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.
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 | ||||
| Recoverable Grant | high | Submitted on October 7th 2025 |
Aaron Tushabe | Waiting for feedback in March 2025 | ||
| Grant | high | Closed for 2025, planning to apply for 2026. Not sure when it opens again | Aaron Tushabe | |||
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| Grants + Debt | high | Send an email to info@africa50.com on August 23rd. | Aaron Tushabe | |||
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No open applications yet
https://beyondthegrid.africa/funding-rounds/ |
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| Debt | ||||||
| low | Focusing on power for remote and off grid communities so no aligned with our early stage objectives |
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| Equity | We are no longer pursuing equity funders because as a co-op, we don't have equity to offer. | |||||
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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 | medium | Tushabe |
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| Mission300 | Grant? | Aaron Tushabe | ||||
| Energy IoT Open Source | Grant | Pledged 3k by Arila Barnes (founder and CEO) | Aaron Tushabe | Still following till this is deposited to NFE UG bank account | ||
| 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 |
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| AMAP | medium |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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Funding Hope |
Crowd funding | medium |
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Aaron Tushabe | ||
| Grant matching | medium |
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Aaron Tushabe | Closes Dec 31 2025 | ||
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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 | |||
| high |
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Aaron Tushabe |