Africa

2021-03-22

Training; Technical Assistance; Consulting/Advisory; Business Development

The company connects alternative lenders with international investors who are experienced in asset-backed securities, as opposed to the conventional bank debt on offer locally. Alternative lenders that have secured capital through Lendable’s platform also get free access to Lendable Labs’ business intelligence and customer quality score tools, empowering them to improve their collections.

Capital and technical support: 1. Building a network of African expert support providers; 2. Identifying community enterprises with potential for community and regional growth; 3. Providing an integrated package of support; 4. Managing for results

50k < 200k

Assistance in setting up and finding suitable hedging solutions and access to our network of other international funders (both debt and equity) 

1M < 3M

Broad support to the market through the internationally-recognized quality assurance program, technical and environmental sustainability research relating to off-grid lighting, and information dissemination through technical notes, webinars and conferences.

Capacity building in the following key areas: Quality Assurance, Stakeholder Engagement, Information. Business Support, Policy Reform, Finance.

The Program is composed of four pillars:1. Finance for clean energy to incubate scalable energy financing models with 18 financial and energy service providers by providing risk capital grants and/or concessional refinancing;2. Technical assistance for clean energy to increase the scale potential of financing models by providing value-added support such as linkages to experts and new value chain partners;3. Knowledge and learning to share widely implementation know-hows and promote customer-centric growth through demand-side research;4. Advocacy and partnerships to co-create ecosystems for scale in partnership with various stakeholders such as Government, investors, and development partners.