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We also provide non-financial support, such as convening investors, businesses, and governments around new business models, advocating for government policies that enable favorable market conditions, and matching known solutions to new market opportunities.

Capacity-building and consulting to support growth (if the impacts of a project are prove)

200k < 1M

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

The Lab is testing new ways to catalyze investment in entrepreneurs in developing countries. Their Partnering to Accelerate Entrepreneurship (PACE) program works closely with 40 incubators, accelerators, and seed-stage impact investors through 17 public-private partnerships.

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

1M < 3M

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.