Frontier Markets

Works towards supply of solar energy based products for rural customers by employing rural women as entrepreneurs as well as forming a network of retailers and distributors

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About

  • Headquarters

    Jaipur, Rajasthan

  • Since

    2011

Frontier Markets operates with a network of 1000 women entrepreneurs who are trained to handle products which use solar technology. These women, calle Read mored Solar Sahelis are selected by the company with the help of NGOs which operate locally. About 20-30 Sahelis are managed by a program manager of the NGO. The Sahelis are trained in handling sales, marketing and technical services of solar energy based products. Some of the products are home systems, clean cookstoves, renewable energy appliances, solar TVs, solar poultry devices, and induction stoves. They are also trained to handle digital data for sales tracking, management and monitoring of the program. The company has created more than 1000 micro entrepreneurs by serving 1,75,000 households. Frontier Markets is also involved in creating retailers and distributors for products in agriculture and consumeer durable sectors. They have E-Mitra/VLE distributors who are recruited, trained and monitored to sell the products. The company has a network of 20 distributors who are supplying products to around 2000 shops so far.

Demographies Served

Programs

  • Meri Saheli Platform

    An Open-Source Platform that unifies all services into a single point of entry to aid in training, survey collection, awareness campaigns, and an end-to-end marketplace with real-time data management from lead generation to fulfilment

Leadership Team

  • Ajaita Shah

    Founder

  • Paula Mariwala

    Partner, Seedfund

  • Loic Vaslet De Fontaubert

    Nominee Director

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    100+

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Registration Details

  • FCRA

    Not Available

  • CSR Registration Number

    Not Available

Location

  • Headquarters

    Plot 42, Gaurav Nagar, Civil Lines, Near CM House, Jaipur, 302006

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Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    For-profit
    Other