Support is available to projects and companies that meet the following minimum criteria:

Investment size

Our tailored advisory facilities are designed to accommodate both large-scale and smaller projects and companies, regardless of the proposed investment size.

Focus on clean energy solutions and business models

The primary investment component of the project or company must relate to clean energy or energy efficiency. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Electricity generation, transmission and distribution for grid-connected power, as well as mini-grids;
• Solar-powered stand-alone systems and off-grid appliances, including for productive uses;
• Clean cooking, but excluding production and trading of LPG for cooking;
• Green hydrogen/PtX and derivatives;
• Energy storage solutions;
• Energy efficient appliances and energy efficiency for commercial or industrial application;
• E-mobility;
• Projects or companies focused on clean energy manufacturing, hardware assembly or value addition e.g. solar panels, electric vehicles, appliances, cookstoves;
• The use or production of biofuels will be considered if there are no major land-use conflicts, incl. with regards to food production;
• While funds and financing instruments are generally not considered eligible, financing structures to pool or bundle concrete individual investments can be considered.

Revenue generating

Companies: Only companies that are generating revenue will be considered.

Projects: Only projects that are conceptualised or that can be re-structured as revenue-generating will be considered.

Location

Applicants must be located in (or investment sought to be deployed in) sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, or the Pacific region.

Focus on private sector

Eligible applicants include private sector developers and companies, parastatal companies and governments. Ultimately, applications will need to demonstrate significant private-sector ownership or intended involvement to allow for financing with debt or equity, possibly combined with other funding such as grants or public contributions. Such private sector engagement can also be developed during the advisory support, e.g. in case projects are initially proposed by public actors.

Applicants seeking grants exclusively are ineligible. While we can support requests with a grant component, we do not support projects or companies that solely rely on grant funding. As part of our advisory, we validate the amount and type of funding sought and engage with our clients to develop a comprehensive and long-term investment strategy that caters to their needs and potential.