electricity shortages on the African continent represent a
sensitive obstacle to economic growth and ensuring public
utilities - on the other hand, Africa's enormous solar potential
offers a seemingly obvious solution to this problem - but how can
the appropriate infrastructure be provided to exploit this
potential? Stuttgart-based start-up SOLARBAKERY is addressing the
issue with an off-grid solution for producing baked goods in
solar-powered container bakeries. These create jobs and
contribute to the basic supply of food for the population in a
climate-neutral way. How does a Solar Bakery work, what is the
business model behind the idea? What are the biggest challenges?
Does the current development in the European solar industry also
have an impact on the solar market in Africa? We talk about this
with Simon Zimmermann, CEO and founder of SOLARBAKERY.


 


Timeline:




2.30 How does a Solar Bakery work and what is the business
model behind the idea?




6.46 About the financing of the idea




10.50 What are the biggest challenges in the target countries
in terms of implementation?




17.40 What about the prospect of being able to produce
technical components or machines for solar bakeries directly
on site in the future?




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