The Nigeria Off-Grid Energy Challenge is a joint initiative of the United States African Development Foundation
(USADF) and All On and is designed to achieve the following results:
– To increase electrical generation to unserved and underserved communities through sustainable
business model solutions;
– To expand electricity access – delivered through off-grid solutions such as home systems or micro-grids;
– To increase access to electricity for productive and/or household use – while this may include power to
meet household consumer needs, emphasis is also given to the delivery of power to productive or
commercial activities including agricultural production and processing, commercial enterprises, and
others.
The Off-Grid Energy Challenge is a key element of the Beyond the Grid sub-initiative of Power Africa, a U.S.
Government-led partnership launched in 2013 to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 by
increasing installed power capacity by 30,000 MW and creating 60 million new connections. Of these targeted
60 million new connections, as many as 25-30 million are expected to be added through off-grid solutions.
WORTH
- An investment from All On in the form of a convertible loan at an affordable interest rate and/or an
equity investment - Seed capital from All On in the form of grants, and from USADF in the form of Community Reinvestment
Grant (CRG) funds. The CRG intends for grant recipients to recommit a percentage of grant funding to
a local organization to further support community-level projects in Nigeria - Access to intensive local technical assistance and governance support
ELIGIBILITY
- To be considered for the Challenge, applicants must be 100% African-owned, majority
Nigerian-owned and -managed private companies registered in Nigeria and must be
operating in Nigeria. - Projects are to be focused on increasing sustainable energy access, specifically off-grid solutions, and extending
the delivery of electrification to unserved and underserved communities in Nigeria. The type of clean energy
technologies to be proposed may include, but are not limited to, solar, hydro, wind, biomass, biogas, gas, and
hybrid systems. Productive use applications in the agriculture and agri-business sector are highly encouraged. - The applying companies must be for-profit enterprises and must not be government-owned or operated in any way.
- Applicants may be developers of their own technology and/or may be acquiring and implementing technology developed
elsewhere. - Applicants need to be legally registered in Nigeria and demonstrate the capacity to track and manage
the project resources and operate in good standing with the local governments in which they operate.
DEADLINE: March 18 2022
To apply and for more information visit here
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