IFC - International Finance Corporation
$5,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2017-2018
- Agreement period
- March 27, 2018 – March 31, 2027
- Project status
- Implementation
- Reference
- CA-3-D003611002
Published purpose
This grant for International Finance Corporation Advisory Services aims to maximize the developmental impact of this initiative by exploring bankable investments in off-grid solutions in rural areas. This initiative better integrates gender equality considerations and provides advisory services for results measurement work for distributed generation (DG) projects. Project activities include: (1) advisory services for Energy Access to address the barriers that prevent the adoption of off-grid and mini-grid business models and unlock investment opportunities; (2) advisory Services in Gender, aimed at closing gender gaps in employment and assets in the energy sector in the Sub-Saharan Africa region across the value chain; and (3) beneficiaries assessment for the distributed generation (DG) projects funded by the Blended Finance Program.
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This grant supports the International Finance Corporation's advisory services to expand off-grid and mini-grid energy solutions in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, integrate gender equality in the energy sector, and assess distributed generation projects funded by a blended finance program.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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