Donors: Deutsche Bank, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Donor Countries: Germany, Multi-donor
Description: Blended finance model, leveraging private capital and building capacity for lending to green ESCOs among local FIs in 8 SSA countries. The user would be local financial institutions lending to green energy supply companies.
Location: Benin, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania
On- or Off-Grid: Both
Geography: Phase 1: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, Zambia.
Phase 2: Any country active in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eligibility: First call for proposals closed May 2016
- second call for proposals - 4th quarter of 2016
Lend 5-10 year senior USD debt:
— Through local FIs to deliver capital to local energy supply companies in local currency; or
— Directly as syndicated project finance loans in parallel to local & regional (development) banks (no FX exposure
envisaged).
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