Funding windows
CEI Africa supports the delivery of climate-friendly electricity by financing green mini grid developers and off-grid solar companies through two investment windows and multiple types of investments combined with technical assistance.
Crowdlending window
Types of investments
Senior debt, sub-debt, guarantees, equity and quasi-equity, technical assistance.
Who is it for?
CEI Africa invests alongside Crowdlenders in:
⬩Green mini grid (GMG) developers and companies in the off-grid solar space including:
Solar Home Systems (SHS), Commercial and Industrial (C&I) off- grid systems for MSMEs and service providers, Pico PV, and solar-powered productive use (PUE) appliances such as mills, pumps, or cold storage solutions.
⬩Manufacturers, assemblers, providers, developers and operators of distributed off-grid energy equipment and appliances.
Geographic scope
⬩ For off-grid energy companies: SSA
⬩For GMG: Sierra Leone, Benin, Mali, Madagascar, Kenya, DRC
End beneficiaries
MSMEs and households in the selected country list.
Results-based
financing component
Types of investments
Results-based financing (RBF, grants), technical assistance.
Who is it for?
The RBF component offers corporate and project financing for Green mini grid developers.
Geographic scope
Kenya, DRC, Sierra Leone, Benin, Madagascar, Mali.
End beneficiaries
MSMEs and households in the selected country list, with a particular focus on women.
Smart Outcomes component
Types of investments
Outcomes based financing (SOF, grants), technical assistance.
Who is it for?
The SOF component offers Outcomes-Based financing for Green mini grid developers deploying Productive Use of Energy (PUE).
Geographic scope
Kenya, DRC, Sierra Leone, Benin, Madagascar, Mali, Uganda, Cameroon
End beneficiaries
MSMEs and households in the selected country list, with a particular focus on women.
Matchmaking
If you are interested in matchmaking or collaboration with another mini-grid operator or PUE supplier, please write to us as at info@cei-africa.com.
Bridging the financing gap
SDG target 7.1 is universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy services. Even though the amount of people who lack access to energy globally went from 1.2 billion to 733 million in the period between 2010 to 2020 (as detailed in ESMAP’s Energy Progress Report 2022), progress has slowed down and would have us falling short of meeting the target by 2030. CEI Africa is designed to address real and perceived risks in the access to energy space, aiming to foster an environment that attracts subsequent funding.
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