The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
VC Fund
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) is a multi-donor Special Fund managed by the African Development Bank. SEFA catalyzes private sector investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa invests in
Stages The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa invests in
Countries The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Grant
- $600k–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 4 (67%)
- Renewable Energy 3 (50%)
- Power Grid 2 (33%)
- Electrical Distribution 2 (33%)
- Solar 1 (17%)
Stage
- Grant 3 (50%)
- Series C 1 (17%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (17%)
Country
- Kenya 2 (33%)
- Burundi 1 (17%)
- Portugal 1 (17%)
- Saudi Arabia 1 (17%)
- South Africa 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
RVE.SOL - Solucoes de Energia Rural
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Rural populations forced reliance on biomass and kerosene for their energy needs is causing over 1.6M# deaths per annum. Their lack of access to clean water causes over 5M people to die; 2M of them are children under the age of 5.RVE.SOL's _Changing Rural Life Forever_ initiative is creating alternative, renewable energy choices for therural poor, allowing them to take advantage of natural resources like sunlight, cattle manure and raw water to manage their own way to a better future.Our _KUDURA_ rural village energy hub is community managed; provides communities with potable water, solar electricity, biogas for cooking and organic fertiliser for agriculture.A holistic approach, the solution seeks to target the four areas of rural life that prevalently cause poverty to propagate:1. Access to clean water to obviate transmission of water borne disease2. Access to renewable electricity to obviate the dependance on kerosene for light and improve children's opportunity to study at night3. Access to Biogas to obviate mass destruction of primary forest in a bid to be able to cook food4. Access to fertiliser to reinvigorate over-used soils and so increase quality and quantity of crop harvest for subsistence farmers.Ultimately, this approach seeks to create wealth for rural farmers by offering a choie of more cost effective and efficient services utilising naturally available resources. | $2M / Grant / Jul 17, 2026 | |
CrossBoundary
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CrossBoundary recently formed CrossBoundary Energy, the first dedicated investment fund for Commercial and Industrial solar in Africa.Many businesses in Africa generate a significant portion of their own electricity through inside-the-fence diesel generation. Due to the cost of diesel, it would be economically and environmentally optimal forthese businesses to switch to renewable generation through solar and other alternatives. However, businesses are ill equipped to take the financial and technical risk to finance a conversion to renewables. At the same time, capital lacks a standardized platform to access these profitable but relatively small transactions.CrossBoundary Energy is a platform to aggregate finance for medium scale renewable self-generation. The platform finances renewable generation projects (0.2MW-10MW) that serve commercial customers in Africa such as off-grid light manufacturing, cell towers, farms, remote hospitals, eco-lodges and beverage bottlers. Our goal is to enable the delivery of energy-as-service and unlock the latent opportunity for renewable own-generation in Africa. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 24, 2026 | |
Weza Power
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Weza Power is the first new private-sector energy distribution firm to operate at the national level in Sub-Saharan Africa in a decade. | $600K / Grant / Jun 05, 2025 | |
Powergen Renewable Energy
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PowerGen is leading the clean energy transition in Africa as a developer, builder, and operator of solar mini-grids throughout the continent. PowerGen is backed by sector leaders including Shell, Acumen, Omidyar Network, Sumitomo, DOB Equity, ElectriFI, REPP, and the Rockefeller Foundation. PowerGen has pioneered the solar mini-grid sector inAfrica and is a founding member of the Africa Mini-grid Developers Associaiton (AMDA). | $50M / Series C / Jan 16, 2025 | |
Transnet SOC Ltd
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As the custodian of ports, rail and pipelines, Transnet’s objective is to ensure a globally competitive freight system that enables sustained growth and diversification of the country’s economy.Transnet is currently transitioning from its Market Demand Strategy, characterised by accelerated capital investment, towards the Transnet 4.0 Strategy,which is focused on repositioning Transnet, and the country’s freight system, for competitiveness within the fast changing, technology- driven context of the 4th industrial revolution. The strategy’s main growth thrusts includes; geographic expansion, product and service innovation and diversification and expansion of the scope of Transnet’s manufacturing business. The key objectives of Transnet’s effort is directed towards increasing the connectivity, density and capacity of the integrated port, rail and pipeline network.Transnet 4.0 Strategy aims to grow Transnet to a R100 billion business by 2020. Organic growth of the current freight transport and handling divisions will account for the bulk of this growth and Transnet will continue to focus on improving operational efficiency and reliability in order to grow its market share. Consequently, capital investment to modernize and expand the port, rail and pipeline network and operations will continue to be a key priority, as will continued development of our people.Significant growth is being targeted from new markets, particularly in integrated logistics, the development of logistics hubs and clusters, natural gas midstream infrastructure, manufactured products and new digital businesses. Transnet will increasingly make use of strategic partnerships to drive these new ventures.Transnet has a critical role to play in furthering South Africa’s strategic and economic objectives and is actively refreshing its brand as it moves into new markets, expands and diversifies its service offering, and redefines its market position.Transnet operates as an integrated freight transport company, formed around a core of six operating divisions that complement each other. These are supported by a number of company-wide specialist units - Transnet Group Capital and Transnet Foundation- which underpin our company. | $1.8M / Grant / Jul 18, 2024 | |
ACWA Power
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ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation, renewable energy and desalinated water production plants. | $123M / Post-IPO Debt / Apr 25, 2023 |
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FAQ
What does The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa invest in?
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Power Grid startups, most often at Grant and Series C stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa's check size?
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa typically joins rounds of $600k–$2M at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa participates in.
When did The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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