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Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA)

Category: Transaction Assistance
Sub-Category: Project Preparation
Users: Other Stakeholders, Project Developers
Donors: African Development Bank (AfDB), Danish International Development Cooperation (DANIDA), Department for International Development (DFID), United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Donor Countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, United Kingdom, United States of America
Description:

Multi-donor trust fund managed by the African Development Bank providing catalytic finance to unlock private sector investments in clean energy. SEFA avails technical assistance and concessional finance instruments to remove market barriers, build a more robust pipeline of projects and improve the risk-return profile of individual investments. SEFA’s overarching goal is to contribute to universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy services for all in Africa, in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 7.

Locations: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, eSwatini
On- or Off-Grid: Both
Geography:

AfDB Regional Member Countries

Eligibility:

Project undertaken in the Bank’s Regional Member Countries. Proposed project’s sponsor is a privately-owned or is a PPP (reimbursable Grant/0% loan at financial closure). Regional Member countries can use project preparation funding to prepare competitive tenders (Grant). Proposed project will be aligned with the three SEFA thematic areas: (i) Green Baseload, (ii) Green Mini-Grids and (iii) Energy Efficiency

Contact information:

sefa@afdb.org
Technical Contact: João Duarte Cunha - SEFA Coordinator, Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency Dept - j.cunha@afdb.org

For more information: http://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-partnerships/sustainable-e
Last updated: August 13, 2020

Last updated: August 08, 2022