Donor: ASHRA - The Israel Foreign Trade Risks Insurance Co. Ltd.

Donor Countries: Israel

Description: Contractual counter-guarantee program provides Israeli exporting companies with a partial release of pledge required by Israeli banks and replacing it with an ASHRA counter-guarantee to a bank. The program is targeted to address the operating capital needs of SMEs and assists to release cash to be used in production processes for exports.

Locations: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid:  Not Specified

Geography: Global

Eligibility: Companies engaged in exports and registered in Israel

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Donor: ASHRA - The Israel Foreign Trade Risks Insurance Co. Ltd.

Donor Countries: Israel

Description: Insurance policies covering political and commercial risk of non-payment and investment risk, enabling Israeli exporters to mitigate risks and raise financing from banks.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Not Specified

Geography: Developing countries

Eligibility: Companies engaged in exports and registered in Israel

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Donor: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Donor Countries: United States of America

Description: Provides innovative, comprehensive, and cost-effective risk-mitigation products to cover losses to tangible assets, investment value, and earnings that result from political risks.

Locations:  Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: OPIC eligible countries. 

Eligibility: Political risk insurance is available to U.S. investors, lenders, contractors, exporters, and NGOs. Reinsurance is available for U.S. and International insurance companies and multilateral insurers.

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Donors: United States Department of State (DOS), United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Donor Countries: United States of America

Description: Early-stage support (project preparation stage up to bankability) for project development activities including engineering, environmental, legal and consulting costs.

Locations: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: US-ACEF eligible countries, of which there are 42 in Africa.

Eligibility: Must qualify as a “Clean Energy Investment” and meet specific USTDA criteria, as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Donors: African Development Bank (AfDB), Danish International Development Cooperation (DANIDA), Department for International Development (DFID), United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Donor Countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, United Kingdom, United States of America

Description: Project preparation grants, equity investments and enabling environment grants for small-to-medium scale renewable energy & energy efficiency projects for project developers and Investors. SEFA can support the full range of project preparation activities, from early-stage pre-feasibility studies and PPP preparation up to assistance in achieving financial close.

Locations: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: AfDB Regional Member Countries

Eligibility: Project undertaken in the Bank’s Regional Member Countries. Proposed project’s sponsor is a privately-owned or is a PPP. Proposed project, once fully prepared, will have total capital needs between USD$30-75 million

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Donors: Department for International Development (DFID), Shell Foundation

Donor Countries: Multinational, United Kingdom

Description: To support early-stage testing and scale up of innovative technologies and business models that will accelerate access to affordable, clean energy services for poor households and enterprises, especially in Africa.

Location: Other

On- or Off-Grid: Off-Grid

Geography: Unknown

Eligibility: UK enterprises

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Donor: Export-Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM)

Donor Countries: United States of America

Description: Export credit insurance to cover commercial & certain political risks for U.S. Exporters.

Locations: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: EXIM Country Limitation Schedule

Eligibility: Must have: been in business for one year, at least one person working in the firm full time, positive net worth; must export U.S.-made products and/or services provided by U.S. workers

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Donor: United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Donor Countries: United States of America

Description: Grants to support the piloting of U.S. technology solutions in SSA markets. USTDA partners with U.S. companies to cofund the piloting of U.S. solutions to prove out these solutions in other markets. USTDA funding cover services and analytics, not equipment.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: Low- and middle-income countries, with priority given to select countries in each region.

Eligibility: Technology/solution must be U.S. made and the project must represent an opportunity many times greater than the initial investment of USDTA assistance. The project must be likely to receive implementation financing, once the solution is proven.

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Donors: African Development Bank (AfDB), New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

Donor Countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Multi-donor

Description: Multi-donor trust fund managed by the AfDB on behalf of NEPAD and supports the development of regional and continental infrastructure with grants to prepare high-quality viable trans-boundary projects in energy. Support is in the form of grants for studies and preparatory activities. Projects can include Generation, Transmission, Distribution Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: On-Grid

Geography: Sub Saharan Africa

Eligibility: The applicant must be a Regional Economic Community (REC), a Specialized Regional Infrastructure Development Institution (SRIDI) or a Regional Member Country (RMC) to be eligible for a NEPAD-IPPF Special Fund grant. Regional infrastructure projects proposed by private sector organizations, adopted, supported and owned by RECs, SRIDIs or RMCs are also eligible for Fund support, provided that the request is submitted by the latter.

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Donor: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Donor Countries: Japan

Description: JBIC is a policy-based financial institution of Japan, and conducts lending operations. The bank is mandated with providing non-ODA finance.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: Sub Saharan Africa

Eligibility: JBIC Criteria

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Donors: Government of Canada (GoC), International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Donor Countries: Canada, Multi-donor

Description: The objective of the Program is to address market barriers that prevent the faster, more widespread or longer-term sustainable adoption of low-carbon technologies and business models designed to address climate change. These include, for example, the lack of financing for clean energy projects due to financial intermediaries’ lack of expertise and perceptions of high risk; the limited capacity, experience, and information available to companies that seek to develop clean energy projects; and the lack of a supportive enabling environment.

Location: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: Projects funded by the Program Countries that are eligible for Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) and are also Non-Annex I Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Eligibility: Eligible investments and advisory services activities support the abatement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate adaptation opportunities, such as those related to (i) low carbon actions in the power sector, including renewable energy and increased efficiency in generation, transmission, and distribution; (ii) large-scale adoption of energy efficient technologies and other demand management techniques in industrial sectors, as well as commercial and residential buildings; (iii) sustainable agriculture, forestry, and land use; and (iv) reductions in the vulnerability of human or natural systems to actual or expected climate change impacts and risks by maintaining or increasing adaptive capacity and resilience.

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Donor: International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Donor Countries: Multi-donor

Description: Offers local governments and creditworthy State-Owned Enterprises the opportunity to finance public infrastructure projects without sovereign guarantees. Also helps mobilize domestic resources, by e.g. using partial guarantee instruments. Primarily water and waste water, but also includes power, district heating, and gas transmission and distribution.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: Developing countries that are a member of IFC, and regional programs.

Eligibility: Creditworthy municipal and regional governments, and their service entities; selected nationally-owned infrastructure enterprises; banks and financial institutions that finance subnational infrastructure; PPPs that provide subnational infrastructure.

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Donor: International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Donor Countries: Multi-donor

Description: Funds up to $8 million of a project’s expenses at an early stage of development, to bring it from an idea to financial close. Funded activities can include: feasibility studies, Environmental & Social studies, managing stakeholder relationships, financial modeling, negotiating financing and legal documents, selecting project participants, and sourcing equity and debt financing. Not grant funding, and may include follow-on investments.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: On-Grid

Geography: Developing countries that are a member of IFC, and regional programs.

Eligibility: Sponsor has secured preliminary support and authorization for the project from the government or other clients, and has conducted assessments showing that the project is economically viable.

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Donor: International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Donor Countries: Multi-donor

Description: Finances electricity generation, transmission, and distribution upgrades in developing countries, with a particular focus on natural gas and renewable energy such as solar, wind, and hydropower. Can finance projects at an early stage, lead investment rounds, mobilize additional funding through syndication programs, and work with the World Bank on an integrated series of reforms and guarantees to support a transaction.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: Developing countries that are a member of IFC, and regional programs.

Eligibility: Project must have good prospects of being profitable, benefit the local economy, and meet IFC's Performance Standards. Requires detailed appraisal, and review and approval by IFC Board. IFC does not lend directly to SME's or individuals.

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Donors: International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank (WB)

Donor Countries: Multi-donor

Description: Helps develop public-private partnerships and private projects for infrastructure in developing countries . It provides early-stage risk capital and actively participates in the project development phase to create private infrastructure projects that are commercially viable and able to more rapidly achieve financing close. The IFC serves as a codeveloper and provides expertise in critical areas, while partially funding the project's development. For Private project developers. Fund can provide up to $8 million in early stage for project expenses (Feasibility Studies, Environmental Studies, Financial Models, Negotiating terms etc.) Mainly for grid scale utility-size projects.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Not Specified

Geography: Sub Saharan Africa

Eligibility: Project must be a PPP. Must be early stage. Generally for projects > $200 million

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Donor: World Bank (WB)

Donor Countries: Multi-donor

Description: Covers private lenders, or investors through shareholder loans, against the risk of a government (or governmentowned entity) failing to perform its contractual obligations with respect to a private project. Specifically, PRGs can cover currency inconvertibility/non-transferability; political force majeure risks such as expropriation; war and civil disturbance; material adverse government action; government's contractual payment obligations; regulatory risk; change of law and regulations; negation or cancellation of license and approval; non-allowance for agreed tariff adjustment formula or regime; contractual performance of offtake agreements or input supply agreements, frustration of arbitration; and certain force majeure events

Location: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

On- or Off-Grid: Both

Geography: World Bank IDA borrowing countries

Eligibility: Projects with private participation dependent on certain government contractual undertaking, such as: Build-OperateTransfer (BOT) and concession projects; Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects; privatizations. Can be either greenfield or existing projects. Requires World Bank due diligence and approval by the Board.

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Donors: Department for International Development (DFID), Dutch Development Bank (FMO), Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Donor Countries: Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Description: GuarantCo provides guarantees to lenders to support local currency finance for infrastructure projects in low-income countries, promoting domestic infrastructure financing and capital market development for private sector, project sponsors, developers, lenders.

Location: Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Not Specified

Geography: Sub Saharan Africa

Eligibility: DAC 1, 2 or 3 countries

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Donors: Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), Department for International Development (DFID)

Donor Countries: France, United Kingdom

Description: Aims to help transform the GMGs sector in Africa by enabling a critical mass of experience and evidence of success in the two leading countries of Kenya and Tanzania, coupled with improved policy and market conditions for mini-grids regionally

Location:  Kenya, Tanzania

On- or Off-Grid: Off-Grid

Geography: Kenya, Tanzania

Eligibility: Not Specified

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Donors: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Department for International Development (DFID), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Donor Countries: Norway, United Kingdom

Description: Stimulate private sector investment in renewable energy in sub-Saharan Africa. Acting as a long-term source of financing and policy support to projects.

Location:  Sub Saharan Africa

On- or Off-Grid: Not Specified

Geography: Sub Saharan Africa

Eligibility: DAC 1, 2 or 3 countries (OECD)

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Donors: African Union Commission (AUC), Department for International Development (DFID), EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-AITF), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), German Development Bank (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) (KfW)

Donor Countries: European Union, Germany, Multi-donor, United Kingdom

Description: Grant support for surface studies and drilling & testing reservoir confirmation wells. For project development activities up to updated bankable feasibility study after exploration drilling.

Locations: Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

On- or Off-Grid:  On-Grid

Geography: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, DRC, Eritrea, Zambia

Eligibility: Qualification phase

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