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INNOVATION IN CLEAN ENERGY AND WATER ACCESS

THROUGH MICROFINANCE

PAMIGA Expert Meeting

Organized jointly with UNCDF CleanStart Connect 2014

Addis Ababa, 30-31 October 2014

EXPERT MEETING REPORT

PAMIGA Expert Meeting & CleanStart Connect 2014 – Report 2/14

1. Context: PAMIGA’s experience in access to water and energy through microfinance

PAMIGA is a French-based organization that provides technical assistance to a network of 16 Sub-

Saharan African microfinance institutions. Its mission is to contribute to unlock the economic potential

in rural Africa, by promoting the growth of existing financial intermediaries that serve rural areas.

In its 2012-2014 Business Plan, PAMIGA has defined as one of its three strategic pillars the

development of financial products for access to clean water and energy.

For that purpose, PAMIGA has been implementing since 2012-2013 the following programmes:

The Water & Microfinance Initiative, which seeks to facilitate access to productive water

(irrigation) through microfinance. The programme has been implemented in Senegal with U-

IMCEC, in Burkina Faso with APFI, and in Togo with WAGES.

The Energy & Microfinance Programme, which aims to facilitate access to solar energy for

households, micro and small enterprises, and villages, through microfinance. The programme

has been implemented in Cameroon with A3C, ICS and UCCGN, in Tanzania with PRIDE

RFW, and in Ethiopia with Wasasa and Buusaa Gonofaa.

This is in this context that PAMIGA started a partnership with UNCDF CleanStart programme in

December 2013, with the objective to implement the Energy & Microfinance Programme in Cameroon,

Tanzania, Ethiopia, Senegal and Burkina Faso.

2. Objectives of the event

PAMIGA’s Expert Meeting on lessons learned from Africa to improve access to clean energy and

water through microfinance was organized jointly with UNCDF’s CleanStart Connect Event 2014. The

objective of the combined events was to unite leading energy and financial service providers,

investors, policy makers and development partners to advance practical solutions to reducing energy

poverty and improving access to productive water

During the first day, PAMIGA’s Expert Meeting built on the practical experiences gained by PAMIGA

and its partners in Sub-Saharan Africa to share good practices and lessons learned in facilitating

access to clean water and energy via microfinance, through various case studies, debates, and

methodological insights.

During the second day, UNCDF’s CleanStart Connect Event widened the debate with other initiatives

and stakeholders from Africa and Asia, in order to discuss about different approaches to increase

access to clean energy for low-income populations.

3. Participants

The Expert Meeting & CleanStart Connect Event took place on the 30th

and 31st

of October 2014, at

Hilton Hotel, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).

It gathered over 100 participants, representing 80 different organisations from 23 countries (12

African, 6 European, 3 Asian, and 2 North American countries).

Distribution of participants per type of organization:

MFIs 24%

Donors/Funders 23%

NGOs 15%

Energy Solution Providers 11%

Investors/Investment Funds 10%

Policy Makers 9%

Consultants 7%


4. Content of the sessions and discussions of the Expert Meeting

Opening session - Incubating new approaches to unleash clean energy and water access for the poor

Speakers: Michael Hamp (IFAD), Manfred Kaufmann (SDC), Makarimi Adechoubou (UNCDF)

The opening session provided a general panorama of the stakes and challenges linked to access to clean energy and water for the poor in Africa.

The IFAD representative, Mr Hamp, highlighted that pro-poor financial services building access to water and energy solutions are essential in the fight for poverty in Africa.

Mr Kaufmann, the SDC representative, emphasized that the model is still in its early stages. To be scalable, it requires cross-sectorial collaboration among all stakeholders (MFIs, technology and service providers, government, regulators, policy-makers and international financial institutions). The development of a policy/regulatory framework, as well as adapted financial products, would ease the expansion of the model in Africa.

Finally, Mr Adechoubou (UNCDF) stressed that access to energy and water through microfinance is not only a challenge but also a great opportunity. The success will depend on the strength of the collaboration among all stakeholders. We need to connect people and share ideas and opportunities to provide high quality and affordable services to those at the last mile.

The demand for water and clean energy

Speakers: Teshome Yohannes Dayesso (Buusaa Gonofaa), Henri Jolibeau Libang II (MIFED), Kerman Wildberger (PAMIGA)

During this session, the three speakers explained how their organizations have assessed the needs of their clients before developing and launching new products. Teshome Yohannes, CEO of Buusaa Gonofaa, an Ethiopian MFI, underlined how the market study enabled them to understand the energy needs of their clients at household level (lighting, mobile phone charging), assess the potential market, and select adapted solar solutions to respond to these needs.

Jolibeau Libang explained how, in Cameroon, MIFED identified several types of microenterprises for which access to energy is an issue (fisheries, millers, hair salons, etc.) and developed techno-economic cards to characterize these needs, identify adapted solar solution, and assess return on investment for such solutions, depending on the type and size of the business. Finally, Kerman Wildberger presented how APFI, a rural MFI from Burkina Faso, has assessed the needs of their farmer clients for productive water in order to identify irrigation solutions to help them diversify and secure their production.

The audience then opened the debate on some other energy needs such as cooking, on the question of gender in regard to water and energy needs, and also on the issue of MFIs’ financing capacity to respond to the significant demand for water and energy solutions from their clients.


PAMIGA’s methodological approach to building access to water and clean energy through microfinance services

Moderator: Marion Allet (PAMIGA) Speakers: Amsalu Alemayehu (Wasasa), James Obama (PRIDE RFW), Rémi Deveaux (Schneider Electric), Fouad Abdelmoumni (PAMIGA), Mathieu Merceret (PAMIGA Finance), Kerman Wildberger (PAMIGA)

During this session, Marion Allet presented the methodology that has been developed and tested by PAMIGA with its partner MFIs in order to develop microfinance services for access to clean water and energy.

The approach is based on 12 different steps: identifying the demand, identifying the offer of technical solutions, assessing the profitability, setting up partnerships, adapting the HR policy, designing financial products, developing a marketing strategy, strengthening the supply chain, developing a monitoring strategy, training staff, implementing and evaluating a pilot, and defining a deployment strategy. Each panelist contributed by explaining why these different steps are crucial for the successful implementation of the programme, showing that this type of programme implies much more than just developing a financial product. Marion Allet specified that the methodology keeps being refined as learnings emerge from field experience.

Debates following the presentation emphasized the importance of selecting quality technologies, raising awareness of the technical solutions and their use among clients, ensuring waste management for such technologies, and testing the approach through a pilot phase before rolling out.

Environmental risk management in building access to irrigation

Speaker: Jacques de La Rocque (CEREG)

Jacques de La Rocque emphasized how developing irrigated agriculture can potentially have a negative impact on the environment, by possibly increasing pressure on water resources (increased water uptakes) or generating pollutions (increased quantity of chemical inputs used, inadequate water uptake systems). He then presented the approach adopted by PAMIGA in order to manage the environmental risks linked to access to irrigation: (a) conditioning water loan disbursement to some specific environmental criteria; (b) improving staff’s knowledge of environmental and agricultural issues; and (c) monitoring the environmental performance.

The discussions that followed focused on the level of technical expertise needed from loan officers and on the involvement of public sector actors.


Lessons learned from building access to clean water and energy through microfinance services

Moderator: Quentin Antoine (PAMIGA) Speakers: Ousmane Thiongane (U-IMCEC), Henri Jolibeau LibangII (MIFED)

In this panel, Ousmane Thiongane, CEO of the Senegalese microfinance institution U-IMCEC, and Henri Jolibeau Libang II, Project coordinator in MIFED Cameroon, shared their respective experiences in implementing a programme of access to water (for U-IMCEC) or energy (for MIFED) through microfinance.

They identified common lessons from their field experience, such as the importance of having an organization facilitating the collaboration between two sectors that are not used to working together (microfinance and water/energy stakeholders) or the importance of developing adapted strategies to foster staff motivation. For water programmes, Ousmane confirmed that integrating environmental criteria is crucial and presented his strategy to develop a dedicated department, with specialized staff, to handle agricultural and irrigation loans. For energy programmes, Jolibeau emphasized that a key challenge is also to strengthen the energy supply chain in order to be able to reach the “last mile”; for that purpose, MIFED has started to create a network of locally-based Energy Entrepreneurs.

The discussions with the audience raised the issue of strengthening internal technical skills within the MFI vs. working with a technical partner, as well as the conditions for successful up-scaling.

Tackling the “Last Mile” delivery issue

Speakers: Fekadu Mengistu (Ries Engineering), Ramin Nadimi (Orb Energy)

Reaching the “last mile” clients in rural areas for delivery, installation and maintenance services for technical solutions came as a recurrent challenge during the discussions over the day. In this session, the 2 speakers presented the respective models that they have developed to address this issue.

Fekadu Mengistu, Deputy Manager of Ries Engineering, distributor of Schneider Electric solar solutions in Ethiopia, presented their model of Village Electrician (VE). In this model, VEs are local service providers based at village level, in charge of marketing, installation and after-sale services. They are selected, trained and contracted by Ries Engineering to perform these tasks and are paid on the bases of the number of units installed.

Ramin Nadimi, from Orb Energy solar company, presented the model that they have successfully implemented in India. This model is based on the development of a network of micro-franchises, who become local retailers of solar solutions.

The audience then opened the debate on the implication of exploring this market through CSR activities versus core business activities, on the financing of micro-franchises, on the importance of having spare parts available locally, on the issue of VEs’ motivation in case of slow start, and on the challenges linked to replicating Orb’s model in Africa.


PAMIGA’s way forward in building access to water and clean energy

Speaker: Renée Chao-Béroff (PAMIGA)

Mrs Chao-Béroff emphasized that PAMIGA’s access to water and energy initiative is exclusively demand-driven. PAMIGA acts as a facilitator between the microfinance industry and the energy/water technology providers.

Given its strong rural focus, PAMIGA builds strong relationships in rural communities and reaches easily the Bottom of the Pyramid. Microfinance (thanks to small installments) bridges access to energy and water technical solutions.

The current demand for energy and water is substantial. There is no doubt on the existence of that demand. Existing technical solutions are also well designed enough to match the current market demand in Africa. The main constraints relates to training, capacity building and developing a collaborative model between MFIs and technology suppliers.

On the next steps, Renée Chao-Béroff highlighted that PAMIGA will build on the lessons learned and scale-up. The programme of access to water and energy will be replicated in 10 countries in the next 3-4 years, within the network of MFIs of PAMIGA, which will be expanded to around 20 MFIs. The programme will also diversify product-wise.

In parallel, PAMIGA, along with strong impact investors, has setup an investment vehicle (Pamiga Finance) that invests in member MFIs to expand access to water and energy in rural communities.

Last but not least, in the coming years, PAMIGA will bring digital finance on top of its development agenda. The modernization of the microfinance business model is key to reduce transaction costs and improve rural outreach of microfinance services.

Please refer to UNCDF’s CleanStart Connect 2014 report for more details on the sessions held during

the second day.

5. Publications and tools

5.1. Case studies

PAMIGA has written two case studies based on its experience in Africa:

Energy and Microfinance: The Cases of A3C and UCCGN in Cameroon. This case study

discusses the methodology adopted by Association des CVECA et CECA du Centre du

Cameroun (A3C) and the Union des CECA et CVECA du Grand Nord (UCCGN) in piloting

the Energy and Microfinance Program in Central and Northern Cameroon. The program aims

at increasing access to solar energy for rural people excluded from national power grids,

helping reduce their energy bills, improving living conditions, reducing health risks associated

with the use of fossil fuels, and developing economic activities. The study reviews the

approach adopted in developing a financial product dedicated to solar energy and highlights

the various barriers that make access to solar energy difficult in isolated rural areas.

Water and Microfinance: The Case of U-IMCEC in Senegal. This case study discusses the

methodology adopted by U-IMCEC in piloting the Water and Microfinance Initiative (WMI) in

Niayes, Senegal. WMI was launched in 2012 and it aims at facilitating access to productive

water irrigation for small-scale family farmers who are also clients of rural MFIs. The goal of

the initiative is to secure crop production, improve productivity, increase cultivated areas,

boost profitability of operations, and sustainably increase producer’s income. The study

reviews the need for productive water and the approach used in providing irrigation solutions


adapted to both the needs of small farmers and specific environmental risks. It also highlights

obstacles and lessons learned during the pilot phase.

During the event, these publications, available in both English and French, were distributed to all

participants. Electronic copies are available on PAMIGA’s website or upon request by email.

5.2. Methodological toolkit

PAMIGA has also developed a methodological toolkit that can be used by MFIs interested in offering

financial products for access to clean water or energy.

The toolkit presents the different steps (12 in total) needed to develop such products and services.

Each step is presented in details (objectives, involved stakeholders, methodology, outputs, time

needed), including tips and support documents.

The toolkit was distributed to all participants on a USB drive during the event.

5.3. Guide of agricultural and irrigation good practices

CEREG has developed for PAMIGA a Guide of Agricultural and Irrigation Good Practices, which can

be used by MFIs’ loan officers to help them identify potential environmental risks linked to irrigation

during the water loan analysis process, as well as for educating clients on the importance to fulfil the

environmental criteria (e.g. why the concerned farmer should build an edge around his well).

The Guide, available in French, has been integrated in the Methodological Toolkit shared by PAMIGA.

6. Evaluation of the event

An evaluation survey was provided at the end of the second day to all participants. A total of 34

answers were collected, showing overall a great level of satisfaction.

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I would be interested to attend another PAMIGAExpert Meeting or CleanStart Connect event

I consider that this event was well organized

Overall I consider that the PAMIGA ExpertMeeting & CleanStart Connect 2014 was useful

The event has helped me to gain a betterunderstanding of PAMIGA and its work in Africa

This event has helped to demystify how otherstakeholders think and opeate

The event has helped give me a betterunderstanding of some innovative solutions to

improve acces to clean energy and water

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Annex 1 – LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

1 Makarimi Adechoubou UNCDF Eastern & Southern Africa

2 Michael Hamp FIDA

3 Manfred Kaufmann SDC - Water Policy Advisor Africa

4 Vincent Wierda UNCDF CleanStart

5 Renée Chao-Béroff PAMIGA

6 Ira Lieberman PFSA Board

7 Kimanthi Mutua PAMIGA Board

8 Christophe Lucet PAMIGA Board

9 Amsalu Alemayehu Wasasa

10 Teshome Dayesso Buusaa Gonofaa

11 Vincent Mokua Oigo WPS

12 Lamine Gueye CAURIE

13 Ousmane Thiongane UIMCEC

14 Félix Sawadogo APFI

15 Ramanou Nassirou Wages

16 James Obama PRIDE RFW

17 Dieudonné Gnanvo RENACA

18 Charlotte Penda ICS

19 Bouba Ndjidda UCCGN

20 Sophie JABLONSKI BEI

21 Nicola Armacost Arc Finance

22 Prince Charles Baffour Fidelity Bank

23 Wolday Amhra AEMFI

24 Kebede Tezera Peace MFI

25 Thomas Nkouenkeu PADMIR

26 Jacques de la Rocque CEREG

27 Joël Lelostec Schneider Electric

28 Ato Tameru AFD

29 Ramin Nadimi Orb Energy

30 Cindy Kerr SunnyMoney

31 Patricia Kwagga Rural Electrification Agency

32 Victoria Arch Angaza Design

33 Nena Sanderson Off.Grid:Electric

34 Samson Tsegaye Stiftung Solar Energy

35 Umberto Trivella Microfinanza

36 Kevin Kennedy Clearcape

37 Sagar Gubbi Ecoforge Advisors Pvt Ltd

38 Aissa Toure IFAD

39 Anny Caroll Ngo Bakang Bassog Afraca

40 Ato Eyob Ayana Development Bank of Ethiopia

41 Welela Ketema World Bank Ethiopia


42 Ms. Kidanua Abera UNDP Ethiopia

43 Faris Khader UNDP GEF

44 Samson Atsbha GIZ

45 Jan Vloet SNV

46 Winnie Odhiambo Acumen Fund

47 Lars Ekman Norad

48 Heinz Habertheuer Austrian Development Cooperation

49 Anne Marie van Swinderen UNCDF

50 Ajaita Shah Frontier Markets

51 Ezikiel Phiri CUMO

52 George Muruka Microsave

53 Mawira Chitima IFAD

54 Felistas Coutinho Tujijenge Africa

55 Marloes Adema Enclude

56 Olivia Muiru B Lab

57 Adrienne Klasa FT This is Africa

58 Jebessa Dugassa Wasasa

59 Bula Kenea Buusaa Gonofaa

60 Yannis WENDLING Pamiga - Board

61 Assefa Gebrewold Head of SME Development Directorate

62 Rukundo Benon Post Bank

63 Joel Masembe Pride Microfinance

64 Sopan Bista AEPC

65 Prithvi Gyawali AEPC /CREF

66 Eduardo Appleyard UNCDF

67 Azim Manji UNCDF

68 Sateesh Kumar D.LIGHT

69 Daniel Yeo GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE

70 Haingo - Rakotondratsima IFAD

71 Abraha Misghina Ministry of Water Irrigation and Energy

72 Tsigereda Atnafu Ministry of Water Irrigation and Energy

73 Maurice Koppes First Consult

74 Munir Duri Kifiya

75 Adafre Chane Zeleke

76 Mr. Rainer Hakala, , GIZ Energy Coordination Office

77 Ato Berhanu Negash GIZ Energy Coordination Office

78 Elin Carlsson Embassy of Sweden

79 Robert Kelly UNDP GEF

80 Tony Storrow DfID Private Enterprise Programme

81 Selome Wondemu Microfinance African Institutions Network

82 Fekadu Mengistu RIES

83 Rémi Deveaux Schneider Electric

84 Onesmo Matei KIITEC

85 Simon Yon Tjega MIFED


86 Jolibeau Libang MIFED

87 Samora Lupalla PRIDE RFW

88 Kossi Affo Wages

89 Hermann Messan UNCDF MicroLead

90 Bire Abebe UNCDF Eastern & Southern Africa

91 Hee Sung Kim UNCDF CleanStart

92 Julie Marks UNCDF CleanStart

93 René Azokly PAMIGA

94 Quentin Antoine PAMIGA

95 Fouad Abdelmoumni PAMIGA

96 Kerman Wildberger PAMIGA

97 Marion Allet PAMIGA

98 Claire Ozanne PAMIGA

99 Moussoukoura Diarra PAMIGA

100 Mathieu Merceret PAMIGA Finance SA


Annex 2 - AGENDA

INNOVATION IN CLEAN ENERGY AND WATER ACCESS THROUGH MICROFINANCE

PAMIGA Expert Meeting and UNCDF CleanStart Connect 2014 Addis Ababa, 30-31 October 2014

HILTON ADDIS ABABA - Ballroom I & II

THURSDAY 30TH OF OCTOBER - PAMIGA EXPERT MEETING

8.00 - 9.00

Registration

9.00 - 9.30

Opening session - Incubating new approaches to unleash clean energy and water access for the poor Speakers:

Michael Hamp, Senior Advisor Rural Finance, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Manfred Kaufmann, Regional Policy Advisor - Water, Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)

Makarimi Adechoubou, Director, Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

9.30 - 9.40

Introduction and event overview Facilitator: Quentin Antoine, PAMIGA

9.40 - 10.30 The demand for water and clean energy Characterization and segmentation of needs: water versus clean energy, households versus micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)

Speakers:

Teshome Yohannes Dayesso, Chief Executive Officer, Buusaa Gonofaa, Ethiopia

Henri Jolibeau Libang II, Economist, Microfinance and Development (MIFED), Cameroon

Félix Sawadogo, Director, Association for the Promotion of Inclusive Finance (APFI), Burkina Faso

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/Tea break

11.00 - 12.30 PAMIGA’s methodological approach to building access to water and clean energy

through microfinance services

Format: Interactive panel discussion Moderator/contributor: Marion Allet, Senior Programme Officer, Environment and Microfinance, PAMIGA Contributors:

Fouad Abdelmoumni, Senior Expert, Water and Microfinance, PAMIGA

Kerman Wildberger, Senior Programme Officer, PAMIGA

Mathieu Merceret, Investment Director, PAMIGA Finance

Rémi Deveaux, Social Business Development Manager, Schneider Electric

Amsalu Alemayehu, Chief Executive Officer, Wasasa Microfinance, Ethiopia

James Obama, Managing Director, PRIDE Rural Finance Window, Tanzania


THURSDAY 30TH OF OCTOBER - PAMIGA EXPERT MEETING

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 - 14.30 Environmental risk management in building access to irrigation (water)

Speaker: Jacques de La Rocque, Director, CEREG Engineering - Bureau d’études Eau, Environnement, Assainissement, Hydraulique, France

14.30 - 15.45 Lessons learned from building access to clean water and energy through microfinance services The cases of the Union of Mutual Community Savings and Credit Institutions (U-IMCEC) in Senegal (access to water and irrigation) and the case of MIFED in Cameroon (access to clean energy)

Format: Interactive panel discussion Moderator: Quentin Antoine, PAMIGA Contributors:

Ousmane Thiongane, Director-General, U-IMCEC, Senegal

Simon Yon Tjega, Director-General, MIFED, Cameroon

15.45 - 16.15 Coffee/Tea break

16.15 – 17.30

Tackling the “Last Mile” delivery issue Inspirational approaches: Entrepreneur Energy Model in Ethiopia and Orb Energy in Asia Speakers:

Fekadu Mengistu, Deputy Managing Director, Ries Engineering Services (RESCO), Ethiopia

Ramin Nadimi, Vice President for Africa, Orb Energy 17.30 – 17.50

PAMIGA’s way forward in building access to water and clean energy

Speaker: Renée Chao-Béroff, General Manager, PAMIGA

17.50 - 18.00 Day 1 review, closing remarks and preview of Day 2 Facilitators: Quentin Antoine, PAMIGA & Azim Manji

18.00 Cocktail reception Venue: Harrar Grill, @Hilton Addis Ababa

PAMIGA’S Expert Meeting is based on pilots receiving the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the UN Capital Development Fund, the ACP-EU Microfinance, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Swiss Capacity Building Facility and

the Liechtenstein Development Service


FRIDAY 31st OF OCTOBER – UNCDF CLEANSTART CONNECT 2014

9.00 – 9.15 9.15 – 9.45

Setting the context: What do we want to get out of the day? Facilitator: Azim Manji Thinking outside the box: Looking at financing and distribution from the customer’s perspective Speaker: Ajaita Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Frontier Markets, India

9.45 – 11.15

Innovative models of reaching the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) What are some other transformative ways of reaching the BoP with better and more affordable energy? What role can MFIs play in relation to these approaches such as pay-as-you-go and village electrification?

Contributors:

Kevin Kennedy, Director, Clearcape (Panel Lead)

Niki Armacost, Managing Director, Arc Finance

Joël Lelostec, Director, Access to Energy - Business Development, Schneider Electric

Victoria Arch, Director of Strategy, Angaza Design

Marloes Adema, Consultant, Sustainable Business Practices, Enclude Audience interaction activity

11.15 – 11.45 Coffee/Tea break

11.45 – 13.15

Innovations in impact measurement – the what and the how What is being measured in energy access, how is impact measurement embedded in business processes, and what are key research gaps that still exist in the BoP energy market? Contributors:

Anne Marie van Swinderen, Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor (Panel Lead)

Olivia Muiru, Ratings Associate, B Lab (Global Impact Investment Rating System)

Cindy Kerr, Global Marketing Director, SunnyMoney

Victoria Arch, Director of Strategy, Angaza Design

Umberto Trivella, Microfinance Expert, Microfinanza Audience interaction activity

13.15 – 14.15 Lunch break

14.15 - 14.45 Walking up the investment ladder: The Off:Grid-Electric story Speaker: Nena Sanderson, Service Manager, Off:Grid-Electric


FRIDAY 31st OF OCTOBER – UNCDF CLEANSTART CONNECT 2014

14.45 – 16.15

Impact Investment - Investing for scale and impact What role can seed capital and technical assistance providers play in paving the way for impact investors? What are the challenges in bringing clean energy business models to scale? How can we broaden our partnerships?

Contributors:

Niki Armacost, Managing Director, Arc Finance (Panel Lead)

Ira Lieberman, Chairperson, PAMIGA Finance

Felistas Coutinho, Executive Director, Tujijenge Afrika & Tanzania Coordinator, Climate Technology Initiative Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN)

Sophie Jablonski, Energy Specialist, European Investment Bank

Winnie Odhiambo, Senior Portfolio Associate, Acumen East Africa Audience interaction activity

16.15 – 16.45

16.45 – 17.15 17:15—17:30 17:30

CleanStart’s progress and way forward Speaker: Vincent Wierda, CleanStart Programme Manager, UNCDF Connecting the Dots: Taking stock and moving to new opportunities Feedback, highlights of the two days and how it relates to our respective activities

Facilitator: Azim Manji Innovation Awards Closing Speakers: Renée Chao-Béroff, General Manager, PAMIGA Vincent Wierda, CleanStart Programme Manager, UNCDF

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