掲載日：2011年8月3日

Call for Proposals: AFRICEF-2 Business Plan Competition

CTI PFAN is now accepting proposals from African Region for participating in the second Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF-2) Business Plan Competition.

During 2010, the first CTI PFAN Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF) was organized where 16 clean energy projects were shortlisted for the Business Plan Competition after a regional call for proposals, out of which 10 projects were selected as finalists and showcased at the AFRICEF Financing Forum held on 15^th September 2010. The competition was so close that 2 finalists were identified as winners: 1) the 8 MW Kakaka small hydropower project in Uganda by Greenewus Energy Africa Ltd. and 2) Barefoot Power Company which distributes solar charged LED lights and electrical products to the rural poor in Africa. They intended to source US$6 million and US$2-3 million respectively for their projects and both of them have, so far, made substantial progress in fulfilling their financial needs.

Following the success of AFRICEF, AFRICEF-2 seeks to nurture entrepreneurs, start-up and existing companies, project teams and consortia with environmentally beneficial business proposals with the aim of linking them with investment and finance and making them happen.

Note: Applications for Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF-2) Business Plan Competition must be received by midnight (Central African Time) on Monday, 26th September 2011. Find out more on the criteria, application process, and timeline at http://www.cti-pfan.net/events_detail.php?eventsid=35.

Once you have qualified for the 2nd stage of the AFRICEF-2 Business Plan Competition, you will receive coaching from professional experts, who will help you to create a financially, socially and environmentally viable business plan. With this enhanced business plan, which should be well received and ready for action, you can stand before investors with full confidence.

Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF-2) will be held on 17^th February 2012, in Johannesburg, South Africa, where you will have the opportunity to present your business plan to invited investors to source the financing that you need. In addition, a panel of judges, made up of investors, industry specialists and business executives who have a keen interest in enabling cleaner and greener projects will select the best projects for the CTI Africa Clean Energy Financing Awards. Through this forum, it is our aim to facilitate a marriage between entrepreneurs, their ideas and projects and investment. So take your ideas to the next level and grab this opportunity to see your business proposals transform into business reality. 

AFRICEF-2 is being sponsored by the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) and its Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN), the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT) and is co-organized by Fundo de Energia (FUNAE), the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and South Africa’s National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI).

 

Note: Contents of these guidelines are subject to change without notice.