Energy and Environment Partnership Africa Trust Fund

The direct beneficiaries are the project developers, especially women, receiving direct clean energy financing.

Secondary beneficiaries are vulnerable households, communities and other groups of end user energy consumers who will directly benefit from enhanced energy access and job seekers, particularly women and youth. 

Swiss contribution will ensure an estimated additional 425’000 people with enhanced energy access, 1,800 jobs are created, €1.9mio savings on energy related expenditure per year.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

-    A portfolio consisting of complementary and  diverse innovative clean energy projects, technologies and business models;

-    Project developers are well equipped with tools and resources to effectively run and sustain their businesses;

-    Knowledge and information on clean energy is widely disseminated.

Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

The Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund Africa is active in 15 countries across Eastern and Southern Africa. Since it started operating in 2010, it has reached close to one million low income households with improved energy access, with co-benefits in terms of agricultural resilience, increased income and diversified livelihoods, reduction of women unpaid work, health and education. Interventions have resulted in emissions reductions of more than 1.3 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent, and leveraged more than EUR 150 million in co-finance and follow-up investment.

Zambia has been a focus country since 2010. A total of 20 project developers have been supported to date, including four where support is ongoing. Of the 16 developers for which support has ended, 13 are still active, including four 4 companies that have clearly scaled up their operations. Three projects terminated. Reasons include lack of co-financing and refocus of business. Zimbabwe was added in 2018 and there are currently six running projects. The demand from these two countries is strong, the proposals received of good quality and the success rate high. Currently, the number of good applications exceeds the funding available.  

Donor partners: Austria and Finland

Project supported by SDC in Zambia and Zimbabwe: OYE+;

Projects supported by SDC’s Global Programme on Climate Change: the Renewable Energy, Energy and Resource Efficiency Promotion in Developing and Transition Countries projects, Energising Development and the Sustainable Energy for All projects;

Projects in the region: Africa Renewable Energy Initiative, spearheaded by the African Union and Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa programme supported mainly by Sweden