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Category of Support
Finance » Mezzanine
Donors
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Department for International Development (DFID)
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Users
Private Sector
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.

Locations
Sub Saharan Africa
Grid Status
Not Specified
Geography
Sub Saharan Africa
Eligibility
DAC 1, 2 or 3 countries (OECD)
Point of Contact
Peter Hutchinson, peter.hutchinson@greenafricapower.com
Category of Support
Finance » Project Preparation
Donors
Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD)
Department for International Development (DFID)
Users
Private Sector
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

Locations
Kenya
Tanzania
Grid Status
Off-Grid
Geography
Kenya, Tanzania
Eligibility
Not Specified
Point of Contact
General Inquiries: S-Hunt@dfid.gov.uk
Category of Support
Finance » Guarantees
Donors
Department for International Development (DFID)
Dutch Development Bank (FMO)
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Users
Private Sector
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.

Locations
Sub Saharan Africa
Grid Status
Not Specified
Geography
Sub Saharan Africa
Eligibility
DAC 1, 2 or 3 countries
Point of Contact
Lasitha Perera Lasitha.Perera@guarantco.com
Category of Support
Finance » Debt Finance
Donors
German Development Bank (Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau) (KfW)
Private Investment Development Group (PIDG)
Users
Private Sector
Description

Provides direct finance to infrastructure projects in emerging economies. The Fund is available to all private infrastructure projects originated by International Financial Institutions.

Locations
Sub Saharan Africa
Grid Status
Not Specified
Geography
Sub Saharan Africa
Eligibility
The Fund is available to all (non-distressed) infrastructure projects originated by International Finance Institutions that cannot obtain commercial financing or re-finance existing loans as a consequence of the global financial crisis and the tightening of bank lending
Point of Contact
Bertrand Millot, BMillot@cordiantcap.com
Category of Support
Finance » Guarantees
Donors
World Bank (WB)
Users
Private Sector
Description

Covers private lenders, or investors through shareholder loans, against the risk of a government (or government-owned 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

Locations
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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
Sub Saharan Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Grid Status
Both
Geography
World Bank IDA borrowing countries
Eligibility
Projects with private participation dependent on certain government contractual undertaking, such as: Build-Operate-Transfer (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.
Point of Contact
Pankaj Gupta, Manager, World Bank Energy Global Practice Financial Solutions, pgupta2@ifc.org