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Platform Status: Pre-Revenue · Pre-Incorporation · Conditionally Feasible · ESC-IPM-2026-003 · May 2026 — No contracts signed. No financing secured. No operating assets deployed. All projections are management estimates only.
5-Year Execution Roadmap

Sixty months. Five phases. One continuous plan.

Every phase has a single purpose, a defined budget envelope, and a verifiable milestone gate. Capital allocation, hiring and grant applications are sequenced against this timeline — not the reverse.

  1. PH.1
    Months 1–3
    01

    Foundation & Legal Setup

    Build the legal, banking and documentation infrastructure that every funding application and operational step depends on. No deployment in this phase.

    • Federal CBCA incorporation + corporate bank (RBC/TD/Scotia)
    • EIC investment permit + USD 200K capital deposit at NBE
    • TIN, import/export license, EEA off-grid installer license
    • CanExport SMEs application submitted
    • Dual-jurisdiction tax counsel + transfer-pricing framework live
  2. PH.2
    Months 4–12
    02

    Launch & First Revenue

    Country Director hired Month 4. Inventory landed Month 5. First lease revenue Month 6. Cash-flow positive Month 9. Self-sustaining Month 12.

    • Country Director onboarded; 8 field staff hired
    • First 3 cooperative solar irrigation deployments (Vertical A)
    • BDC application submitted; EDC guarantee package built
    • NRC IRAP project registered for assembly R&D
    • First USD 995K gross revenue / EBITDA ≈ break-even
  3. PH.3
    Year 2
    03

    Scale & Solar Assembly Unit

    Addis Ababa Industrial Zone assembly unit operational. COGS compresses 35–45%. Verticals B (rural) and C (urban commercial) scale alongside agriculture.

    • Assembly unit commissioned in Addis Industrial Zone
    • USD 2.25M revenue; USD 560K EBITDA
    • First Vertical B mini-grid BOOT contract (World Bank ADELE)
    • IFC / Zafiri equity dialogue opened
    • Country team scaled to 25+ permanent staff
  4. PH.4
    Year 3
    04

    National Distribution & Maturity

    Full capital recovery on founder equity. Verra VCS carbon revenue stream live. Three verticals operate as one integrated platform.

    • USD 4.33M revenue; USD 1.55M EBITDA
    • First Verra VCS carbon-credit issuance (USD 80K)
    • Full capital recovery of USD 1M founder equity
    • Multi-regional service network (Oromia, Addis, Sidama)
    • IFC / AfDB SEFA concessional facility drawn
  5. PH.5
    Years 4–5
    05

    Regional Expansion & Exit Readiness

    Djibouti, South Sudan, Somaliland, Kenya / Uganda enter the pipeline. Manufacturing factory feasibility complete. Exit-ready: strategic sale, Series A or IPO optionality.

    • Year 5 revenue USD 12.6M; EBITDA USD 5.94M
    • Djibouti + South Sudan export channels live
    • Manufacturing factory feasibility (Kilinto / Hawassa) complete
    • Audited 5-year track record; exit valuation 8–10× EBITDA
    • Replicable East-Africa platform model documented
Capital alignment

Each phase has a capital layer assigned to it.