Date: 1 August 2024
Time: 14:00 – 16:30 CEST
Location: Business Sweden Office, 4th Floor, 138 West Street, Sandton, 2196, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Organisers: Nefco/Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) in collaboration with Business Sweden, Embassy of Sweden and Power Africa
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) new funding round in Mozambique supports the scale-up of productive-use-of-energy solutions and incentivises clean off-grid energy solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nefco, as the fund manager of BGFA, will organise an event in Johannesburg together with Business Sweden, the Embassy of Sweden and Power Africa to provide further information to interested South African entities about the productive use of energy in Mozambique and BGFA’s Funding round eligibility criteria and application process.
Join the event on 1st August at Business Sweden Office (4th Floor, 138 West Street, Sandton, 2196, Johannesburg in South Africa).
AGENDA
14:00 – 14:10
Opening Remarks – Kudakwashe Koke, Business Sweden and Elisabeth Hårleman, Swedish Embassy
14:10 – 14.30
Introduction to BGFA – Ash Sharma, Head of Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa, Nefco
14:30 – 14:40
Understanding Productive Use of Energy (PUE) – Lovemore Seveni, Senior Energy Specialist, Power Africa Southern Africa
14:40 – 15.40
Eligibility criteria and application process – Ash Sharma, Head of Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa, Nefco
Q&A Session
Closing remarks and next steps
15:40 – 16:30
Networking and refreshments
Read more about Business Sweden: www.business-sweden.com
Read more about Power Africa: www.usaid.gov/powerafrica
