CEI Africa RBF 2025

CEI Africa is a finance facility aiming to increase access to affordable, reliable, and clean electricity with a focus on communities in ODA recipient countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that are not connected to the national electricity grid.

CEI Africa is a foundation incorporated by KfW on behalf of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) providing a one-stop-shop approach to financing by offering a combination of debt, equity, RBF grants and technical assistance to support access to energy for households, small and medium sized businesses and other relevant clients, like communal amenities (e.g. health centres, schools).

CEI Africa’s third results based financing call for applications is open for GMGs.

CEI Africa Window 3 Registration

Fill out the form to receive your login information to CEI Africa. You will complete the program application within the CEI Africa Portal of the Odyssey software platform once you have been registered.

Questions on your registration? Please email Odyssey support.

Select the countries your organization is interested in.

In which countries is your organization planning on applying for CEI Africa financing? * Required

• Benin
• Kenya
• Mali
• Sierra Leone

Company Information

Company Name * Required

Name of your organization as you would like it to be displayed on the Odyssey platform.

Website

Headquarters Location (Country) * Required

Primary Contact Name * Required

First / Last * Required

Primary contact's name.

E-mail * Required

Primary contact's business email address.

Submit

Objectives and Results

Usage Indicators:

• Enterprises (clients) with decentralized access to energy
  • Goal: 300
  • Achieved: 141
  • Women: 43
• Technically assisted entrepreneurs
  • Goal: 400
  • Achieved: 344
  • Women: 191

Social Institutions

• Electrified social institutions
  • Goal: 50
  • Achieved: 25
• Social institutions supported or advised
  • Goal: 70
  • Achieved: 25

Regulatory Framework

• Regulatory framework improvement aspect
  • Goal: 1
  • Achieved: 0

Investment

• Renewable energy project promoters supported
  • Goal: 6
  • Achieved: 8
• Renewable energy projects submitted for financing
  • Goal: 2
  • Achieved: 0

Training

• Trained industry experts
  • Goal: 50
  • Achieved: 25
  • Women: 7
• Experts applying acquired expertise
  • Goal: 25
  • Achieved: 19
  • Women: 5

Entrepreneurs

• Entrepreneurs with access to energy (>30% women)
  • Goal: 200
  • Achieved: 154
• Technically assisted entrepreneurs (>30% women)
  • Goal: 200
  • Achieved: 333
• Entrepreneurs receiving credit
  • Goal: 100
  • Achieved: 6

Local Actors

• Projects funded by local actors
  • Goal: 3
  • Achieved: 2

Document Gallery

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Guide to successfully carry out a crowdfunding campaign in renewable energy in Côte d’Ivoire

CEI Africa RBF 2025