Maximizing Results-Based Financing Results: lessons from the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA)

Join ESMAP and GOGLA, in cooperation with Nefco – the Nordic Green Bank, to explore how results-based financing (RBF) can be designed to maximize efficiency and impact across different market contexts, drawing on findings from the mid-term evaluation of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) program.

Come learn about the evaluation’s headline findings on efficiency, effectiveness, and impact, and dive into three critical questions for designing effective RBF subsidies: how should RBF be designed differently for mature and nascent markets? How can competitive bidding be structured to better reveal the level of subsidy companies actually need? And how can subsidy design maximize both market reach and long-term sustainability?

Hear directly from BGFA portfolio companies Easy Solar and FINCA Uganda about how they have adapted their business models under the results-based financing provided through the program.

Participants will leave with a sharper understanding of how to tailor RBF to different market contexts, real-world examples of company adaptation under RBF, and practical recommendations for designing more efficient and impactful subsidy programs.