Sparknet Fund Profiles

Donors (grant financing)

• AFD - Agence francaise de developpement
• AFRREI - Africa Rural and Renewable Energy Initiative (for capacity building)
• Aga Khan Foundation
• AECI - Agencia Espanjola de Cooperacion Internacional
• Ashden Award
• AusAID - Australian Agency for International Development
• Austrian Development Co-Operation (Oesterreichische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit)
• BADC - Belgian Administration for Development Co-operation
• BMZ - German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Business Partnerships Programme (initiative of DFID)
• CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency
• Community Development Carbon Fund
• Cottonwood Foundation
• DANIDA - Danish International Development Assistance
• Development Cooperation Ireland
• Development Aid Italy
• Development Aid Luxembourg
• DFID - Department for International Development
• DGIS - Netherlands Directorate-General of Development Cooperation
• Economic Co-operation Fund Portugal
• ESMAP - Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
• EU Energy Initiative
• FINESSE - Financing Energy Services for Small-Scale End-users
• FINNIDA - Department for International Development Cooperation
• GEF - Global Environment Facility
• GEF Small Grants Programme
• INCO (DG Research, European Commission)
• JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency
• KaR Engineering Knowledge and Research, DFID
• Mechanism for the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries
• Partnership for Clean Indoor Air USEPA, USAID and other contributors
• REEEP - Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
• RPTES - Regional Programme for the Traditional Energy Sector
• SIDA - Swedish International Development Authority
• Sustainable Energy Programme - Shell Foundation
• USAID - US Agency for International Development

Seed capital / market development support

• AREED
• E+Co
• FINESSE - Financing Energy Services for Small-Scale End-users
• Solar Development Group, World Bank and US Charitable Foundations
• LP Gas Rural Energy Challenge

Debt financing (loans)

• AFD - Agence francaise de developpement
• AFRREI - Africa Rural and Renewable Energy Initiative (for electricication)
• AREED
• BMZ - German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
• E+Co
• Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund
• Empowerment Through Energy Fund
• REEF - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund

Equity financing

• Mechanism for the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries
• REEF - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund

Lease financing

• Uganda Energy Fund - Shell Foundation