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The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa announces upcoming funding round for Uganda
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) will open a second funding round for Uganda at the end of February 2023. This is BGFA’s fifth call for proposals (BGFA5) to incentivise clean off-grid energy solutions in sub-Saharan...
Congratulations to the 2022 Umoja Incubator winners
The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) and Serengeti Energy’s Umoja Incubator has announced the 2022 winner following its first Umoja incubator workshop in Cape Town, South Africa that ran from 14th November 2022 to 18th...
PFAN standalone event at COP27: Closing the Financing Gap for Climate Adaptation SMEs
The event highlighted the actions needed to mobilise the necessary capital to finance climate adaptation projects and businesses and emphasised how the roles of both the public and private sectors are critical in catalysing...
PFAN participates in this year’s African Development Bank Group’s $140,000 AgriPitch Competition
PFAN is pleased to launch the 2022 AgriPitch Competition together with the African Development Bank, Private Equity Support and EldoHub on 17 October 2022 under the theme: “The Role of Africa’s Youth within African Food Systems...
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa received strong interest for its funding round in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The first funding round in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) attracted great interest among private sector companies, i.e. energy service providers in the off-grid sector,...
Eva Kelly Oberender appointed CEO of REEEP
We are very pleased to announce that Eva Kelly Oberender has taken on the role of CEO of REEEP.
PFAN and Serengeti Energy launch their first renewable energy incubator programme
Serengeti Energy in collaboration with the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) is excited to announce the launch of the 2022 Umoja Incubator.
Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa has signed further projects with off-grid energy service companies in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Zambia
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) programme has signed four further agreements with off-grid energy service companies in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Zambia to support the expansion and scale-up of mini-grid connections and...
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa launches a Call for Proposals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to accelerate clean energy access
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) is today opening the Call for Proposals (BGFA4) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the aim of accelerating the provision of off-grid energy services in DRC by providing...
IKI SOARING training in Tanzania and Zambia: ‘’Financing Renewable Energy Technologies’’
The ‘’Financing Renewable Energy Technologies’’ multiplier training in Tanzania and Zambia provided SME stakeholders with knowledge on relevant clean energy and productive use technologies available on the market, costs and...
PFAN presents its newly launched interactive Annual Report 2021
2021 was a year of significant milestones for PFAN: it celebrated the remarkable achievement of USD 2 billion leveraged by PFAN-supported climate projects and its 15th anniversary since our inception. We are proud of the PFAN...
Launch of the PFAN Deal Book
The PFAN Deal Book is an online platform with a compilation of investment opportunities for investors, allowing investors to access information on various climate adaptation and clean energy projects in East Africa, currently...
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia has reached one million Zambians
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia (BGFZ) has reached a successful conclusion – the delivery of energy service subscriptions to over 1 million Zambians. Building on the success of this pilot, the programme has been expanded into...
