Our work

Specific programmes and competitions help us meet the needs of energy entrepreneurs providing them with investment, business plan advice and the impetus to develop and improve their businesses.

 

Recent strategies and partnerships include:

 

Developing Energy Enterprises Programme (DEEP) training and supporting over 900 micro entrepreneurs in East Africa.

 

Supporting energy SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa, a $30 million programme providing technical and financial assistance to small and medium enterprises.

 

Loan guarantee fund encouraging the flow of credit by underwriting loans to energy businesses.

 

Energy Access Finance Fund raising a new fund to invest in energy companies, together with impact investment fund manager, Alpha Mundi.

 

Business plan contests to award financial and technical help, such as the IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest and the Access to Clean Energy Challenge East Africa, run in tandem with the BiD Network.