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ANNUAL REPORT

FISCAL YEAR 2021 (OCT 1, 2020–SEP 30, 2021)

Power Africa Off-grid Project

Version 3 (Redacted)

Submitted February 9, 2022

DISCLAIMER: THIS REPORT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID). THE CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF RTI INTERNATIONAL AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF

USAID OR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED UNDER CONTRACT NUMBER

AID-720-674-18-D-00004 / AID-720- 674-19-F-00005.

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PERFORMANCE RESULTS DASHBOARD

TABLE 1. PERFORMANCE RESULTS DASHBOARD

INDICATORS LIFE-OF-PROJECT TARGET PROGRESS TO DATE % ACHIEVED NEXT QUARTER’S TARGETS

Number of new off-grid actual direct connections (PA #3) 6,000,000 2,797,140 47%

N/A-

Targets set on an annual basis Number of new grid and off-grid anticipated direct connections at financial close (PA# 1) 6,000,000 6,101,579 102%

Amount of investment mobilized investment (PA #14) for energy $500 M $627.8 M 126%

Number of laws, policies, regulations, or standards to enhance energy sector governance formally proposed, adopted, or implemented

(PA #23)

57 58 102%

Number of productive-use off-grid devices or systems sold 16,515 37,487 227%

Number of supported investors, lenders, and foundations that introduce and expand off-grid specific financial products and/or begin marketing to OGCs after receiving support

42 585* 1,393%

Number of U.S. companies participating in Power Africa projects/transactions 50 88 176%

Number of African governments that received Power Africa support to implement improvements to their frameworks

11 10 91%

* For this indicator, entities that operate in multiple countries are counted separately for each country.

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CONTENTS

Acronym List v

INTRODUCTION 1

Executive Summary 1 Project Overview 2

HIGHLIGHTS 6

Overview 6 COVID-19 Response Activities 17 Enabling Environment Support 21 Healthcare Facility Electrification 24 Support to U.S. Companies 26

ACHIEVEMENTS 29

Cameroon 29 Côte d’Ivoire 36 Democratic Republic of Congo 44 Ghana 50 Kenya 57 Liberia 63 Niger 70 Rwanda 77 Senegal 82 Tanzania 89 Uganda 95 East Africa 101 West Africa 107

CHALLENGES AND RISKS 114

CROSS-CUTTING AND COORDINATION ACTIVITIES 117

Access to Finance 117 Communications 118 Energy–Agriculture / Productive Use of Electricity 120 Foresight Activity: The Future of Off-grid Infrastructure in Africa 123 Gender 124 Market Dynamics 125 Smart Communities Coalition Support 126 Supporting the Beyond the Grid Team and Private-Sector Partner Program 128 Supporting Collaboration within the Power Africa Portfolio 128 Webinars, Workshops, and Events 130

ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 131

Program Management 131 Examples of Notable Contractor Performance 133 Notable Events 134

SUBCONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND PROCUREMENT 136

Subcontracts 136 Grants 138 Procurement 161

MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING 162

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Updates on Previously Reported Policy and Regulatory Activities 174 Technical Knowledge Products Shared with PACO and Key Partners 179 Targets and Entities supported For Multiple Countries In Sub-Saharan Africa 181 Detailed Progress Tables 183

ANNEX 1. EMMRS 202

KYA-Energy Group 203 Muhanya Solar Limited 205 Nanoé 207 OffGridBox 211 SolarWorks! Mozambique 213

FIGURES

FIGURE 1. THE PROJECT PROVIDES SUPPORT IN 26 COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN

AFRICA

FIGURE 2. TECHNICAL APPROACH OVERVIEW

FIGURE 3. ACHIEVEMENTS (YEAR III)

FIGURE 4. ACHIEVEMENTS (LIFE OF PROJECT)

FIGURE 5. KEY RESULTS

FIGURE 6. HIGHLIGHTS (YEAR III)

FIGURE 7. INNOVATIONS

FIGURE 8. TOTAL ACTIVE COIN FUND GRANTS

FIGURE 9. MAP OF COIN FUND GRANTS

FIGURE 10. COVID-19 RESPONSE INFORMATION SHEETS

FIGURE 11. HEALTHCARE FACILITY ELECTRIFICATION SUPPORT IN Q4

FIGURE 12. 55 U.S. COMPANIES SUPPORTED

FIGURE 13. ACCELERATING CLIMATE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA WEBINAR INVITATION

FIGURE 14. PUE CATALOG PROMOTIONS

FIGURE 15. WINDOW 4: HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ELECTRIFIED

FIGURE 16. HAVENHILL SYNERGY HEALTHCARE FACILITY ELECTRIFICATION

FIGURE 17. KYA-ENERGY GROUP HEALTHCARE FACILITY ELECTRIFICATION

FIGURE 18. ONEPOWER HEALTH CENTER ELECTRIFICATION

FIGURE 19. SOLARWORKS! HEALTHCARE FACILITY ELECTRIFICATION

FIGURE 20. KYA-ENERGY GROUP EMPLOYEES RECEIVE AND INSTALL EQUIPMENT

FIGURE 21. ONEPOWER HFE ACTIVITY AT INTLHANYAKU CLINIC

FIGURE 22. PEG SOLAR LAUNCH EVENT

FIGURE 23. INSTALLING THE SOLAR PANELS AND CABLING

TABLES

TABLE 1. PERFORMANCE RESULTS DASHBOARD

TABLE 2. AMOUNT MOBILIZED IN FY 2021

TABLE 3. DISAGGREGATED TRANSACTIONS IN FY 2021

TABLE 4. NATIONAL POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

TABLE 5. HEALTHCARE ELECTRIFICATION SUPPORT IN Q4

TABLE 6. 55 U.S. OFF-GRID ENERGY COMPANIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 7. CAMEROON—TARGETS

TABLE 8. CAMEROON—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 9. CAMEROON—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

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TABLE 10. CÔTE D’IVOIRE—TARGETS

TABLE 11. CÔTE D’IVOIRE—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 12. CÔTE D’IVOIRE—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 13. DRC—TARGETS

TABLE 14. DRC—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 15. DRC—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 16. GHANA—TARGETS

TABLE 17. GHANA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 18. GHANA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 19. KENYA—TARGETS

TABLE 20. KENYA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 21. KENYA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 22. LIBERIA—TARGETS

TABLE 23. LIBERIA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 24. LIBERIA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 25. NIGER—TARGETS

TABLE 26. NIGER—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 27. NIGER—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 28. RWANDA—TARGETS

TABLE 29. RWANDA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 30. RWANDA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 31. SENEGAL—TARGETS

TABLE 32. SENEGAL—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 33. SENEGAL—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 34. TANZANIA—TARGETS

TABLE 35. TANZANIA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 36. TANZANIA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 37. UGANDA—TARGETS

TABLE 38. UGANDA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 39. UGANDA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 40. EAST AFRICA—TARGETS

TABLE 41. EAST AFRICA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 42. EAST AFRICA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 43. WEST AFRICA—TARGETS

TABLE 44. WEST AFRICA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 45. WEST AFRICA—OUTPUTS AND WORK PRODUCTS

TABLE 46. CHALLENGES AND RISKS

TABLE 47. WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND EVENTS IN Q4

TABLE 48. STAFFING TABLE

TABLE 49. MARKET ENTRY AND PAYGO INTEGRATION GRANTS (WINDOW 1)

TABLE 50. DISTRIBUTED ELECTRICITY SERVICES AND MODERN COOKING FUEL

DELIVERY GRANTS (WINDOW 2)

TABLE 51. CATALYTIC FUNDING GRANTS (WINDOW 3)

TABLE 52. HEALTHCARE ELECTRIFICATION GRANTS (WINDOW 4)

TABLE 53. SUMMARY OF PROJECT-WIDE TARGETS

TABLE 54. UPDATES ON PREVIOUSLY REPORTED POLICY AND REGULATORY

ACTIVITIES PENDING IMPLEMENTATION

TABLE 55. TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS

TABLE 56. ALL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA—TARGETS

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TABLE 57. ALL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA—ENTITIES SUPPORTED

TABLE 58. CAMEROON—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 59. CÔTE D’IVOIRE—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 60. DRC—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 61. GHANA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 62. KENYA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 63. LIBERIA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 64. NIGER—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 65. RWANDA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 66. SENEGAL—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 67. TANZANIA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 68. UGANDA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 69. EAST AFRICA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

TABLE 70. WEST AFRICA—DETAILED PROGRESS TABLE

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ACRONYM LIST

ABNORM Burkina Faso’s Agency for Standards, Metrology, and Quality (Agence Burkinabé de Normalisation, de la Métrologie et de la Qualité)

ACE African Clean Energy

ACEP Alliance of Credit and Savings for Production (Alliance de Crédit et d’Epargne pour la Production)

ACERD Congolese Association for Renewable and Decentralized Energy (Association

Congolaise pour les Energies Renouvelables et Décentralisées)

ACPF African Mini-grid Development Association

AECF Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund

AFV Actions in Favor of the Vulnerable (Actions en Faveur des Vulnérables)

AGRF African Green Revolution Forum

AIENR Renewable Energy Ivorian Association (Association Ivorienne des Énergies

Nouvelles et Renouvelables)

AIPH Interprofessional Association of the Palm Oil Sector (Association

Interprofessionnelle de la Filière Palmier à Huile) of Côte d'Ivoire

ANADER National Rural Development Support Agency (Agence Nationale d'Appui au

Développement Rural)of Côte d'Ivoire

ANAPI National Agency for the Promotion of Investments (Agence Nationale pour la

Promotion des Investissements) of DRC

ANEREE National Agency for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (Agence Nationale des Energies Renouvelables et de l’Efficacité Energétique) of Burkina Faso

ANOR Cameroon’s Agency of Standards and Quality (Agence des Normes et de la

Qualité)

ANPER Niger Rural Electrification Agency (Agence Nigérienne de Promotion de l’Électrification en Milieu Rural)

ANSER National Agency for Rural Energy Services (Agence Nationale des Services

Energétiques Ruraux) of DRC

APELCA Cameroon Association of Off-Grid Electrification Professionals (Association des

Professionnels de l’Electrification hors réseau du Cameroun)

APERCI Association of Renewable Energy Professionals of Côte d’Ivoire (Association des

Professionnels des Energies Renouvelables de Côte d’Ivoire)

APROMAC Association of Natural Rubber Professionals of Côte d’Ivoire (Association des

Professionnels du Caoutchouc Naturel de Côte d’Ivoire)

APS Annual Program Statement

APSFD Association of Decentralized Financial Service Professionals of Senegal

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ARES Rural Actions for Solar Energy (Actions Rurales Energie Solaire)

ARSEL Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency (Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l’Électricité) of Cameroon

ASER Senegalese Rural Electrification Agency (Agence Sénégalaise d’Electrification

Rurale)

ASI Adam Smith International

BGFA Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa

BoT Bank of Tanzania

B2B Business-to-Business

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CHAG Christian Health Association of Ghana

CHPS Community-based Health Planning Services

COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CMS Senegal Mutual Credit (Crédit Mutuel du Sénégal)

COIN Fund Catalyzing Off-grid Investment Fund

COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Coperes Business Council of Renewable Energies of Senegal (Conseil Patronal des Énergies

Renouvelables du Sénégal)

COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019

C&I Commercial and Industrial

Danida’s Danish International Development Agency’s

DEG German Investment and Development Corporation (Deutsche Investitions- und

Entwicklungsgesellschaft)

DFC U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

DFI Development Finance Institution

DGGF Dutch Good Growth Fund

DIV Development Innovation Ventures

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

EAEP East Africa Energy Program

EARF Energy Access Relief Fund

EforA Efficiency for Access

EMMRs Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Reports

EnDev Energising Development

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ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy

ERA Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda

EU European Union

FEI OGEF Facility for Energy Inclusion’s Off-Grid Energy Access Fund

FEPPAKIN Federation of Peasant Agricultural Producers of Kinshasa (Fédération des

Producteurs Paysans Agricoles de Kinshasa)

FIRCA Interprofessional Research Fund and the Agricultural Council (Fonds

Interprofessionnel pour la Recherche et le Conseil Agricoles) of Côte d'Ivoire

FISAN Food and Nutrition Security Investment Fund (Fonds d’Investissement pour la

Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle)

FMO Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank

FtF Feed the Future

FtF-EAMS Feed the Future East Africa Market Systems

FtF-IAM Feed the Future–Inclusive Agricultural Market

FtF-ILSSI Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory for Small Scale Irrigation

FtF-KCDMS Feed the Future Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems

FY Fiscal Year

GBE Green People’s Energy (Grüne Bürgerenergie)

GCF Green Climate Fund

GDA Global Development Alliance

GEAP Green Employment in Agriculture Program

GEIF Gender and Energy Innovation Facility

GERF Green Economic Recovery Fund

GIS Geographic Information System

GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GMG Green Mini-Grid

GoDRC Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo

GOGLA Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (formerly)

GoS Government of Senegal

GoU Government of Uganda

GUC Grants Under Contract

HFE Health Facility Electrification

HR Human Resources

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ICR Investment Climate Reform

IFC International Finance Corporation

IRC International Rescue Committee

KEREA Kenya Renewable Energy Association

KfW German development bank

KOSAP Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project

LERC Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission

LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas

MAAIF Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of Uganda

MCA Millennium Challenge Account

MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation

MCH Maternal and Child Healthcare

MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

MEMD Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development of Uganda

MESPT Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust

MFI Microfinance Institution

MG Mini-Grid

MoE Ministry of Energy

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

NEC National Electrotechnical Committee

Nefco Nordic Environment Finance Corporation

NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement

NGOs Nongovernmental Organizations

NSPS New Source Performance Standards

OGC Off-Grid Company

PACO Power Africa Coordinator’s Office

PACS Project engaged the Power Africa Communications Support

PAOP Power Africa Off-grid Project

PAYGO Pay-As-You-Go

PFAN Private Financing Advisory Network

PPP Public-Private Partnership

PSFU Private Sector Foundation Uganda

PSSS Sahel Solar Greenhouse Project (Projet Serre Solaire du Sahel)

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PUE Productive Use of Energy

RBC Rwanda Biomedical Center

RBF Results-Based Financing

RDF Rural Development Fund

RE Renewable Energy

REF Renewable Energy Fund

REDAP Renewable Energy Development and Access Project

REEEP Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnerships

REPP’s UK Renewable Energy Performance Platform

RIFF Regional Infrastructure Finance Facility

RTI RTI International

Senelec Senegal National Power Utility (Société Nationale d’Electricité du Sénégal)

RREA Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency

SaaS Software-as-a-Service

SAEP Southern Africa Energy Program

SCC Smart Communities Coalition

SERV Swiss Export Risk Insurance (Schweizerische Exportrisikoversicherung)

SHS Solar Home System

SMEs Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

SNV The Netherlands Development Organization

SOARING Southern African Renewable Energy Investment and Growth Program

SODECOTON Cameroon’s Cotton Development Corporation (Société de Développement du

Coton du Cameroun

SOGE USAID’s Solar Off-grid Energy Grand Challenge for Development

SSA Sub-Saharan Africa

SPIN Niger’s National Strategy for Small-Scale Irrigation (Stratégie de la Petite

Irrigation au Niger)

TA Technical Assistance

TAF Technical Assistance Facility

TANGSEN Tanzania Gender and Sustainable Energy Network

TAREA Tanzania Renewable Energy Association

TBI Tony Blair Institute

TDB Tanzania Investment Center

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TO Task Order

ToR Terms of Reference

TREEP Tanzania Rural Electrification Expansion Program

U-IMEC Union of Mutual Community Savings and Credit Institutions (Union des

Institutions Mutualistes Communautaires d’Epargne et de Crédit) of Senegal

UCMN Union of Mutual Funds of Niger (Union des Caisses Mutuelles du Niger)

UGIFT Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNBS Uganda National Bureau of Standards

UN United Nations

USADF United States African Development Foundation

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USEA Uganda Solar Energy Association

USG United States Government

USTDA United States Trade and Development Agency

VAT Value-Added Tax

Q Quarter

W Watts

WASH Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

WB World Bank

WE4F Water and Energy for Food

WFP World Food Program

W-GDP Women’s Global Development and Prosperity

WIET Women in Energy in Tanzania

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INTRODUCTION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Power Africa Off-grid Project (PAOP or “the Project”) prepared its Annual Report of Fiscal Year

(FY) 2021 in compliance with the requirements of Task Order (TO) 720-674-19-F-00005 to capture activities and results from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

The FY 2021 Annual Report describes progress across five workstreams and focuses on activities completed, benchmarks achieved, and performance standards fulfilled; summarizes achievements over the quarter and material used to report success stories; outlines challenges, risks, and proposed solutions; and includes an environmental status report.

• Section 1 (Introduction) summarizes the purpose and sections of the report and describes the Project’s background, scope, objectives, workstreams, and technical approach.

• Section 2 (Highlights) includes six sub-sections. First, the Overview sub-section includes graphics and tables of the Project’s top accomplishments and high-level updates within the reporting period; this includes the Performance Results Dashboard, a table of deals mobilized through access-to-finance activities, and highlights from the Project’s Catalyzing

Off-grid Investment Fund (COIN Fund). Second, COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)

Response Activities details the Project’s mitigation strategies, advocacy efforts, and other interventions related to COVID-19. Enabling Environment Support includes examples of how the Project has supported policy and regulations that benefit the off-grid sector.

Healthcare Facility Electrification (HFE) relays the Project’s support during Q4 for related initiatives. Support to U.S. Companies includes a map of U.S. companies that the Project has supported to date and a list of the Project’s significant support.

• Section 3 (Achievements) provides tables on targets, entities supported, and outputs as well as narratives describing the Project’s successful activities across its focus countries and regions.

• Section 4 (Challenges and Risks) is a table of the Project’s challenges and risks with proposed solutions for mitigation.

• Section 5 (Cross-Cutting and Coordination Activities) includes this quarter’s activities related to access to finance, communications, energy–agriculture, foresighting for the off-grid sector, gender, market dynamics, the Smart Communities Coalition, knowledge management, support to other organizations and Power Africa-related partners, and webinars and events.

• Section 6 (Administrative and Management Activities) describes staffing, offices, examples of notable contractor performance, and notable events.

• Section 7 (Subcontracts, Grants, and Procurement) describes other organizations through which the Project accomplishes its work and grants, provides an update on the management and progress of the COIN Fund and its grantees, and includes procurement information.

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• Section 8 (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning) features tables of indicators with detailed status reports across all priority areas: a summary of project-wide targets, updates on previously reported policy and regulatory support, technical knowledge products shared with Power Africa and key partners, sub-Saharan Africa-wide indicators for targets and entities supported, and detailed progress tables.

• Annexes 1 includes Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Reports (EMMRs) for five of the Project’s grantees.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Power Africa Off-grid Project is a four-year project, funded by the United States Agency for

International Development (USAID), to accelerate off-grid electrification across sub-Saharan Africa.

RTI International implements the Project in collaboration with Fraym, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF), Practical Action Consulting, and Tetra Tech. Power Africa consists of 12 U.S. Government (USG) agencies, more than 156 private-sector partners, and 18 bilateral and multilateral development partners that work together to increase the number of people with access to power. Power Africa aims to achieve 30,000 megawatts of newly generated power, create 60 million new connections, and reach 300 million Africans by 2030. Furthermore, Power Africa aims to support African governments with drafting, refining, and implementing critical laws, policies, regulations, standards, and frameworks that affect the off-grid sector.

PROJECT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

The Project initially focused on ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, the

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, and

Tanzania. In FY 2020, the Project included Liberia as a focus country. In FY 2021, the Project launched activities in Uganda. The Project operates in focus countries through Lead Advisors who are responsible for day-to-day activities and coordinate with the local USAID Mission and other stakeholders. The Project also works in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa on an on-demand basis through its Regional Advisors and the COIN Fund.

Figure 1 outlines the countries in which the Project currently operates.

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FIGURE 1. THE PROJECT PROVIDES SUPPORT IN 26 COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

WORKSTREAMS

The Project provides technical assistance (TA) and targeted grant funding to develop sub-Saharan

Africa’s off-grid solar home system (SHS) and mini-grid (MG) sectors. The Project is accelerating private sector-led energy access in the off-grid market by offering investors broad-based market intelligence to inform financial products, advising governments to design and implement supportive policy frameworks, and providing hands-on support to companies. Activities are structured under five workstreams:

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Business Performance. This category encapsulates the deeper operational support that the Project provides to improve companies’ sales and distribution.

Examples of support include executive (C-suite) coaching and services, business model analysis, enhanced sales strategies, staffing advice, product sourcing opportunities, and strategic partnerships. The Project’s in-country Lead Advisors and cross-cutting team provide this expertise.

Access to Finance. Off-grid companies (OGCs) require consistent access to financing. The Project works with companies to raise equity, debt, and grant funding through executive coaching and supports financial management, and modeling, legal processes for transactions, and end-to-end capital raising. The Project offers lighter-touch activities, such as reviewing investor materials and supporting grant applications, and works with investors, lenders, and local financial institutions to develop bankable pipelines and to support transactions. The Project’s dedicated Access to Finance team supports the in-country Lead Advisors.

Policy and Regulations. Improving the ease of doing business is critical to attracting more private-sector partners to a market. The Project analyzes the unique policy challenges of mini-grid and SHS sectors and informs governments to create private-sector-friendly policy frameworks. The Project has a Policy and

Regulatory Advisor who supports the in-country Lead Advisors with activities in this workstream.

Market Dynamics. This workstream is a pillar of the Project’s “open-door policy” of supporting OGCs and stakeholders. The Project gathers and disseminates market intelligence to companies, investors, and governments to help them make informed decisions. The Project’s dedicated Market Dynamics Advisor supports the in-country Lead Advisors and informs them of the latest developments.

Cross-sectoral Integration. The links between energy and other sectors, such as agriculture, health, and education, represent opportunities for OGCs to reach new markets, develop new product lines, and multiply their impact. The Project engages

Energy–Agriculture Regional Advisors in East Africa and West Africa to support companies and USAID Missions to integrate productive use of energy (PUE) solutions into their businesses and activities. The Project’s Power Africa Coordinator’s Office

(PACO) Technical Advisor manages the energy–health nexus, and the Gender Advisor integrates gender support into all workstreams. Cross-sectoral Integration also includes digital finance, energy education, and more.

TECHNICAL APPROACH

Figure 2 breaks down project activities across the five workstreams related to the following three outcomes:

• Outcome 1: Increased number of actual off-grid connections.

• Outcome 2: Increased amount of private financing available for OGCs and projects.

• Outcome 3: Improved national off-grid policies and regulations.

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FIGURE 2. TECHNICAL APPROACH OVERVIEW

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HIGHLIGHTS

OVERVIEW

FIGURE 3. ACHIEVEMENTS (YEAR III)

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FIGURE 4. ACHIEVEMENTS (LIFE OF PROJECT)

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FIGURE 5. KEY RESULTS

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FIGURE 6. HIGHLIGHTS (YEAR III)

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FIGURE 7. INNOVATIONS

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AMOUNT MOBILIZED IN FY 2021

The table below includes all capital raised in FY 2021 through the Project’s support. This represents a 39-percent cumulative increase over the life of the project since FY 2020.

TABLE 2. AMOUNT MOBILIZED IN FY 2021

# QUARTER

COMPANY / INVESTEE

TYPE

INVESTOR TYPE DEBT / EQUITY / GRANT TICKET SIZE (USD) COUNTRY

1 1 PUE Nonprofit Grant 67,000 Kenya

2 1 SHS Impact Debt 500,000 DRC

3 1 SHS Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) Debt 15,000,000 Kenya

4 1 Investor Donor Equity 30,000,000 SSA

5 1 PUE Impact Debt 500,000 Kenya

6 1 Other Impact Equity 2,700,000 Liberia

7 1 SHS / PUE Impact Debt 600,000 West Africa

8 2 SHS DFI Debt 2,350,000 Senegal

9 2 SHS / PUE Impact Debt 1,600,000 Benin

10 2 SHS DFI Debt and Equity 19,000,000 Kenya

11 2 SHS DFI Debt and Equity 18,000,000 Nigeria

12 2 SHS DFI Debt and Equity 9,000,000 Tanzania

13 2 SHS DFI Debt and Equity 4,500,000 Uganda

14 2 SHS Impact Equity 150,000 Uganda

15 2 Other DFI Repayable Grant 500,000 Sierra Leone

16 2 SHS / PUE/ MG Impact Debt 75,000 Rwanda

17 2 SHS / PUE/ MG DFI Grant 160,000 Kenya

18 2 MG DFI Debt and Equity 1,206,970 DRC

19 2 SHS DFI Debt 2,400,000 Burkina Faso

20 2 SHS / PUE Impact Debt 11,000,000 Kenya

21 2 SHS Impact Grant 17,000 Cameroon

22 2 SHS / PUE / MG Impact Debt 100,000 Zambia

23 3 SHS Donor Grant 22,000 Uganda

24 3 SHS Impact Debt 2,350,000 Côte d’Ivoire

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TABLE 2. AMOUNT MOBILIZED IN FY 2021

# QUARTER

COMPANY / INVESTEE

TYPE

INVESTOR TYPE DEBT / EQUITY / GRANT TICKET SIZE (USD) COUNTRY

25 3 Other Donor Grant 39,000 Uganda

26 3 Other Donor Grant 20,000 Tanzania

27 3 PUE Donor Grant 98,900 Mali

28 3 PUE Donor Grant 110,000 Mali

29 3 SHS / PUE Donor Grant 244,000 Niger

30 3 SHS Impact Debt 720,000 Kenya

31 3 Other Donor Grant 20,000 Tanzania

32 3 SHS Impact Debt 350,000 Zambia

33 3 SHS Donor Grant 244,000 Niger

34 3 PUE Impact Convertible / Grant 20,000 Tanzania

35 3 Other Donor Grant 20,000 Tanzania

36 3 Association Donor Grant 20,000 Tanzania

37 4 SHS Investor Equity 3,534,160 Benin, Burkina Faso

38 4 SHS Donor Grant 1,500,000 DRC, Senegal

39 4 PUE Investor Equity 2,400,000 Senegal

40 4 LPG Donor Grant 30,000 Kenya

41 4 PUE Donor Grant 250,000 Côte d’Ivoire

42 4 PUE Donor Grant 2,892 Kenya

43 4 SHS Impact Debt 1,000,000 Sierra Leone

44 4 SHS Lender Debt 75,000,000 Kenya

45 4 Battery Donor Grant 2,892 Kenya

46 4 SHS Investor Equity 2,000,000 Niger, Cameroon, Senegal, Mali

47 4 SHS Investor Equity 1,000,000 Kenya

48 4 SHS / MG / PUE Lender Debt 32,300,000 SSA

49 4 MG Donor Grant 1,000,000 Benin, Mali

50 4 SHS NGO Grant 28,000 Niger

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TABLE 2. AMOUNT MOBILIZED IN FY 2021

# QUARTER

COMPANY / INVESTEE

TYPE

INVESTOR TYPE DEBT / EQUITY / GRANT TICKET SIZE (USD) COUNTRY

51 4 PUE Donor Grant 790,000 Uganda

Q4 TOTAL 120,837,944

Q1–Q4 TOTAL 244,541,814

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The transactions in the table below had closed prior to Q4 FY 2021, but the Project is reporting them in Q4 FY 2021. The fundraising for Investor 29 was acknowledged and reported in Q4 FY 2020; however, the funding shown in this table is now disaggregated by country. These transactions are not included in the overall list of transactions, or in the total figures for 2021.

TABLE 3. DISAGGREGATED TRANSACTIONS IN FY 2021

QUARTER COMPANY

TYPE

/ INVESTEE INVESTOR TYPE DEBT/EQUI

TY/GRANT

TICKET

SIZE(USD

MILLION)

COUNTRY PURPOSE AVG COST OF

SYSTEM ($)

4 SHS Lender Debt 17 SSA Solar home system electrification

4 SHS Lender Debt 10 Kenya Solar home system electrification

4 SHS Lender Debt 10 Tanzania Solar home system electrification

4 SHS Lender Debt 2.47 Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal

Solar home system electrification

4 SHS Lender Debt 3 Uganda Solar home system electrification

312.5

4 SHS Lender Debt 3 Tanzania, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire

Solar home system electrification

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COIN FUND HIGHLIGHTS

Figure 8 below shows all active COIN Fund grants as of the end of FY 2021:

FIGURE 8. TOTAL ACTIVE COIN FUND GRANTS

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Figure 9 below shows the locations of active COIN Fund grantees by country.

FIGURE 9. MAP OF COIN FUND GRANTS

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COVID-19 RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

In FY 2021, the Project responded to the COVID-19 pandemic as follows:

ACCESS TO FINANCE

Support to the Energy Access Relief Fund. The Project substantially supported the Energy

Access Relief Fund (EARF), which closed its first transaction of $68 million in July 2021. EARF can now provide unsecured working-capital lending to support up to 90 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the sector. The Project supported the legal process of assessing and identifying the optimal financing structure to handle multiple providers and types of capital for this new fund and assisted the fund to comply with the gender requirements of GCF. EARF’s loans help companies maintain solvency, staff, and products; position themselves toward post-COVID-19 recovery; and include climate finance provisions aiming to reduce 1.3 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in emissions.

Support to the Private Sector Foundation Uganda COVID-19 Relief Fund. The Project supported the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), an umbrella for the private sector in the country, which is implementing a €1-million ($1.1-million) COVID-19 relief fund on behalf of

Energising Development (EnDev). The Project provided technical assistance with evaluating applications and helped to develop a methodology that would disburse awards while the rest of the relief funding came in. The fund intends to help companies recover after the lockdown period of

2020. In Q2, the Project helped evaluate two off-grid companies, Company 150 and Company 151, which together received $61,000 in grant support.

Support to the Results-Based Financing Green Economic Recovery Fund (RBF-GERF) in

Tanzania. The RBF-GERF will build upon well-established RBF mechanisms and structures, which

SNV (the Netherlands Development Organization) and EnDev established from 2013 to 2020. The

RBF-GERF supports firms’ recovery throughout mainland Tanzania while broadening the RBF incentives to include economic impact parameters relevant to the post-lockdown period. From 2020 to 2021, the RBF-GERF opened with $1.4 million (€1.3 million) in RBF incentives available to the private sector to stimulate pico-PV solar and small SHS markets in mainland Tanzania. The Project supported the SNV EnDev team’s discussions on the recovery needs of the sector, ticket sizes for the grant, potential beneficiaries from its current pipeline, and new organizations with which the fund wanted to connect. The Project provided intelligence on market trends and opportunities in the sector.

Support to the Opes–LCEF’s Restart Fund and Reimagine Fund. In Q1, the Project reviewed the Restart Fund managed by Italian impact investor Opes–LCEF (an “operating merger” between Fondazione Opes and the Low Carbon Enterprise Fund) and evaluated shortlisted companies. The Restart Fund’s recoverable grants of up to $100,000 will support East African SMEs, local entities, and last-mile distributors affected by the COVID-19 crisis by injecting capital while using a gender lens approach. In Q2, Opes–LCEF awarded two investments to off-grid companies:

Company 149 in Rwanda received $75,000, and Company 148 in Zambia received $100,000. In Q3, the Project introduced the Ugandan renewable energy (RE) firm Company 147Company 147 to

Opes. Opes requested a proposal from Company 147 for a short-term project; the Project reviewed the proposal and recommended improvements. Company 147 is honing the proposal before submitting it to Opes.

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Support to the Regional Infrastructure Finance Facility. The World Bank’s new $425 million investment financing program, the Regional Infrastructure Finance Facility (RIFF), includes a $75 million COVID-19 response facility for SMEs. In Q2 of FY 2021, the Project supported RIFF by sharing market assessment reports on the region with one of the implementing agencies, Common

Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The COMESA energy lead agreed to receive market intelligence from the Project. In Q3 of FY 2021, COMESA invited the Project to present at a virtual workshop bringing together government agencies, financial institutions, and the private sector. On July 20 of Q4, the Project presented on the topic, “The Off-grid Market in the Region,” at the virtual workshop titled Webinar on Promoting Off-grid Renewable Energy in the COMESA

Region. The Project and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) are in discussions to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and begin supporting the first Kenya transaction with due diligence.

Bridge facility support for Company 7’s $600,000 COVID-19 loan. The Project supported the legal and financial structuring of Company 7’s application to the Renewable Energy Performance

Platform’s (REPP’s) dedicated COVID-19 bridge facility to help the company cope with the effects of

COVID-19 on its business. The facility will allow Company 7 to continue its operations in West

Africa and boost sales. In October 2020, the investor disbursed the funds.

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

Individualized support to companies. In Q2, the Project advised and assisted several companies with new challenges they faced as a result of COVID-19. In Ghana, the Project provided market intelligence and other support to Company 144, which designed and is testing a prototype SHS

PAYGO device that can check a person’s temperature and plays voice recordings in local languages about COVID-19 preventative measures. In Uganda, the Project advised Company 145 on challenges related to sales, agents, and the shipping of new products, and helped the company to implement its new sales strategy. In DRC, the Project assisted micro-grid company Company 146—which faces the combined challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resurgence of Ebola—with regulatory discussions with the National Agency for Rural Energy Services (Agence Nationale des Services

Energétiques Ruraux [ANSER]).

POLICY AND REGULATORY

COVID-19 advocacy support to the Uganda Solar Energy Association. Following a 42-day lockdown instituted by the government of Uganda, the Project supported and advised the industry association, Uganda Solar Energy Association (USEA), in drafting and reviewing requests to the

Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Works for movement permits for off-grid companies. As a result, twelve off-grid companies were granted movement permits to continue their operations during the lockdown.

HEALTHCARE ELECTRIFICATION GRANTS

COIN Fund Window 4: Solar Electrification of Healthcare Facilities in Sub-Saharan

Africa. In FY 2020, the Project developed its health-focused grants under contract (GUC) funding window. In response to COVID-19, this grant focused on electrifying rural healthcare facilities and other health services powered by off-grid electricity. The COIN Fund awarded nine grants totaling

$2,620,650 to solar energy companies capable of providing reliable and more affordable off-grid electricity to more than 200 healthcare facilities in nine countries across sub-Saharan Africa. In Q1, https://repp.energy/resource-center/news/repp-makes-first-covid-related-disbursement/

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grantees began to implement their activities. In Q3, grantees finalized agreements with all selected healthcare facilities and installed 95 facilities.

COIN Fund Window 5: Healthcare Electrification to Improve Maternal and Child

Health Service Delivery. In FY 2021, the Project developed an additional grant for healthcare facility electrification, with a focus on improving maternal and child healthcare (MCH) services. The

MCH request for applications was opened in Q2 of FY 2021 and the Project is negotiating with the finalists. The Project expects to announce the award in Q1, FY 2022.

Please see the COIN Fund section of this report for more details.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OFF-GRID SECTOR ACROSS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

GOGLA’s COVID-19 Policy Tracker. The Project continued working closely with GOGLA and several other leading sector stakeholders, including the African Clean Energy Technical Assistance

Facility (ACE TAF), the World Bank (WB), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to provide country-level information on COVID-19 responses to off-grid companies, including governmental policies and regulations, local relief funds, and other important activities. GOGLA hosted this tracker on its website for the relevant time period.

Fact sheets. In FY 2020, the Project developed a series of COVID-19 response information sheets for the off-grid sector on six topics: (1) Safe Working Practices, (2) Strategic Staff Practices, (3)

Supporting Customer Practices Information, (4) Adjusting Operational Practices, (5) Supply Chain

Practices, and (6) Financial Runway Practices. During Q1 FY 2021, stakeholders promoted these resources on their websites and social media channels (see Figure 10 below).

FIGURE 10. COVID-19 RESPONSE INFORMATION SHEETS

Blog posts. In Q1 FY 2021, the Project published the following blog post on the impact of the pandemic on the off-grid sector:

https://www.gogla.org/covid/information-for-our-members https://www.gogla.org/covid/information-for-our-members

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● Information Needs Drive Demand for Off-Grid Solar Products https://powerafrica.medium.com/information-needs-drive-demand-for-off-grid-solar-products-984cd316bfc0

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ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SUPPORT

As shown in the table below, in Q4 of FY 2021, the Project drafted, proposed, or reviewed the following national policies that affect the off-grid sector’s enabling environment. For more information, please see the Achievements section of this report.

TABLE 4. NATIONAL POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

COUNTRY POLICY / REGULATION STATUS NOTES

Burkina Faso Off-grid solar product quality control roadmap (Feuille de route contrôle qualité produits solaires hors réseau) Revised

The Project reviewed the decree on quality control for solar equipment drafted by the National Agency for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

(Agence Nationale des Energies Renouvelables et de l’Efficacité Energétique

[ANEREE]). The Project also has been collaborating with the Tony Blair

Institute (TBI) and Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA). The main challenge is an institutional conflict between the Agency for Standards, Metrology, and Quality (Agence Burkinabé de Normalisation, de la Métrologie et de la Qualité [ABNORM]) and ANEREE, as both are being assigned similar responsibilities in the quality control process. This overlap might lead to more burden and cost for solar companies when importing products to Burkina Faso.

Cameroon

Draft decree amending and supplementing certain provisions of Decree No.

00000193 / A / MINEE of April 28, 2014, fixing the composition of the concession request forms, licensing, authorization, and declaration, as well as related costs (Projet arrete modifiant et complétant certaines dispositions de l’arrêté n°00000193/A/MINEE du 28 avril 2014 fixant la composition des dossiers de demande de concession, de licence, d’autorisation et de déclaration, ainsi que les frais y afférents)

Revised

The Project submitted to the Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency (Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l’Électricité [ARSEL]) a list of documents the private sector needs when applying for authorization to develop and operate mini-grids in Cameroon. The Project’s input will support streamlining the mini-grid licensing process in Cameroon.

Cameroon Operationalization study of electric mini-grids (Etude d’opérationnalisation des mini réseaux électriques) Finalized

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TABLE 4. NATIONAL POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

COUNTRY POLICY / REGULATION STATUS NOTES

2021, and the report was validated by ARSEL.

Liberia Consumer service and quality-of-supply regulations Revised

The Project reviewed the Draft Customer Service and Quality Supply

Regulations for Service Providers in the electricity industry and submitted a memo to the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC). The

Project’s input included updating the list of professions governed by the regulation.

Niger Notes on mini-grid regulations Drafted

The Project submitted a note to the Niger Rural Electrification Agency

(Agence Nigérienne de Promotion de l’Electrification en Milieu Rural [ANPER]) on ways to solve issues with mini-grid regulations. Currently, there is a contradiction between the bottom-up approach and the Government of

Niger’s competitive procurement process. ANPER agreed with the suggestions and will revise the regulations.

Niger

Draft ministerial decree on the quality control of solar equipment and compliance control of solar installations (Projet d'arrêté ministériel portant contrôle de la qualité des équipements solaires et contrôle de conformité des installations solaires)

Revised

At the request of the National Agency of Solar Energy (Agence Nationale d’Énergie Solaire [ANERSOL]), the Project reviewed the draft regulation that will govern quality control of solar equipment and standards-assessments of solar installations in Niger.

Uganda Off-grid policy challenges Drafted

The project drafted a paper on government stakeholders’ misperceptions of the off-grid sector to help the Government of Uganda (GoU) accommodate off-grid power generation in its current policies.

Uganda Reforming Uganda’s electricity distribution sector Drafted

The Project drafted a comprehensive advisory memo on the importance of off-grid market development in the new concession utility distribution areas to share with government stakeholders, including the Electricity

Regulatory Authority (ERA) and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral

Development (MEMD).

Uganda Standards for plug-and-play solar systems Adopted The Project supported the Ugandan Bureau of Standards and the Ugandan

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TABLE 4. NATIONAL POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

COUNTRY POLICY / REGULATION STATUS NOTES

Solar Energy Association to adopt the technical standards for plug-and-play solar systems and contributed to public workshops.

Uganda Business and financing models for mini-grids Drafted

The Project drafted a paper summarizing different mini-grid business models to promote competitive procurement and private sector participation in the mini-grid pipeline being developed for GoU.

“[PAOP] has been critical to the development of the mini-grid and off-grid sector in

West Africa. […] Over the last three years, [PAOP] has worked intensively with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire (GCDI) to develop an off-grid strategy for the country. They undertook technical analysis, regularly held policy discussions with key decisionmakers, and drove a thoughtful policymaking process with the relevant stakeholders and decisionmakers. This all ultimately led to the GCDI adopting the National Off-grid Electrification Action Plan (‘Off-grid Action Plan’) in December of 2019. ”

— West Africa Manager and Climate Change Co-Lead

U.S. Trade and Development Agency

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HEALTHCARE FACILITY ELECTRIFICATION

As of Q4, the Project has supported major HFE initiatives in off-grid areas, as shown in the figure and table below. See the information below the table for status definitions.

FIGURE 11. HEALTHCARE FACILITY ELECTRIFICATION SUPPORT IN Q4

TABLE 5. HEALTHCARE ELECTRIFICATION SUPPORT IN Q4

COUNTRY ENTITY SUPPORTED

# OF

FACILITIES

TYPE OF SUPPORT STATUS (AS OF QUARTER END)

Technical Assistance

Cameroon Company 152 400 Advice on installation, maintenance, training plans, and sustainability models

Preliminary

Côte d’Ivoire

Company 65, Gavi, Ministry of

Health and Public Hygiene

(MoHPH)

Advice on designing, funding, and implementing a pilot project. The results of the pilot phase will help the MoHPH to electrify 359 facilities in the next two years.

Preliminary

Côte d’Ivoire

GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale

Zusammenarbeit) and Green

People’s Energy (Grüne

Bürgerenergie [GBE])

Advice on designing and implementing social infrastructure electrification projects including 5 pilots (3 HFE and 2 solar water pumping). The results of the pilot phase will guide GIZ to electrify 55 facilities in the next two years.

Preliminary

Ghana

Company 162, Ministry of Health

(MoH), KfW 2,000 Reviewed proposal; proposed capacity-development activities

Preliminary

Company 7 46 Brokered partnership; provided business and advisory support Preliminary

Kenya Kenya Off-grid Solar Access

Project 390 Advice for potential bidders Preliminary

Rwanda United Nations Development

Programme

Advised the funding proposal submitted to the United Nations

Sustainable Development Goals Fund to establish and upgrade health clinics

Proposed

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TABLE 5. HEALTHCARE ELECTRIFICATION SUPPORT IN Q4

COUNTRY ENTITY SUPPORTED

# OF

FACILITIES

TYPE OF SUPPORT STATUS (AS OF QUARTER END)

COIN Fund Grantees

Ghana PEG Africa 551 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Installation (16 Completed)

Lesotho OnePower 7 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Installation (5 Completed)

Madagascar Nanoé 35 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Closeout (35 Completed)

Malawi Zuwa Energy 9 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Procurement

Mozambique SolarWorks! 92 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Closeout (92 Completed)

Nigeria Havenhill Synergy Ltd. 21 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Closeout (21 Completed)

Rwanda OffGridBox 6 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Closeout (6 Completed)

Togo KYA-Energy Group 20 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Closeout (20 Completed)

Zambia Muhanya Solar Ltd. 7 COIN Fund grantee receiving financing and technical support Closeout (7 Completed)

Table Status Definitions:

• Proposed: The HFE project is in pre-planning or exploratory stages

• Preliminary: The HFE project is in the planning phase and not yet being implemented

• Procurement: The HFE project is underway, and materials are being procured

• Installation: The HFE project is installing systems and electrifying facilities

• Commissioning: Installations are operational, and final tests and checks are being performed before turning the systems over to the facility

• Closeout: Activities are in the final stages of being completed

• Complete: All activities of the HFE project are completed

1 The numbers in this table reflect the number of health facilities planned as of the end of FY 2021; however, in FY 2022, the Project is modifying this grant to reduce PEG Africa’s total number to 23 health facilities.

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SUPPORT TO U.S. COMPANIES

FIGURE 12. 55 U.S. COMPANIES SUPPORTED

1 This map does not include investors, lenders, foundations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), or other USG programs.