The Embassy together with the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) are pleased to announce the expansion of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) initiative into #Uganda. The program aims to support sustainable business models, which encourage businesses to offer affordable and clean off-grid energy to Ugandans.
Currently, it is estimated that only 28% of Ugandans have access to electricity. BGFA hopes to address this by providing financial incentives to selected private companies, which shall offer high quality energy services and products to rural and peri-urban people. The six-year USD 13 million programme will also provide institutional capacity building to the companies.
"One of #Sweden's key development priorities around the world is to increase access to sustainable, affordable and clean energy, in line with the goal of universal access to affordable and clean energy. We are happy to partner with NEFCO and REEEP in this initiative and look forward to increasing the impact the project has had in sub-saharan Africa so far." - Amb. Per Lindgärde
Read more here: Final Press release BGFA Uganda EN.docx
