The Government of Kenya (GoK) is implementing the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) with financing from the World Bank. The initiative is driven by the imperative to provide equal opportunities across the entire Kenyan territory as key to achieving Kenya’s Vision 2030, reaching
the national target of achieving universal access to electricity by 2026, and enabling universal access to clean cooking solutions by 2028. The initiative seeks to close the energy access gap by providing electricity and clean cooking solutions and services to remote, low density, and traditionally
underserved areas of the country. The project covers 14 counties of Kenya: West Pokot, Turkana, Marsabit, Samburu, Isiolo, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Tana River, Lamu, Kilifi, Kwale, Taita Taveta and Narok.
SNV is the Facilities Manager for Component 2 of KOSAP which consists of two sub-components: (i) sub-component 2A which is a Solar Service Providers Results-Based Financing (SSP RBF) Facility; and (ii) sub-component 2B which is a Clean Cooking Solution Service Providers Results-Based Financing (CCS RBF) Facility. The project implementation started in November 2018 and ends in May 2025.
The US$12 million Solar Service Providers RBF Facility and the US$3.2 million Clean Cooking Solution Service Providers RBF Facility are designed to compensate off-grid solar companies and clean cooking solutions providers, respectively, through Result-Based Financing for initial, ongoing incremental, and opportunity costs associated with expansion of operations in the 14 KOSAP Counties. The Call for Proposals was opened on 24th January 2024 through an invitation to apply that was placed on national newspapers link to the advert. The KOSAP Facilities Manager has been accepting and evaluating applications for both the KOSAP SSP RBF Facility and the CCS RBF Facility on an ongoing basis .. Read more