Invitation for Call for Proposals – Beyond the Grid Fund in Africa (BGFA6) in Mozambique

The new funding round supports productive-use-of-energy (PUE) providers across a range of fields, including agriculture, for example water pumping and irrigation, food processing and distribution, fishing and e-mobility. PUE solutions linked to mini-grids are also eligible.

Interested private sector companies with experience of scaling PUE solutions in Mozambique or elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa are invited to apply for funding under this new Call for Proposals (BGFA6). The main goal of the funding round is to enable local energy service providers to accelerate their business growth in Mozambique and to encourage international energy service providers to utilise the expertise and capacities of local market actors.

The total funding available is EUR 3.4 million and the indicative individual contract size per energy service provider is expected to be between EUR 1.0 and EUR 2.0 million. The new funding round is aimed at boosting energy access in rural and peri-urban areas, and as a result the municipality of Maputo and the municipality of Matola are excluded from BGFA6 financing.

The application process

The funding round is open for applicants through an online application system. The application form will be available through the system latest at 15:00 Helsinki time (EEST) on 10 July 2024. The application system will close for submissions of applications on 13 September 2024 at 14:00 (EEST).

Applicants are requested to send any questions regarding the call and application process through the online application system by 2 August 2024 at the latest. Answers will be published in a generic form and made available to all registered applicants in the application system on 9 August 2024. Please only post questions related to the BGFA6 funding round via the online application system’s support section, as specified in the Application Guidelines.

The evaluation of the received applications is expected to take place in September to October 2024 and invitations to the highest scoring applicants to proceed will be sent in November 2024.

For further information about the Call for Proposals:

Visit the funding round page and register for the online application system to apply for funding at beyondthegrid.africa/register.

Download the Application Guidelines for more information on the application process and eligibility criteria.

Related publication

BGFA6 – Application Guidelines (EN)