# Business Book on business development documentation # Fundraising # Tracker
**Name** | **Type** | **Priority** | **Status** | **Owner** | Remarks |
Prince Gonahasa | Recoverable Grant | offered 3k USD, not yet contributed. | |||
Arinda Family | Recoverable Grant | [1k Contributed](https://opencollective.com/nfe/contributions/866412) | |||
Kimbowa Family | Recoverable Grant | 1k | |||
Tushabe Family | Recoverable Grant | [10k USD Contributed on Dec 1st 2024](https://opencollective.com/nfe/contributions/862499) | |||
[Mercy Corp Ventures](https://www.mercycorps.org/what-we-do/ventures) | Equity | medium | Reviewed [the deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mNKqGWw_H6QyRjha-BIiT1UvxncdEzU3emUuIpv9T1g/edit?slide=id.p1#slide=id.p1) in May 2025. While the team liked the community angle, the key concerns were 1. The scalability of the model and 2. Traction (it's still early) Requested to be added to investor newsletter | Aaron Tushabe | We are no longer pursuing equity funders because as a co-op, we don't have equity to offer. |
[Energy Sector Management Assistance Program - ESMAP (World bank)](https://www.esmap.org/activities) | Grant | medium | |||
[Echoing Green Fellowship](https://echoinggreen.org/fellowship/apply/) | Recoverable Grant | high | Closed for 2025, planning to apply for 2026 in September 2025. | Aaron Tushabe | |
[EPP Africa (Nordic Development Fund)](https://eepafrica.org/financing#innovation) | Grant | high | Closed for 2025, planning to apply for 2026. Not sure when it opens again | Aaron Tushabe | |
[Africa Climate Change Fund](https://accf.afdb.org/en) | Grant | ||||
[African Green Banks (AFBD)](https://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-and-partnerships/african-green-banks-initiative) | Grant + Debt | ||||
[Alliance for Green Infrastructure (AFDB)](https://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-and-partnerships/alliance-green-infrastructure-africa) | Grants | ||||
[Beyond the Grid](https://beyondthegrid.africa/funding-rounds/) | |||||
[US Department of Energy](https://www.energy.gov/osdbu/funding-opportunity-announcements-and-grants) | Grants | ||||
[Nithio](https://nithio.com/borrow/) | Debt | ||||
[Mission 300 (World bank)](https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/energizing-africa) | low | Focusing on power for remote and off grid communities so no aligned with our early stage objectives | |||
[Factor E](https://www.factore.com/contact) | Equity | We are no longer pursuing equity funders because as a co-op, we don't have equity to offer. | |||
Kiva.org | Debt | Check back on August 15th | |||
[Digital Africa](https://www.digital-africa.co/) | ? | Applied on June 17th 2025. Waiting for Feedback | Aaron Tushabe | ||
[Aquarious Foundation](https://theaquariusfoundation.org/) | Grant or Debt | Applied on June 17th 2025. Waiting feedback | |||
[Start-coop](https://www.start.coop/accelerator) | Grant | Applied on June 18th. Waiting for feedback | Aaron Tushabe | Expect $5k to $50k | |
[LabStart](https://www.labstart.co/apply) | Grant | Aaron Tushabe | |||
[CataCap](https://catacap.org/raisemoney/) | ? | ||||
[Mission300](https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/energizing-africa) | Grant? | Aaron Tushabe | |||
[Energy IoT Open Source](https://www.eiot.energy/) | Grant | Pledged by Arila Barnes (founder and CEO) | Aaron Tushabe | This funding will require we help pilot some open software from Open AMI labs. Details to confirmed later in Q325 |
**Trigger** | **Repayment Terms** |
---|---|
If the microgrid achieves **≥ $1,000/month in net revenue** for 6 consecutive months within 3 years | Grantee repays the full grant amount over 4 years, at 0% interest |
If the project is not commercially viable by year 3 (e.g., < $1,000/month in net revenue) | No repayment is required |
If the grantee **secures follow-on investment** **of** > $100,000 | Grantee repays full grant or 10% of the investment value, whichever is lower |
**Bill of Quantity NFE-Nansana** | ||||||
**S/No** | **Item** | **Specifications ** | **Quantity ** | **SI Unit ** | **Rate(UGX)** | **Amount (UGX)** |
1 | Enclosure box for the PDU | 80cm\*60cm\*25cm | 1 | box | 550,000 | 550,000 |
2 | Single phase MCCB | 160A ABB | 3 | pc | 120,000 | 360,000 |
3 | Three phase Smart meter | 80A Chint | 1 | pc | 400,000 | 400,000 |
4 | Busbars (Red, Yellow, Blue, Black and Green Yellow) | 200A | 5 | pc | 150,000 | 750,000 |
5 | Circuit breakers | 80A | 10 | pc | 30,000 | 300,000 |
6 | Enclosure Trunkings (Slotted grey truncking) | 2 | pc | 30,000 | 60,000 | |
7 | Din rail | 1 | pc | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
8 | Self tapping screws | 0.5" | 1 | pkt | 35,000 | 35,000 |
9 | Cable lugs ring | 16mm pin | 18 | pc | 3,000 | 54,000 |
10 | Cable lugs ring | 25mm ring | 18 | pc | 5,000 | 90,000 |
11 | Sleeves | 25mm | 2 | m | 5,000 | 10,000 |
12 | Sleeves | 16mm | 2 | m | 3,000 | 6,000 |
13 | Flexible Cable Red | 25mm | 2 | m | 15,000 | 30,000 |
14 | Flexible Cable Blue | 25mm | 2 | m | 15,000 | 30,000 |
15 | Flexible Cable Yellow | 25mm | 2 | m | 15,000 | 30,000 |
16 | Flexible Cable Red | 16mm | 4 | m | 8,000 | 32,000 |
17 | Flexible Cable Yellow | 16mm | 4 | m | 8,000 | 32,000 |
18 | Flexible Cable Blue | 16mm | 4 | m | 8,000 | 32,000 |
19 | Flexible Cable Yellow Green | 10mm | 2 | m | 5,000 | 10,000 |
20 | Flexible Cable Black | 2.5mm | 2 | m | 1,500 | 3,000 |
21 | Flexible Cable Green | 2.5mm | 2 | m | 1,500 | 3,000 |
22 | Flexible Cable | 2.5mm | 2 | m | 1,500 | 3,000 |
23 | Communication Cable | 1.5mm | 6 | m | 1,500 | 9,000 |
24 | Indicator lamps | 230V | 3 | pc | 5,000 | 15,000 |
25 | Double Socket | Pcs | 1 | pc | 10,000 | 10,000 |
26 | Insulating tape | Pcs | 5 | pc | 3,000 | 15,000 |
27 | Pin lugs 25sqmm for different colours | Pkt | 1 | 4,000 | 4,000 | |
28 | Pin lugs 16sqmm for different colour | pkt | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | |
29 | Airal Cable | 35sqmm ABC Cable | 100 | m | 15,000 | 1,500,000 |
30 | IPC | 35-70sqmm | 8 | EA | 6,000 | 48,000 |
31 | Armoured Cable | 25qmm | 10 | m | 65000 | 650,000 |
32 | UEDCL 3phase Commercial Meter | TOU Code 10.2 | 1 | EA | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 |
33 | Service Cable | 16sqmm 2 Core cable | 30 | m | 15,000 | 450,000 |
34 | Service Cable | 16sqmm 3 Core cable | 150 | m | 30,000 | 4,500,000 |
35 | Service Cable | 16sqmm 5 Core cable | 100 | m | 50,000 | 5,000,000 |
36 | Smart Meters | [1 Phase DinRail Split prepaid meter-1.pdf](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/attachments/6) | 10 | 290,000 | 2,900,000 | |
37 | LoraWAN gateway | [CAL-025.pdf](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/attachments/5) | 1 | 1,803,000 | 1,803,000 | |
38 | Labor (installation) | Green Volta | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||
**Total ** | ** 25,237,000 ** |
This project is community owned as per the model described [here](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/books/team/page/ownership).
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Name | Size | Customer Contact | NFE Contact | Phase |
Sezibwa Homes | 10 bungalows | Samuel Kisakye | Aaron Tushabe | Delivery |
Pearl Marina - Bellavista Apartments | 360 apartments ( 1 MW) | Isaac Kasim | Aaron Tushabe | Proposal |
Arkright Estates | 26 bungalows | Aaron Tushabe | Discovery | |
Bugolobi Flats | ||||