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Financing Source	Type of financing	Technology scope	Target beneficiaries	Geographical scope	Application
AECF - Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund	Grant Debt Other	SHS Minigrid Other	Depending on current competition	Depending on current competition	Application window
ARCH Africa Renewable Power Fund (ARPF)	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
ARE Scale-up Guarantee fund	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
Access Bank	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	Private organisation and organisation	Nigeria	Other
Africa Go Green Fund	Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME, Private Sector, Financial Institutions	Africa	Rolling basis
Africa Renewable Energy Fund II (AREF II)	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	C&I	Sub-Saharan Africa	Application window
African Energy Guarantee Facility (AEGF)	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
All On	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
All On/NCIC Embryo Incubation Program	Grant Other	SHS Minigrid Other	Early-stage, Start-ups	Nigeria	Application window
AlphaJiri Fund	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, Impact Ventures including Cooperatives	Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America	Rolling basis
Aruwa Capital Management	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid	Investors	Africa	Rolling basis
Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries (BIO)	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME	Developing countries	Rolling basis
Bettervest	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Singapore	Rolling basis
Business & Energy School	Grant	Other	Entrepreneurs	Africa	Application window
CAP Financial Innovation Challenge	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, banks, investors, financial intermediaries, digital and crowdfunding platforms, FinTech, government agencies, research institutions, industry associations, credit rating agencies, etc.	East Africa, including at least one project in Uganda and Rwanda each	Application window
Charm	Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
Clean Technology Hub: Off-Grid Energy Incubation Program	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, Early stage	Nigeria	Application window
Climate Fund Managers (CFM)	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa, Latin America, Asia	Rolling basis
CreditEnable	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Worldwide	Rolling basis
Crossboundary Energy Access (CBEA)	Other	Minigrid	SME	Sub-Saharan Africa	Other
D-Prize	Grant	Other	Early Stage	Africa	Application window
Demand Aggregation for Renewable Technology (DART) Program	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
Derisking Sustainable Off-grid Lighting Solutions in Nigeria	Other	SHS Other	SME	Nigeria	Application window
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	Public institutions, Government agencies, Youths	Asia, Africa, Europe, North and Central America, South America	Application window
DeveloPPP Classic	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Companies based in the EU, a member country of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or a country on the OECD DAC list (including Nigeria)	Rolling basis
DeveloPPP Venture	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	Startup, SME	Ghana, Kenia, Nigeria, Tansania	Application window
Digital Energy Challenge	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Application window
Distributed Access to Renewable Energy Scale-up Project (DARES)	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	Solar Home Systems (SHS) companies, mesh grid companies and mini-grid companies.	Nigeria	Application window
Distributor Finance Fund (DFF) - SIMA Angaza	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	Angaza customer with at least 1,000 accounts on the Aganza platform or have a clear path to get there in 12 month	Worldwide	Rolling basis
E3 Capital	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
EDFI MSME platform	Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
EDP's Access to Energy Fund	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda	Application window
ENGIE Energy Access	Other	SHS Minigrid	SME	Africa	Other
Efficiency For Access: Research and Development Fund	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, academic organisation, non-profit, public sector organisation, research and technology organisation	UK aid priority country (including Nigeria)	Application window
Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI)	Equity	SHS Minigrid	SME	Sub-Saharan Africa	Rolling basis
Empower New Energy	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	Investors, lenders, project sponsors or developers	Africa	Rolling basis
EnAccess Foundation	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	Startups, SME, non-profits, individual innovators, investors, researchers	Global	Rolling basis
Energy Catalyst	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, academic institution , charity, NGO,RTO	Sub-Sahara Africa, South Asia, Indo-Pacific	Application window
FCMB Solar Energy Loan	Debt	SHS Other	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP)	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	NGO, CBO, civil society organization	Nigeria	Rolling basis
GET.Invest	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, NGOs, universities, parastatal companies, government or research institutions	Africa, Caribbean, Pacific region
GET.Invest: Finance Catalyst	Grant Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, NGO, universities, parastatal companies, government or research institutions	Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, Pacific region	Rolling basis
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) Productive Use Appliance Financing Facility	Grant	Other	SME, Households	Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda, DRC	Other
Global Innovation Fund	Grant Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, for- or non-profits, government agencies, research institutions	Developing countries	Rolling basis
Green Climate Fund	Grant Other	SHS Minigrid Other	Developing countires	Global	Other
Green4Access (G4A) First Loss Facility	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	Banks, SME	West Africa and East Africa	Rolling basis
GroFin	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Egypt, Northern Iraq, Southern Iraq, Jordan or Oman	Rolling basis
Hector TestDB page	Grant Debt	SHS Minigrid	asfsafsad	sdfsdfsadf	Rolling basis
Innovation 4 Agriculture (i4Ag) Fund	Grant	Other	Private sector, government and non-government organizations, civil society, academic	Partner country of BMZ	Rolling basis
Lendable	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa, Latin America, Asia	Rolling basis
LoftyInc and Afropreneur Angels	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	Early-stage, SME	Africa	Rolling basis
Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Application window
Minimum Subsidy Tender (MST)	Grant	Minigrid	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
NewGen Renewable Energy Accelerator (NewGen)	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Developing countries	Application window
Niger Delta Off Grid Energy Fund	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, Early-stage	Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America	Rolling basis
OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria, Partner countries	Rolling basis
OPEN fund	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	Women-led SMEs	Africa	Application window
Odyssey	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, Investor, Government, Consultant, Academic	Worldwide	Rolling basis
Odyssey Procure	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, early-stage	Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America	Rolling basis
Oiko Credit	Equity Debt Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, organisations	Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean	Rolling basis
Output Based Fund for Solar Home Systems (OBF)	Grant	SHS	MSME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
PFAN	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Sub-Saharan Africa, Central, South and Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, Eastern Europe, Central America, Caribbean Islands	Rolling basis
PIND Access to Energy Project	Grant	SHS Minigrid	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
Performance-based Grant Program (PBG)	Grant	Minigrid	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
Persistent Energy	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
Productive Use Appliance Financing Facility	Grant	Other	PUA distributors and other companies that play a role in facilitating PUA procurement and distribution	Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kenya. Exceptions to the geographic scope will be made at the Administrator's sole discretion.	Application window
RAISEAfrica	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	Young entrepreneurs, Startups	Africa	Application window
Regional Infrastructure Finance Facility (RIFF) - TDB	Grant Debt Other	SHS Other	SME	East- and South-Africa	Rolling basis
Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP)	Grant	SHS Minigrid	Developers	Africa	Rolling basis
Restart Catalyst	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	Women-led early stage enterprises	Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa	Application window
Results Based Financing for Productive Appliances & Equipment (PUE)	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
Rural electrification Fund (REF Call 2)	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria	Application window
SDG 7 Results programme	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Bangladesh, Burkina Faso*, Chad*, Ethiopia*, Gambia, India, Kenya*, Mali*, Mozambique, Niger*, Nigeria*, Uganda*, Rwanda, Senegal*, Sudan*, Tanzania and South Sudan* = priority countries	Application window
SUNREF Nigeria	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, Households	Nigeria	Rolling basis
Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF)	Equity Other	SHS Minigrid Other	Development companies active in the low-carbon sector, first-time fund managers, equity investors	Sub Saharan Africa, South-East Asia	Rolling basis
Shell Foundation	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	Public & private sector, projects, charitable initiatives	Worldwide	Rolling basis
SocialAlpha Fund	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, Early-stage	Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America	Rolling basis
Solar Energy Fund	Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME, Early-stage	Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America	Rolling basis
Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
Solar Frontier Capital	Grant Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	PAYGO SMEs	Africa	Rolling basis
Solar Power Naija (SPN)	Grant	SHS Minigrid	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
Spark+ Africa Fund	Grant Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	Early-stage, SME	Sub-Saharan Africa	Rolling basis
Stand-Alone Solar for Productive Use (SSPU)	Grant	SHS	SME	Nigeria	Application window
Startup Energy: Accelerator + Fellowship	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SMS, Early-stage	Sub-Saharan Africa	Rolling basis
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA)	Grant Equity Debt Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
TDB SME Off-Grid Facility	Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
The Baobab Network	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa	Rolling basis
The Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFi Nigeria)	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid	SME	Nigeria	Rolling basis
The Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF)	Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Africa and Asia	Rolling basis
Transforming Energy Access	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SMEs, Research institutions, NGOs	Sub Sahara Africa, South America	Application window
UNCAP Early Stage Capital	Equity	SHS Minigrid Other	Early-stage, SME	Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda	Rolling basis
USADF & All On - Nigerian Off-Grid Energy Challenge	Grant Equity Debt Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Nigeria	Application window
USADF Off-grid Energy Challenge	Grant	SHS Minigrid Other	SME, organisations	Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia	Application window
USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)	Grant	Other	SME, social entrepreneurs, nonprofits, government partners, academic	Developing countries where USAID operates, U.S.	Rolling basis
USAID: Off-Grid Clean Energy Fiancial Modeling Bootcamp	Other	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Sub-Saharan Africa	Other
Up-scaling programme - KFW DEG	Debt	Other	SME	Developing countries, emerging markets	Rolling basis
Wiki training financing	Grant Equity	SHS Other	asdfasdfsadf	asdfas	Other
finnfund	Equity Debt	SHS Minigrid Other	SME	Developing countries	Rolling basis