Impact Funding Resources
The AECF team invites you to complete this concept note questionnaire as part of the competitive pre-qualification process of potential companies in the Renewable Energy and Climate Technologies (REACT) Kenya Programme. This initiative aims to contribute to Kenya’s green growth by providing low-carbon and lower-polluting employment opportunities, increasing income, enhancing resilience, and improving the quality of life.
End Date19 Sep 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 250k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderAECF
Grant
AECF
• Must be a limited liability company (LLC), legally registered and physically established in Kenya
• For PUE and Energy Access: Supply-side (last-mile distributors in underserved areas) or Demand-side (manufacturers aggregating produce from farmers for value addition, or companies linking smallholder farmers to markets)
• For Circular Economy: Waste management companies specializing in recycling/value addition, or companies contributing to green transition for ecosystem restoration
• Must demonstrate commercial viability and readiness to share risk
• Technology must be beyond prototype stage but early-stage requiring upfront investment
• Project activities must be completed within 24 months
Technology Scope:
• Stand-alone solar systems/SHS (Pico PV systems from Tier 0.5 to Tier 2)
• Solar pumping solutions and larger pumping solutions for communities/aggregators
• Solar refrigerators and cold storage for aggregators
• Solar driers for aggregators
• E-mobility (particularly charging infrastructure)
• Other pre-agreed renewable solutions within end-user price limits
• Circular economy and green technologies (recycling, value addition, green transition)
Program Objectives:
• Increase access to modern energy services for underserved communities
• Increase access to quality productive use of energy (PUE) solutions for MSMEs and agricultural value chains
• Accelerate growth of reliable and affordable e-mobility services (2 and 3-wheelers)
• Transform circular economy into sustainable system emphasizing ecosystem restoration, waste recycling, and resource optimization
