Wala Ltd

Wala Project Summary

Wala Ltd is a Lilongwe-based female-owned Malawian company that focuses on the productive use of solar for agriculture. One of the technologies that Wala Ltd specialises in is solar water pumping, an environmentally-friendly solution intended to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Malawi by increasing their agricultural land productivity and therefore incomes. In addition to improving the incomes and lives of the end user, solar water pumping can address the environmental pressure point of harmful emissions and increased carbon footprints that other pumps running on fossil fuels contribute to climate change. Wala Ltd is registered as a sole trader and started operations in 2019.

Impact

Key project impacts include 200 low-income households with an increase in income, 20,000 low-income households accessing green solutions, 20 permanent jobs created (50% women or youth), 1,000 solar water pumps sold to low-income consumers by the end of the GETF project, and 300 low-income households with an increase in aggregate income by 20% as a result of the GETF project.

The key project components include the following:

• Construction of 2 regional distribution centers

• Acquisition of a Digital Distribution Platform

• Purchase of Distribution and technical support vehicles

Status on Project Implementation

Wala Ltd is implementing Milestone 1, which focuses on designing and finalizing cost estimates for the distribution warehouse, and seeking regulatory approvals among others. However, the company is yet to identify land in Mzuzu where construction works are earmarked to commence in the first phase.