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Short-Term Insurance of Foreign Receivables
Export credit insurance to cover commercial & certain political risks for U.S. Exporters.
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA)
Multi-donor trust fund managed by the African Development Bank providing catalytic finance to unlock private sector investments in clean energy. SEFA avails technical assistance and concessional finance instruments to remove market barriers, build a more robust pipeline of projects and improve the risk-return profile of individual investments. SEFA’s overarching goal is to contribute to universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy services for all in Africa, in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 7.
Technical Contact: João Duarte Cunha - SEFA Coordinator, Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency Dept - j.cunha@afdb.org
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Finance (SUNREF)
SUNREF provides an affordable line of credit together with project development technical assistance to help develop energy investments. Phase 2, SUNREF, comprises Technical Assistance (TA) and credit facilities to provide banks with the necessary long-term financing to overcome financial barriers met by project sponsors. This is open to companies needing to gain easier access to green finance and banks seeking to develop their green finance portfolios.
Afrique du Sud / South Africa - sunref@sanedi.org.za
Turquie / Turkey - info@yesilendustri.com
Maurice / Mauritius - m.apaya@businessmauritius.org
Transforming Energy Access (TEA)
To support early-stage testing and scale up of innovative technologies and business models that will accelerate access to affordable, clean energy services for poor households and enterprises, especially in Africa.
Local SMEs
Universal Green Energy Access Program (UGEAP) by GCF
Blended finance model, leveraging private capital and building capacity for lending to green ESCOs among local FIs in 8 SSA countries. The user would be local financial institutions lending to green energy supply companies.
Phase 2: Any country active in Sub Saharan Africa.
— Through local FIs to deliver capital to local energy supply companies in local currency; or
— Directly as syndicated project finance loans in parallel to local & regional (development) banks (no FX exposure envisaged).