- OGEF aims to electrify 200,000 households in Haiti.
- Alina Eneji is implementing the project.
The Off-Grid Electricity Fund (OGEF), with support from the World Bank, is providing a US$230,000 investment to pilot mesh-grid technology in Haiti. The investment is in the form of debt financing and catalytic grants.
The Haitian Government launched OGEF in 2019 to electrify 200,000 households and SMEs in Haiti within ten years. However, fewer than one in three Haitian families have access to electricity, which is often unreliable. In rural areas, electrification rates are as low as 5 per cent.
The Fund is jointly managed by Bamboo Capital Partners and Fonds de Développement Industriel. Both companies invest debt and equity in companies and manage grant programs that help companies offer renewable off-grid energy access solutions to people in Haiti, ranging from mini-grids to pay-as-you-go solar products.
Alina Enèji’s is a Haitian company established in 2021 to provide reliable, clean, and affordable, energy to rural households in the country. It launched an initial pilot of 35 households in the Dulagon area with Okra Solar, whose mesh-grid technology enables households to access clean and productive power.