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GVEP International in East Africa

The Developing Energy Enterprise Project

The Developing Energy Enterprise Project is an EU funded programme involving six of GVEP International’s partners, EATDN, the Aga Khan Foundation’s Coastal Rural Support Project, Kenya, IT Power East Africa, Emerging Market Economics-Africa, Practical Action East Africa and Gender and Energy Research and Training. The kick off meeting was held in Kampala in March 2008, and the first follow up session was in Nairobi at the end of April.

The main objective of DEEP is to ‘enable development of a sustainable and widespread industry of micro and small energy enterprises providing energy services and employment in rural and peri-urban areas of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.’ The programme will be rolled out over the next five years, and aims to achieve the following targets:

- Initiation of 1,800 micro and small East African energy enterprises (MSEs) which have diversified into energy service provision
- 300 business mentors trained and qualified to be employed in rural and peri-urban areas of East Africa addressing and ensuring sustainability issues
- Supported businesses to have employed 1300 people directly and, through provision of energy services, enabled the creation of a further 1300 employment opportunities in the rural and peri-urban communities which they serve
- 12,000 rural and peri urban community members provided with services

The GVEP International led initiative brings together private sector expertise, community mobilisation and business management in the development of private businesses, from their inception as ideas in villages to established energy service providers and employers.

The programme will be run by our local partners, and by a locally sourced GVEP International East African regional manager. In such a way, programme coordinators can best assist enterprises to respond to the needs and market opportunities in the area.

DEEP will assist entrepreneurs through training and mentoring to develop business plans and then access the financing to put them into practice. Post-investment, DEEP will continue to provide management mentoring services in accounting, strategy planning, marketing and legal issues relevant for businesses to survive and grow sustainably.

For more information on the DEEP project, please contact Kavita Rai at infodeep@gvep.org.

Country Specific Contacts

UGANDA

East African Energy Technology
Development Network
P. O Box 5593 Kampala, Uganda
Tel:+256-41-4-532684/772-639125/
712-239626

TANZANIA

East African Energy Technology
Development Network
P. O Box 1434, Mwanza, Tanzania
Tel:+255 754 567 354

KENYA

Practical Action- Eastern Africa
P. O Box 39493-00623 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 020 271 35 40/ 271 93 13

Coastal Rural Support Programme
Kenya(CRSPK)
P. O BOX 355 - 80113
Mariakani, Mombasa, Kenya
Tel: +254 041 33231/3