The Noble Savage

Waste Mismanagement - Solid waste management is one of the socio-economic challenges plaguing the continent of Africa and the world.South America tends to produce around 16% of the world's solid waste with over 120 million tons per year . Waste production is directly proportional to the ever growing population, hence the need for adequate measures to circumvent this problem. 

Housing Deficiency - Apart from waste,Currently, one in three families in Latin America and the Caribbean, or 59 million people, live in dwellings that are either unsuitable for habitation or are built with poor materials and lack basic infrastructure services.  With infrastructural development largely contributing to environmental degradation, how these houses are constructed matters.  In addition to environmental implications, housing construction is also a costly endeavor, preventing low-income communities from having decent homes. 

Energy Shortage -     34 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean lack access to modern electricity.

Currently, one in three families in Latin America and the Caribbean, or 59 million people, live in dwellings that are either unsuitable for habitation or are built with poor materials and lack basic infrastructure services. As many as 2 million out of the 3 million households that spring up annually in Latin American cities are forced to settle in informal housing, such as slums, because of insufficient supply of adequate and affordable.

Latin america  produces about 5% of the worlds plastic

waste plastic energy and affordable  are the contributing factors to our solution

Waste Mismanagement - Solid waste management is one of the socio-economic challenges plaguing the continent .   low public awareness, and corruption amongst other hindrances. Waste production is directly proportional to the ever growing population, hence the need for adequate measures to circumvent this problem. 

Housing Deficiency - Apart from waste,they is a housing shortage . To address this shortage. In addition to environmental implications, housing construction is also a costly endeavor, preventing low-income communities from having decent homes. 

Energy Shortage - Over the past decade, there has been facing an electricity shortage predicament which halts economic activity and prevents the average citizen from leading a normal life. 

As The Noble Savage, we aim at providing creative and sustainable business solutions to problems that are affecting our communities and beyond. Our initiative’s efforts include facilitating climate action and environmental protection through waste management. Given that waste is one of Africa’s major challenges, our services include producing building material from recycled glass and plastic waste to foster affordable and recyclable building practices. 

We are guided by principles which can be summed up by the numbers 1,3,5.

One: Operating as one unified company is conducive to our best work

Three: We report from three vantage points

1. Planet 

2. People 

3. Profit.  

Five: We focus on five of the critical Sustainable Development Goals which are:

• Affordable and Clean Energy 

• Decent Work and Economic Growth Industry

• Innovation and Infrastructure

• Responsible Consumption

• Production Climate Action

Waste Mismanagement - We recycle non-biodegradable waste to produce eco-friendly building products such as solar roof tiles, roof tiles, countertops and ridges. These materials are lighter, stronger and durable relative to their normal counterparts. 

Housing Deficiency - We provide affordable housing products which are instrumental in reducing building costs by up to 30%. Apart from being environmentally friendly, these products have a 0.01 rate of breakage. This means that  less material is lost during the construction process, thereby rendering them a more affordable source. By providing affordable building material, we help solve the housing problem for Zimbabwe and Africa’s growing young population.

Energy - Most communities in Africa use electricity that is generated through coal combustion. This is a harsh process that releases a range of pollutants including sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and a range of heavy metals. Besides coal generated electricity, the use of firewood in most Zimbabwean communities has resulted in increased desertification and altered biodiversity. The Noble Savage addresses that challenge by providing sustainable energy through our solar roof tile, which is integrated with solar cells that generate about 30 watts of electricity each, providing enough energy to sustain a household’s electricity needs.

Unlike our competitors, our business model is built around these three vantage points: planet, people  and profit. We believe that as an entrepreneurial establishment, it is our responsibility to cater for the planet we live in first. In order for us to bring our motto Aspire Beyond Generations

Into fruition, we believe that we need to protect the planet for future generations to enjoy. Secondly, we believe in catering for people and providing them with excellent service before profits and it is this philosophy which sets us apart from our competitors.  Our principles are reflected in our emphasis on environmentally friendly, durable and affordable products.

Social impact is a core in our business as demonstrated in the following ways:

Innovation and Infrastructure: We create sustainable building materials (solar roof tiles, ridges and countertops) from recycled glass and plastic waste. 

Affordable and Clean Energy - We produce solar roofing tiles because clean energy is a human right and seek to provide it in the most efficient and affordable way 

Decent Work and Economic Growth Industry- We believe that every employee has a right to a safe working environment, decent wages and work-life balance.

Responsible Consumption - We promote responsible consumption through encouraging our communities to recycle plastics and glass and dispose of the material responsibly so that we can collect it for our production.

Production Climate Action - As part of our initiative of solving global challenges, we have committed to providing solutions such as fully recyclable products in our quest to continually reduce waste energy and water consumption. Recognizing the impact of our production processes on the environment, we have also committed to plating 2020 trees in 2020 as a way of preserving the environment  and promoting biodiversity. 

10 people currently

50 in the next year

1000 in the next 5 years

As The Noble Savage, we aim at providing creative and sustainable business solutions to problems that are affecting our communities and beyond. Our initiative’s efforts include facilitating climate action and environmental protection through waste management. Given that waste is one of Africa’s major challenges, our services include producing building material from recycled glass and plastic waste to foster affordable and recyclable building practices. 

We are guided by principles which can be summed up by the numbers 1,3,5.

One: Operating as one unified company is conducive to our best work

Three: We report from three vantage points

1. Planet 

2. People 

3. Profit.  

Five: We focus on five of the critical Sustainable Development Goals which are:

• Affordable and Clean Energy 

• Decent Work and Economic Growth Industry

• Innovation and Infrastructure

• Responsible Consumption

• Production Climate Action

The noble savage seeks to be a major player in the fields of renewable energy, housing and recycling.

Energy we are seeking to be largest independent household renewable energy supplier to the national grid, by providing a zero-emission electric power generation

Be the most preferred roofing company in Zimbabwe and in Africa as a whole

Become a significant recycler in all the markets we will be working in

Provide a smoothly integrated and beautiful solar roof tile with storage system that works efficiently

Empowering the individual as their own utility and then scale that through our Africa. As one integrated company that provides a single ordering experience installation service contact one phone app and one platform. This will create a virtual power plant.

Solar tile

Create a smooth integrated and beautiful solar roof tile that has astatic look which produces between 10-30 watts/tile.

Battery system

Create an integrated storage system running on lithium system with minimum volume space and maximum storage capacity.

Phone app

Create an application that will monitor energy generation, gather data on usage and a platform that will be used to sell the energy to the grid

Housing

 Provide an affordable roofing product that uses waste to product which lighter stronger at the most affordable rate.

Using a housing platform home owners can renovate their roofs at an affordable price that they can pay off over a period of time

Own the IP of the plastic roofing tiles and creating standards based off our designs

The team is comprised of diverse members with a total combined experience of over 50yrs  in the fields of operation, banking, real estate, non-governmental organizations, marketing and software development. Moreover, the team members are familiar with the challenges we seek to address and are passionate about providing context-based solutions to those changes, having grown up under their scalding effects. We also pride ourselves in our gender diversity as we believe that a diverse team is conducive to our best work. 

The Value Proposition
We recycle waste plastic to manufacturer alternative building materials 
Market segment:
Our target market is the median market which looks for quality, durability and affordability. 

Customer relationships
1. Targeted marketing: by targeting architects, civil engineers and
developers to use our product in their designs and help the people that
have contracted them to reduce the cost of building as this will certainly
give us more volume in our sales.
2. Exhibitions
3. Stalls
4. Mass media
5. Social media
Delivery/channels
Supply & distribution
• Raw materials will be supplied and purchased per kilogram through varies
supplier which include sand sourced through sand seller and builder’s
hardware merchants
• Plastic waste will be purchased from waste collectors

Key partners
• Construction companies
• Developers
• Builders hardware merchants 
• Architects

Financial Plan
The financials on this came up by means of research and consultations
The operating expenses we reached by consultation and enquires these
expenses include for the raw materials.
Sales; the assumptions are based on interested buyers who are willing to buy our
product, these are individuals who are currently building or planning to build in

COST
Fixed cost $ 9 8012
Variable cost $ 0.326

Revenue
• The products which will generate our revenue:
• Roofing tiles
• Ridges
• Paving blocks
• These products are priced to meet industry standards but at a cheaper
rate.
• Roofing tiles $ 1.40
• Ridges $1.80
• Paving blocks $ 0.2

Key resource
Certification and permits
• Trading permit
• Manufacturing licence
• Bureau of standards certification
• Waste management certification
Location and facilities

Raw Materials
• Plastic waste.
• Sand
• Paint/pigment

Key activities

manufacture of roof tile,solar tile, Counter tops

Financial Plan
The financials on this came up by means of research and consultations
The operating expenses we reached by consultation and enquires these
expenses include for the raw materials.
Sales; the assumptions are based on interested buyers who are willing to buy our
product, these are individuals who are currently building or planning to build in
the next year or two. Consultation with building hardware merchants for the
distribution of our products so we can put it in their outlets and architects to
recommend our products.
COST
Fixed cost $ 9 8012
Variable cost $ 0.326 

We are developing a platform that can be used to track, manage, sell and maintain solar systems used by our clients. We also hope that this system can track all excess energy generated by users  so that it can be sold to the national grid. This is a very complicated process which can be facilitated by machine learning. However, our limited knowledge on machine learning is our greatest barrier towards achieving this, hence the reason why we seek to have a partnership with Google to help further our skills in that field.