Fundraising Tracker

Name 

 Type 

 Priority 

 Status 

 Owner 

 Remarks 

 

 

 Arinda Family  

 Recoverable Grant 

 High 

 1k Contributed 

 

 

 

 

 Kimbowa Family 

 Recoverable Grant 

 High 

 Offered 1k USD, not yet contributed 

 

 

 

 

 Tushabe Family 

 Recoverable Grant 

 High 

 10k USD Contributed on Dec 1st 2024 

 

 Added an addition ~1800 USD in October 2025 

 

 

 Mercy Corp Ventures 

 Equity  

 medium 

 

 Reviewed the deck in May 2025.  While the team liked the community angle, the key concerns were 

 

 The scalability of the model and 

 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) 

 Grant 

 medium 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Echoing Green Fellowship 

 

 Recoverable Grant 

 high 

 Submitted on October 7th 2025 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 Waiting for feedback in March 2025 

 

 

 

 EPP Africa (Nordic Development Fund) 

 

 Grant 

 high 

 Closed for 2025, planning to apply for 2026. Not sure when it opens again 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 

 Africa Climate Change Fund 

 

 Grant 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 African Green Banks (AFBD) 

 

 Grant + Debt 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Alliance for Green Infrastructure (AFDB) 

 

 Grants + Debt 

 high 

 Send an email to info@africa50.com   on August 23rd.  

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 

 Beyond the Grid 

 

 

 

 

 No open applications yet  

   

 https://beyondthegrid.africa/funding-rounds/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 US Department of Energy 

 

 Grants 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nithio 

 

 Debt 

 

 Needs at least 2 years of business to pass loan application 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 

 Mission 300 (World bank) 

 

 

 low 

 

 

 Focusing on power for remote and off grid communities so no aligned with our early stage objectives 

 

 

 

 Factor E 

 

 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 

 ? 

 

 Applied on June 17th 2025. Waiting for Feedback 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 Aquarious Foundation 

 Grant or Debt 

 

 Applied on June 17th 2025. Waiting feedback 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 Start-coop 

 Grant 

 

 

 Applied on June 18th.  

   

 We did not qualify because we are not (yet) based in North America 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 Expect $5k to $50k 

 

 

 LabStart 

 Grant 

 

 

 Submitted application on July 7th.  

 Not Accepted 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 CataCap 

 Grant / DAF 

 medium 

 

 Aaron Tushabe  

 

 

 

 Mission300 

 Grant?  

 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 Energy IoT Open Source 

 Grant 

 

 Pledged 3k by Arila Barnes (founder and CEO) 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 gone cold 

 

 

 Project Spark EU 

 Grant 

 high 

 

 Submitted on September 15th 2025 with EnAccess and The Gym Rwanda 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 Got feedback on Nov 21st 2025 that we did not meet the eligibility criteria but they didn't elaborate on which criteria 

 

 

 AMAP 

 

 medium 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Praxis 

 

 High 

 

 Submitted on September 20th 2025.  

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 We did not get in. They thought we were among the top applicants and recommended we apply again next year. 

 

 

 UGEFA 

 

 medium 

 

 

 

 Aaron Tushabe / Dansturn 

 Requires 2+ years of operations so we would need to apply via green volta 

 

 

 Green Volta 

 Recoverable Grant 

 high 

 

 Waiting on Budget from NFE to confirm how much they can contribute 

 

 Dansturn 

 

 

 

 Samuel Tondo 

 Recoverable Grant 

 high 

 

 Waiting on Budget from NFE to confirm how much they can contribute 

 

 

 

 

 

 Digital Energy Challenge 

 Grant 

 high 

 

 Waiting on Call for Applications to open up in March 2026 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 D-Prize 

 Grant 

 high 

 

 Opens October 13th 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 Submitted on October 28th 2025, expecting to hear back in 4 to 6 months 

 

 

 MSISV 

 Grant and Equity  

 high 

 

 Email sent on Oct 16th 2025 to find out when applications will be open again 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 Sunbird AI  

 Fellowship 

 

 

 They are offering a research program that could help us develop V1 of our autonomous microgrid 

 

 Aaron Tushabe  

 

 

 

 

 Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) 

 

 Grant 

 low 

 

 No links to getting involved 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 

 Energy IoT Open Source 

 

 Donations 

 medium 

 

 EIoT can service as a fiscal sponsor to receive tax deductible US donations on our behalf.  

 

 

 Need to register a US entity for this  

 

 

 

 Funding Hope 

 

 Crowd funding 

 medium 

 

 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 

 Develop Ventures 

 

 Grant matching  

 medium 

 

 Uganda not eligible right now 

 

 Aaron Tushabe  

 Closes Dec 31 2025 

 

 

 

 Carbon Credits 

 

 

 low 

 

 Initial meeting with Ashaba told us that this is going to be a long lead time option to explore.. at least 7 years before any credits are verified and bankable 

 

 Aaron Tushabe 

 

 

 

 

 DRK Foundation 

 

 

 high 

 

 Focusses on post pilot, pre-scale. I think we are not yet post pilot 

 

 Aaron Tushabe