Energy Talent Development - West Africa (ETD-WA) Activity

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number: 72067424R00011

Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Talent Development - West Africa (ETD-WA) Activity

Opportunity Category: Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Funding Instrument Type: Other

Category of Funding Activity: Energy

Category Explanation:

Expected Number of Awards: 1

CFDA Number(s): 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Version: Synopsis 1

Posted Date: Dec 09, 2024

Last Updated Date: Dec 09, 2024

Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 24, 2025

Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 24, 2025

Archive Date: Jan 31, 2025

Estimated Total Program Funding:

Award Ceiling: $8,000,000

Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility for this NOFO is restricted. Eligibility for this award is restricted to local entities in the following countries:Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Organizations registered in and primarily based in Nigeria are not eligible to submit applications. USAID anticipates a separate opportunity will be released to invite Nigerian organizations to implement locally led Power Africa activities. USAID welcomes applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID. Faith-based organizations are eligible to apply for federal financial assistance on the same basis as any other organization and are subject to the protections and requirements of Federal law.Interested and eligible applicant organizations may submit no more than one concept paper and one application under this NOFO.

Additional Information

Agency Name: South Africa USAID-Pretoria

Description:

The Power Africa “‘Energy Talent Development - West Africa’ (ETD-WA)” activity (thereafter “the Activity”) will work with local institutions to encourage West Africa’s transition to a more sustainable low-carbon energy system. This activity will coordinate with “Empower West Africa” (EWA), Power Africa’s flagship contract in West Africa aimed at closing the energy poverty gap within the region by increasing the availability of and access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern electricity services in the region. As a complement to the broad scope of EWA, the Activity will focus specifically on building capacity of local institutions and individuals through training, workshops, or other capacity-building interventions to advance the goals of EWA.

Power Africa’s results framework clearly articulates Power Africa’s goal of Advancing sub-Saharan African development through universal access to clean energy. The results framework presents three Development Objectives outlining the programmatic areas in which Power Africa intends to provide assistance. These include Ending Energy Poverty, Accelerating a Carbon-Free Future, and Bolstering Competitive Private Sector Investment and Innovation in the Energy Sector.

Objectives:

In line with a whole-of-Power Africa approach, the Activity should identify capacity building needs that would advance the following objectives also outlined in the Empower West Africa Activity:

-Optimizing utility performance to increase access;

-Off-grid generation and connections increased;

-Transition to clean energy development and deployment accelerated;

-Private sector investment and innovation in the energy sector enhanced for domestic and regional infrastructure.