ROGEAP Call for Applications for Non-Solar Businesses 2025 – YOA

Deadline: September 15, 2025

Are you managing a profitable enterprise outdoors the photo voltaic trade however considering exploring alternatives in photo voltaic power? ROGEAP needs that can assist you break into the off-grid photo voltaic trade! The Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP), carried out by ECOWAS and the West African Development Bank (BOAD), with funding assist from the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), and the Government of the Netherlands (DGIS), is launching a significant regional marketing campaign to facilitate the entry of non-photo voltaic companies into the off-grid photo voltaic power market.

This initiative goals to broaden entry to electrical energy throughout West and Central Africa by strategically partaking established non-photo voltaic companies—notably these with sturdy distribution networks, robust buyer bases, and operational expertise. Through technical help, coaching, and monetary linkages, ROGEAP seeks to empower these companies to transition into the photo voltaic worth chain and contribute to scaling photo voltaic adoption in underserved communities.

By leveraging the market attain and infrastructure of companies in sectors corresponding to retail, FMCG, shopper electronics, and logistics, ROGEAP will foster a extra inclusive and sustainable photo voltaic ecosystem throughout the area.

Benefits

• Business coaching and capability constructing
• Access to market intellience and insights
• Technical assist to discover photo voltaic intergration
• Linkages to producers, distributors and consultants

Eligibility

• Open to worthwhile, established companies in fast paced shopper items (FMCG), retail or shopper items
• Strong rural distribution networks
• Willing to discover photo voltaic market alternatives
• Located in any of the 19 ROGEAP eligible nations
• Female led companies are extremely inspired

Eligible Countries

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Application

The application will shut on September 15, 2025. Interested companies can submit their purposes to be assessed and profiled for potential participation in this system.

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For extra info, go to ROGEAP.