A winning project has the following key components:
 

• Social Impact – providing low income communities with greater access to goods/services, and/or income generation opportunities.
• Sustainability – enterprises need to have been operational for at least two years and demonstrate they are on a pathway to organizational and financial self- sufficiency.
• Growth Potential – proposals should exhibit potential for being replicable/ scalable and be of potential interest to social investors and/or mainstream venture investors and financial institutions.
• Innovation – the extent to which the organization and project have innovative and inclusive approaches to lowering costs and enhancing affordability.
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