Report

BIF: Facilitating systemic change in the Malawi pico solar products market

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Business Innovation Facility (BIF)

The DfID funded Business Innovation Facility, known as BIF2, aims to achieve poverty reduction by providing consultancy support to the private sector. BIF2 works with companies to grow inclusive business models and tackle constraints that affect the whole market.

One market the programme operates in is pico solar. This document summarises the BIF2 Malawi pico solar product market analysis and strategy. Its aim is to inform interested parties of the activities that BIF2 aims to support, primarily through technical assistance to the private sector. The document outlines the current status of the pico solar products market in Malawi, it identifies the fundamental constraints to market development and proposes a series of interventions that will promote change to the market. 

The Business Innovation Facility (BIF) is a DFID funded programme that helps the development and uptake of inclusive business models by companies in developing countries.