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Title

The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa launches the Pre-Qualification stage of its first Call for Proposals

Organization

The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA)

Type

Financial: (Grant)

Eligibility/Description

The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) has opened the Pre-Qualification stage of its first Call for Proposals (BGFA1), inviting off-grid energy companies to compete for results-based funding to bring clean, modern and affordable energy to customers in peri-urban and rural areas of Burkina Faso, Liberia and Zambia.

BGFA1 aims to incentivise off-grid energy companies to accelerate the establishment of new, long-term sustainable energy service subscriptions at scale. In total, some EUR 30 million is offered to qualified, private off-grid energy service providers under three different Country Programmes, with funding opportunities split into a number of Funding Windows and Funding Lots. The contract size is expected to be EUR 1 – 4 million, depending on the target country and individual needs.

The plan is to have some 15 contracts signed by May 2021, with project implementation starting in August 2021. Awarded funds will be disbursed during a four-year period. By 2025, it is expected that up to 700,000 off-grid long-term sustainable energy service subscriptions will have been entered into with customers, bringing clean and affordable energy to more than 3.5 million people in peri-urban and rural areas.

Deadline

2020/10/30

URL

https://www.reeep.org/news/beyond-grid-fund-africa-launches-pre-qualification-stage-its-first-call-proposals