the goal is to create at least direct jobs by mainly for women this example illustrates a nongrid solution to clean energy for the poor especially powerful because i it is a commercial and microfinancedriven initiative and ii it substitutes kerosene the usual lighting fuel held responsible for respiratory diseases with pv and biogasgenerated electricity a number of challenges abound one challenge is the perverse pressure of shareholdervaluedriven management approaches and unrealistic profit expectations caused by the financialization of nonfinancial entities