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Description Countries Status
Energy Access Ventures Ongoing
Energy and Environment Partnership - EEP Africa

Description

The Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) is a clean energy financing facility hosted and managed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) with funding from Austria, Finland and NDF. It is guided by a vision for a climate-resilient, zero-carbon future with the aim of contributing to the achievement of the Paris Agreement on climate change and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Botswana, Burundi, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Completed
Energy efficiency For Clean Development Program (EECDP)

The Energy Efficiency for Clean Development Program (EECDP) was a cooperative agreement formed in March 2011 between ICF and USAID. It provided tools and replicable strategies for energy efficiency in emerging markets, supported by the department's Leader Awards and Associate Awards.

Congo - Brazzaville, Ghana, Tanzania Ongoing
Energy Efficient Low-carbon Transport South Africa Upcoming
Energy Efficient Production and Utilization of Charcoal through Innovative Technologies and Private Sector Involvement

Improved and more efficient use of biomass energy resources through efficient charcoal production and improved cookstoves

Sierra Leone Halted
Energy for Rural Transformation

To increase access to energy and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural Uganda. Global Environment Objective: To increase energy efficiency and use of renewable energy technologies in order to reduce GHG emissions

Uganda Completed
Energy Sector Budget Support Programme in Benin

The Energy Sector Budget Support Programme - Phase I (PASEBE I) is the first phase of a programmatic sectoral budget support. It aims to improve electric power supply and electricity sub-sector governance in order to create conditions for inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

Benin Completed
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)

ESMAP is a partnership between the World Bank  and 19 partners to help low and middle-income countries reduce poverty and boost growth through sustainable energy solutions. ESMAP’s analytical and advisory services are fully integrated within the World Bank’s country financing and policy dialogue in the energy sector.

Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo - Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Ongoing
Energy Security and Resource Efficiency in Somaliland

Energy Security & Resource Efficiency in Somaliland Programme (ESRES) has the objective to promote green growth and poverty reduction in Somaliland through increasing access to more affordable and reliable renewable energy services. This choice for renewable energies is based on the premise that green infrastructure investments in fragile states have potentially positive effects on economic development and poverty reduction while at the same time reducing the country’s vulnerability to the negative effects of climate change. 

Somalia Completed
Energy Service Improvement Project (ESIP)

The development objective of the Energy Service Improvement Project for Benin is to improve power utility operational performance; expand electricity access in targeted areas; and promote community-based management of forest resources. The project comprises of four components. The first component, improvement of SBEE’s commercial performance will help SBEE reduce commercial losses and adopt a customer-oriented perspective. The second component, distribution

Benin Ongoing
Energy Utility Partnership Program (EUPP)

The Energy Utility Partnership Program (EUPP) is a cooperative initiative between the United States Energy Association and the United States Agency for International Development under the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3). EUPP works around the world to promote energy security, clean energy access, and capacity building to achieve self-reliance. 

The EUPP team strengthens the capacity of utility executives and employees in USAID-assisted countries to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Ongoing
Equity Fund for the Small Projects Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (SP-IPPPP) South Africa Ongoing
EREF ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility

The ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF) is a grant facility which is managed by the Secretariat of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) based in Praia, Cape Verde.  It provides grant co-funding for small to medium sized renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) projects and businesses in rural and peri-urban areas. The Facility undertakes regular demand driven call for proposals.

Ethiopia Clean Cooking Energy Program

The national improved cookstove program is designed to contribute to the implementation of the government of Ethiopia's improved cookstoves distribution plan through building a sustainable and vibrant market for improved cook stoves and building institutional capacity at all levels

Ethiopia
EU - Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-AITF)

Established in 2007 by the European Commission and European Union Member States, the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-AITF) has since made a significant contribution to increase investment in infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia Halted
EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI-PDF)

The EUEI PDF is a multi-donor facility that contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular on energy. As a flexible instrument of the European Union, EUEI PDF promotes sustainable energy for equitable development in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Therefore, the EUEI PDF:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Completed
European Union’s Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) for the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)

The EU has launched a Technical Assistance Facility (TAF), to assist partner countries in fine tuning their energy policies and regulatory frameworks to allow for increased investments in the energy sector. It supports countries which are committed to reaching the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) objectives, in particular those who selected energy not only as one of the priority areas of their national policy agenda, but also chose energy as a focal sector in their bilateral cooperation with the EU for the period; 2014-2020.

Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia Ongoing
Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI)

The design, structuring, and implementation of an energy inclusion facility. The Facility will be focused on providing senior and mezzanine debt financing to small scale projects (on-grid, mini-grid and off-grid) with total costs less than USD 30 million and to distributed energy companies and other entities focused on off-grid energy solutions. The Facility will seek, through a stream-lined platform, to alleviate the barrier of high transaction costs faced by small scale projects and increase the flow of capital to the energy sector.

Angola, Malawi, Uganda Ongoing
Forest management and woody biomass energy support (FMBE) Rwanda Ongoing
Fourth National Communication to the UNFCCC Egypt Ongoing
From wildt solar park South Africa Ongoing
GEF UNIDO Cleatech Programme for SMEs in South Africa South Africa Upcoming
GEF-7 Africa Minigrids Program Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, Eswatini, Angola, Djibouti, Madagascar, Malawi, Sudan, Comoros Ongoing
Geothermal exploration program in the rift of Assal Djibouti Ongoing
Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility

The Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) was established to fund, facilitate, and accelerate geothermal development in Eastern Africa. The overall objective of the GRMF is to encourage public and private sector investment into geothermal power generation. The GRMF therefore acts as a catalyst in establishing geothermal energy as a strategic option for power generation capacity expansion in eleven partner countries in the Eastern African Rift region

Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Ongoing
GET FiT Uganda Ongoing
Get fit zambia Zambia Ongoing
GET.invest

GET.invest is a European programme which supports investments in decentralised renewable energy. The programme targets private sector business and project developers, financiers and regulators to build sustainable energy markets in developing countries. Services include market information, a funding database, matchmaking events and access-to-finance advisory. The programme is supported
by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria, and works closely with initiatives and business associations in the energy sector. GET.invest runs on the multi-donor platform

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Ongoing
Ghana: Energy Development and Access Project Ongoing
Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves / Clean Cooking Alliance

The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a public-private partnership that seeks to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves seeks to mobilize high-level national and donor commitments toward the goal of universal adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels. Its ambitious but achievable goal is to foster the adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels in 100 million households by 2020.

Ongoing
Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP)

The Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement are the world’s commitment to safeguarding the global commons. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with its unique mandate to support inclusive and sustainable industrial development, has partnered with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address the most pressing global environmental challenges of our time.

Morocco, South Africa Ongoing
Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) to accelerate the uptake and investments in innovative cleantech solutions Nigeria, Morocco, South Africa Ongoing
Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)

The Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) is an initiative of the European Union. Its overall objective is to build a new alliance on climate change between the European Union and the poor developing countries that are most affected and that have the least capacity to deal with climate change. The GCCA does not intend to set up a new fund or governance structure, but is working through the European Commission’s established channels for political dialogue and cooperation at national and international level.

Ongoing
Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF) Ongoing
Global Energy Transformation Programme (GET.Pro)

The Global Energy Transformation Programme (GET.pro) is a European multi-donor platform that delivers on international energy and climate goals. Founded by the European Union and the member states Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria in 2018, GET.pro supports the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Completed
Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) Egypt, Ethiopia, Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Comoros, Tanzania Ongoing
Global Innovation Fund (GIF) Ongoing
Global Lighting & Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP) Ongoing
Global Programme to Support Countries with the Shift to Electric Mobility. Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo Ongoing
Global Programme to Support Countries with the Shift to Electric Mobility. Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo Ongoing
Global Project to Leapfrog Markets to Energy Efficient Lighting, Appliances and Equipment South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia Ongoing
Global Project to Leapfrog Markets to Energy Efficient Lighting, Appliances and Equipment South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia Ongoing
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Ethiopia Ongoing
Green Climate Fund Ongoing
Green Logistics Program (non-grant) Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia Ongoing
Green Mini-Grids Africa Ongoing
Greening COP22 in Marrakesh, Morocco Morocco Ongoing
Greening the Productive Sectors in Gambia: Promoting the Use and Integration of Small to Medium Scale Renewable Energy Systems in the Productive Uses Gambia Ongoing
Grid-connected Small Scale Photovoltaic Systems Egypt Ongoing
Hybridization of Diesel Engines of Multifunctional Platforms with Solar Systems Togo Ongoing

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