Tracker

Name	Type	Priority	Status	Owner	Remarks
Prince Gonahasa	Recoverable Grant	medium	offered 3k USD, not yet contributed.
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
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
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	?
Mission300	Grant?			Aaron Tushabe
Energy IoT Open Source	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 Q126
Project Spark EU	Grant	high	Submitted on September 15th 2025	Aaron Tushabe	Waiting for feedback in October 2025
AMAP		medium
Paxis		High	Submitted on September 20th 2025	Aaron Tushabe	Waiting for feedback in October 2025
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