Energy Access Booster: Supporting Entrepreneurs in the Field of Energy Access in Africa

ENEA Consulting, SEforALL and Acumen have launched the “Energy Access Booster” call for projects to support entrepreneurs in the field of energy access in Africa.

Program Topics

It concerns projects in the deployment stage focusing on one of the four following topics:

• Green mini-grids
• Sustainable Mobility
• Refrigeration (cooling or cold storage)
• Energy for drinking water and agriculture

Benefits

• Up to five selected entrepreneurs will benefit from a selection of the following support, depending of their needs and the support capacity of each partner:
  • A strategic advisory consulting mission
  • A financial contribution of maximum $ 50,000 per selected entrepreneur
  • Operational support and potentially local support
  • Visibility of the project
• The selected entrepreneurs will receive support on topics including the identification of relevant and sustainable economic models, customer acquisition and retention, pilot project development, production organization, building adapted distribution models, scale-up to the national or international level, and financing.

Eligibility Criteria

• The project is aligned with the SDG7 criteria of providing affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy.
• The project is carried out by a legally established entity (properly incorporated entity).
• The project takes place in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Note that for consulting missions, only areas assessed as “normal vigilance” or “enhanced vigilance” by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time of the mission are eligible.
• The applicant undertakes to pay the travel-related costs of the consultants acting under the skills-based sponsorship.
• The applicant undertakes to comply with the collaboration rules for Total Energy Services support (and in particular to comply with the HSE and safety rules set out below and to report regularly to the steering committee):
  • the public policy provisions;
  • the standards, laws and regulations in force, in particular those applicable in the countries where the project is performed;
  • industry best practices and best practices of the trade;
  • the strictest safety standards with regard to the protection of persons property.
• The project requests both financial support and skills support.

Selection Criteria

• Relevant and sound project.
• Innovative project from a technical, economic and/or business model point of view.
• Ability of the partners to provide the requested support.
• Need for support from several of the partners. Any applicant requesting financial support only, will automatically be excluded from the list of potential successful applicants.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit Energy Access Booster 2018.