81296671-Technical assistance and access to finance support for clean energy SMEs in SSA (GET.invest Finance Readiness Support)

GET.invest is a European programme implemented by GIZ and is supported by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria. GET.invest works in the Sub-Saharan Africa, Pacific and the Caribbean regions, supporting clean energy projects and companies in accessing finance, by facilitating their investment readiness and linking them with financiers. In collaboration with different stakeholders in the sector, the programme delivers a range of complementary services with an aim to substantially increase the volume and pace of investment, to contribute to building sustainable energy markets, and to thus help meet the twin challenge of sustainable energy and climate change. Currently piloting the Team Europe One Stop Shop for Green Energy Investments in Africa, GET.invest powers the Team Europe Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative, which is an access point for information about and facilitated access to European support and financing instruments for energy projects and companies in Africa. GET.invest runs on the European multi-donor platform of the Global Energy Transformation Programme (GET.pro) (implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)) that delivers on international energy and climate goals. GET.pro was founded by the European Union and the member states Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria in 2018.

The objective of this tender is to establish a framework agreement with 8 service providers under the programme´s new service that is the GET.invest Finance Readiness Support. The service providers under this agreement will deliver in-depth technical advisory resulting in the client accessing its first commercial capital. Clients under this service will be locally owned and managed early-stage energy access companies in Sub-Saharan Africa, which are looking to grow by accessing investment. The service will deliver business development support (for e.g. operations and process optimisation, credit risk management, business strategy, capacity building, branding) and access to finance advisory (for e.g. pitch deck/teaser/data room creation, investment strategy, introduction to financiers, negotiations with financiers). A strong track-record in working with African entrepreneurs in the sector, going an extra mile to support the client and successfully raising capital of small ticket sizes will be vital for successful delivery of this service.

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