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Toshi Nakamura, Co-Founder & CEO, Kopernik4 June 2012
Annual Asia-Pacific Dialogue on
Clean Energy, Governance, Policy, and Regulation
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Solar light and water purifiers
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Fuel efficient cookstove and phone charger
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Life changing
technologies
People in
developing
countries
Users can'taffordthe technologies upfront
Manufacturers can't reach users in remoteareas (where most of
the poor is)
No way to introduceproductsand foster their adoption
Many great technologies exist, but are not reaching the people who need
them
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Kopernik connects Manufacturers of Technology, Local Organizations and
Funders to bring them to the last mile
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Local organizationsManufacturers of
Technology
The Technology
Marketplace
Funders
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How Kopernik works
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Kopernik also conducts Technology Fair to complement on-line match making
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Kopernik establishes creative distribution mechanism for simple technologies
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Obstetric kits
in Haiti
Cooking stoves
in Indonesia
Solar lanterns in
Indonesia
DIY Charcoal in
Kenya
Water purifier
in Uganda
Drip irrigation
in India
Solar lanterns,
hearing aid and
battery kits in
Japan
Solar lanterns, Rollable
water drum, Water
purification system and
cooking stoves in Timor-
Leste
Hearing aid in
Vietnam
Solar lanterns in
Nigeria
Solar lanterns in
China
Since our launch in 2010, weve reached over 74,000 people in 11 countries
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Solar lanterns in
Indonesia
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Impact Assessment and Feedback Collection
13.95
0.85
Before After
94% reduction
Average monthly expenditure on lighting
(n=48): Oecusse, Timor-Leste
USD
Source: Kopernik/Centro Feto Survey 2010-2011
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User feedback on the cookstove
Indonesia
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Challenges to getting them to those in need, and policy/regulatory/legal
implications
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Economic Social
Political/regulatory Technological
High price of the
products
High distribution
cost that increases
the product price
even higher
Lack of awareness
on the issues, e.g.
Indoor air
pollution
Clean water
Lack of trust by the
communities to the
new products
High and often
unpredictable
customs and
import duty
Uneven quality of
products Lack of impact data
on the products
Small number of
productsfrom the
developing
countries
Initial subsidy to
lower the product
and/or distribution
cost
Provision of
products on
consignment
Lower custom and
import duty for
select clean energy
products
A nation wide
awareness raising
campaign
Leveraging trusted
community based
organizations for
product
distribution
Creation of
technology
evaluation and
impact
Support to the local
inventors
Support to local
universities to
nurture innovation
from the developing
world
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Website: kopernik.infoTwitter: @thekopernik
Annual Asia-Pacific Dialogue on
Clean Energy, Governance, Policy, and Regulation
Toshi Nakamura, Co-Founder & CEO, Kopernik4 June 2012
http://www.kopernik.info/thekopernik