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DEMAND SIDE RESULTS BASED FINANCING (DSRBF) PROJECT
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
BACKGROUND
Currently, Uganda hosts more than 1.5 million refugees, mostly from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda, and Somalia. Uganda is one of the top refugee hosting countries worldwide. Refugees live mostly in settlements along with rural host communities across 13 out of 134 districts which are among the poorest and least developed in the country. Despite efforts by humanitarian and development partners (through several supply and demand side interventions), significant barriers to access to modern energy products and services remain. One of which is the huge affordability gap for solar PV technologies at the household level that is majorly hindering access for more constrained communities such as refugee communities, their host districts, and other vulnerable rural communities
Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), in partnership with Energising Development (EnDev) and with funding from the Netherlands Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS), is implementing the Demand Side Results-Based Financing (DSRBF) Project. The project aims to bridge the affordability gap for clean cooking technologies and off-grid solar products in underserved refugee settlements and host communities. The project is targeting households in Northern Uganda (West-Nile and Acholi Sub-regions), including the districts of Kiryandongo, Kyegegwa, and Kamwenge in Western Uganda.
The Demand Side RBF is implemented for a period of 33 months from August 2023 to April 2026.
PSFU invites applications from eligible companies/entities to participate in the project to distribute off-grid solar products in target project locations.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Potential applicants should be legally registered private sector companies and other entities with proven experience in distributing off-solar products in the target project areas.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
All companies/entities seeking to participate in the Demand Side Results Based Financing project must meet the eligibility criteria described in the Application Guidelines
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- document Application Guidelines DSRBF project (182 KB)
- document Product list template (140 KB)
- document Application form Solar (87 KB)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Filled and signed application form with all the required attachments.
- Product list showing price lists (i.e., cash prices and PAYG prices, if any) for eligible solar products.
HOW TO APPLY
- Interested companies/entities should complete and submit an application form (s) along with a product list electronically to the following address:
Address for submission of applications:
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:
Interested entities should submit their applications by 23:59 hours East Africa Time on Friday 10th October 2025. Late submissions will not be accepted.
For clarification purposes only, the Fund Manager’s address is:
Chief Executive Officer
Attention: The Project Manager, Demand Side Results Based Financing Project
Organisation: Private Sector Foundation Uganda
Street Address: Plot 43, Nakasero Road
City: Kampala
ZIP Code: P.O. Box 7683
Country: Uganda
Telephone: +256 312 263 850
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Requests for clarification shall be received by the PSFU no later than: Five days before submission deadline.
