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$50K - $2M (technical assistance + investment advisory)
Mercy Corps' energy innovation platform (merged 2021) dedicated to improving access to clean energy and promoting climate-resilient development in Africa. Provides technical assistance, investment advisory (via GET.invest), and business acceleration for clean energy enterprises.
Investment advisory services for energy startups
Technical assistance for clean energy enterprises
Business acceleration and capacity building
Gender-focused energy entrepreneurship support
Access to GET.invest investment advisory
Productive use of energy program support
Early Childhood Development
Primary Education
Secondary Education
Higher Education
Teacher Training
Curriculum Development
Clean energy enterprises with gender and productive use focus. Women-led energy businesses prioritized. Off-grid, mini-grid, and clean cooking solutions. Investment-ready or near-investment-ready clean energy startups.
Investment advisory, business development, gender mainstreaming, market linkages, peer learning
Now part of Mercy Corps (merged 2021) - organizational structure may affect some programs. Program-specific rather than open grant fund. Technical assistance focus rather than direct capital.
Key differentiator is the women-in-energy and productive use angle. GET.invest partnership provides strong investment advisory for clean energy startups in Zimbabwe and Nigeria. Mercy Corps merger expanded geographic reach. Impact: 20M people reached, 15K businesses advised, 19K jobs created.
2010
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
15,000+ businesses advised; GET.invest advisory services in Zimbabwe and Nigeria; 14M tons CO2 averted