Africa's Regional
Solar Financing Platform
The Africa Solar Facility (ASF) is the first regional financing platform under the Global Solar Facility (GSF), designed to mobilise blended capital and support scalable solar investments across African markets.
1.8 GW
Potential Solar Capacity Enabled
1.2M Tonnes
Annual CO₂ Emissions Reduced
The Problem
Why ASF was needed
Africa faces a structural mismatch between high solar potential and limited access to investment capital.
Significant solar resource availability but limited bankable investment pipelines
High perceived risks (currency, offtake, credit) constrain private capital
Fragmented markets, particularly in Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE)
Weak local financial depth limits scale of deployment
Result
Large volumes of capital remain uninvested, while solar deployment remains below potential.
ASF addresses this gap by creating an institutional-grade, blended finance platform that aggregates opportunities and de-risks investments.
What it enables?
What ASF Does
ASF Acts as a Multi-instrument Investment Platform, Deploying Capital Across the Solar Value Chain.
Energy access for all
Local jobs and Industry
Climate resilience
Inclusive growth
Skills and capacity
Energy Sovereignty
How it works?
A three-stage pathway from capital to communities
A structured process that turns commitments into operational solar projects, with accountability at every stage.
Mobilise catalytic capital
Through blended finance including guarantees, insurance and investment funds
De-risk and deploy projects
Reducing investor risk through structured financial instruments
Deliver lasting local impact
Projects power households, businesses, and public services, with local operators trained to run and maintain them long term.
Key Features
Built to move capital responsibly and at speed
BLENDED FINANCE
Layered capital structures
Concessional, commercial, and equity capital combined to absorb risk and unlock investment at scale.
RISK MITIGATION
Guarantees and credit enhancement
Targeted instruments that lower the cost of capital for solar developers and lenders.
COUNTRY ALIGNMENT
National energy strategies
Every project is rooted in member country priorities, procurement frameworks, and grid plans.
TRANSPARENCY
Measurable outcomes
Public reporting of capital mobilised, MW deployed, and households reached, project by project.
Impact
Real numbers. Real change.
The Africa Solar Facility tracks every dollar, megawatt, and household reached. Here is where we stand today.
$885M
CAPITAL MOBILISED TO DATE
10 GW
SOLAR CAPACITY IN PIPELINE
27
ACTIVE MEMBER COUNTRIES
200M
PEOPLE TO GAIN RELIABLE POWER
