Opportunity - EEP Africa Call for Proposals
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- Mini-grid
- Solar
- Other
- Energy Efficiency
- Productive Use
- Renewable Energy
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Private companies, start-ups and social enterprises from any country in the world with early-stage projects in one or more of the EEP Africa target countries (Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) are welcome to apply.
All applicants need to have strong local presence in the country of application. The applicant should be based in the country, be locally led, or be an international company with strong local partnerships.
All applicants must be registered legal entities for at least six (6) months prior to the Expression of Interest opening date.
EEP Africa does not fund NGOs, Charities, Research Institutions, or government institutions (e.g., government ministries, UN agencies and national/provincial/district departments). However, these types of organisations can serve as project partners.
All applicants must meet the eligibility criteria defined in the CfP2026 Application Guidelines.
What type of projects is EEP Africa looking for?
EEP Africa supports early-stage, locally driven innovative clean energy projects that are in active development. All applications need to demonstrate a clear need and additionality for EEP Africa financing.
Funding is provided to feasibility studies, pilot, replication or scale-up projects.
All project activities need to have a clear path to profitability with reasonable expectation of further investment and sustainable commercialisation.
EEP Africa is technology agnostic as long as solutions are based on renewable energy sources (solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydro, other renewable energy sources) or energy efficiency.
For the CfP2026, EEP Africa limits applications from Kenya, Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia and South Africa to projects that focus on e-waste management, specifically e-waste generated from the clean energy sector. See Annex II of CfP2026 Guidelines for more details.
The projects should fall under at least one of the following groups of technologies:
- Residential electricity access
- Productive uses of energy (commercial and/or institutional)
- Mini grids (AC or DC)
- Power generation
- Clean cooking (residential and/or institutional, stoves and/or fuels)
- Mobility (electric and/or fuels)
- Energy efficiency & storage
What kind of financing is available?
Applicants can apply for grants and repayable grants between EUR 200,000 — 500,000. The minimum required co-financing is 30-50% of the total project budget depending on the project phase and company maturity. Furthermore, the Investment Committee may determine additional repayability of funds.
Further details: https://eepafrica.org/financing/2026-call-for-proposals"Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe" is not in the list (Worldwide, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, ...) of allowed values for the "Country Opportunity" property.
