Power Africa Off-grid Project invites grant applications for innovative solutions for co-delivery of solar household systems and liquefied petroleum gas in sub-Saharan Africa. The grant is in the range of USD100, 000.00 to USD250, 000.00

Overview of funding opportunity

The Power Africa Off-grid Project (PAOP), a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-contracted project implemented by RTI International, seeks applications to fund one or multiple awards to provide incentives, in the form of grants, to qualified organizations/companies to catalyze rapid growth of off-grid energy access solutions in PAOP focus countries.

The RFA provides prospective applicants with a fair opportunity to develop and submit competitive applications to PAOP for potential funding. The grants will be awarded and implemented in accordance with USAID and US Government regulations, and PAOP grant management policies and procedures. Please see the detailed description of the application requirements in “Section III Application Merit Review Criteria” below.

Grant activities may be conducted in any of the PAOP focus countries: Cameroon, DRC, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. PAOP will partner directly with organizations based in these countries. 

To ensure uniform disclosure to all potential applicants, clarification questions should be submitted by email to paopgrants@powerafrica-offgrid.org before October 23, 2019 at 17h00 SAST (GMT+2). PAOP will not respond to telephone inquiries. Responses to the questions will be posted on the RTI website (www.rti.org/rfp) on November 04, 2019. The table below shows the RFA timelines: 

Issuance of the RFA does not constitute an award commitment on the part of PAOP or USAID/Power Africa nor does it commit PAOP to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of an application. Further, PAOP reserves the right to reject any or all applications received. Similarly, an invitation to clarify your application is not a commitment to fund that application, nor reimburse any costs incurred during the preparation of the application. The PAOP grant review and approval process eliminates the possibility of any unilateral decision on any given application. PAOP staff will not ask for, and applicants are prohibited from offering, any money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, thing of value, or compensation to obtain reward improper favorable treatment regarding this solicitation. Any improper request from a project employee should be reported to ethics@rti.org

Source: RTI

Request For Applications (RFA) Power Africa Off-grid Project (PAOP)

ANNEX B: Grant Application MEL Template

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