Tracker

sonoalignedstage ~~(Development Finance Institution)~~

Aaron

Name	Type	Priority	Status	Owner	Remarks
Prince Gonahasa	~~Equity~~Recoverable Grant		offered 3k ~~USD~~USD, not yet contributed.
Tushabe Family	~~Equity~~Recoverable Grant		~~Invested~~ 10k USD Contributed on Dec 1st 2024
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	Closed for 2025, planning to apply for 2026 in September 2025.	Aaron Tushabe
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
Beyond the Grid
US Department of Energy	Grants
Nithio	Debt
Mission 300 (World bank)		low			Focusing on power for remote and off grid communities
with ~~Equator~~our VC early	~~Equity~~				objectives
Factor E	Equity				~~Can~~We ~~get~~are no longer pursuing equity funders because as a ~~warm~~co-op, ~~introduction~~we ~~from~~don't ~~Terry~~have equity to offer.
Kiva.org	Debt
Digital ~~Proparco~~Africa	?		Applied on June 17th 2025. Waiting for Feedback		Tushabe