SESA Project launches the โ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐โ for SMEs with expertise in addressing Africaโs energy access challenges with a focus on rural and off-grid communities. Women-led and women-owned businesses are particularly encouraged to apply.
Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) is a Research and Innovation Project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon2020 programme and coordinated by the ICLEI European Secretariat (a non-profit entity based in Brussels). SESA was launched in October 2021 with duration of 48 months and is being implemented in nine African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania.
SESAโs main objective is to support a diversity of affordable solutions that deliver access to reliable, efficient and sustainable energy services for all, creating business opportunities that can directly contribute to development.
The SESA project is developing and testing sustainable energy solutions as well as promising business models to accelerate the green transition and the achievement of energy access goals in Africa.
Eligibility criteria for SESA Project
Certain minimum criteria need to be met and only those applications which meet the below minimum criteria will be considered:
- Your enterprise must be registered and operationally active in Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda or Tanzania * ;
- Your enterprise must have officially been in operation for at least three years;
- Your enterprise must have generated revenues and provide financial statements including income statement and balance sheets for the last two years (2022 and 2021);
- There are no pending litigations against your enterprise or members of its management team;
- Proof of previously similar work done in country.
Women-led and women-owned businesses are particularly encouraged to apply.
*Please note: This programme will focus on SMEs operationally active in Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania as first priority. However, this does not preclude applications from SMEs registered and operative in other African countries as long as the technological requirements are met.
Benefits
- The SESA project will make available between EUR 50,000 to EUR 100,000 per selected enterprise for the design, implementation, and evaluation of submitted replication projects via service agreements.
- Entities are welcome to form consortiums to apply for the call. However, if selected, the service agreement will be signed with the lead partner only.
Application Timeline
Closing of the SESA Call is on Sunday, 25th of June 2023.
How to Apply for SESA Project
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