- The Beyond the Grid for Africa (BGFA) programme, as part of its activities to electrify 1.8 million people in Uganda, has selected two companies to receive a grant for installing solar home systems.
- The grant from the BGFA will help Engie Energy Access install 170,000 solar home systems over the next four years and d.light’s Uganda to install 200,000 solar home systems in Uganda.
The Beyond the Grid for Africa (BGFA) programme, as part of its activities to electrify 1.8 million people in Uganda has selected two companies to receive a grant for installing solar home systems. The BGFA has selected Engie Energy Access Uganda, a subsidiary of the French energy company Engie and d.light Design Uganda, the subsidiary of d.light, a company based in San Francisco in the United States of America as recipients of the performance-based grants worth $5.2 million. The grant from the BGFA will help Engie Energy Access install 170,000 solar home systems over the next four years and d.light’s Uganda to install 200,000 solar home systems in Uganda.
Nick Imudia, Managing Director of d.light, said, “We are very pleased to partner with the BGFA programme to expand our business in Uganda. The funding received will enable us to accelerate the development of energy access in rural Uganda, benefiting approximately 1 million people”.
Under the AFMO programme, the company, Engie Access, led by Gillian-Alexandre Huart, is expected to provide access to electricity for 800 000 people in Uganda. The AFMO is a multi-donor facility managed by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO). The AFMO has been implementing a $107 million programme since 2019 to support access to electricity from renewable sources in sub-Saharan Africa. The programme is also being implemented in Burkina Faso, Liberia, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).