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Amped Innovation

Period

2021

Country

Burundi, Nigeria

Sector

Renewable energy

Financial facility

ElectriFI

ElectriFI invested USD 4m from its global facility and USD 2m from the Nigeria Country Window to support Amped Innovation. Through the Burundi Country Window, ElectriFI announced an additional commitment of USD 1 million in August 2023. AMPED Innovation is a social business developing a new generation of highly efficient Direct Current appliances such as televisions, cold-chain, water pumping and diesel generator replacement solutions that are affordable to low-income segments.

Project overview

Amped is a US-based company designing, manufacturing and supplying solar home systems equipment to distributors in frontier markets. Amped designs high efficiency, lower cost solar home systems and appliances, with a specific focus on productive use equipment.

ElectriFI is supporting Amped Innovation’s initiative to develop new productive use appliances designed specifically for off-grid usage. Indirectly, ElectriFI’s investment supports creation of specialised SHS distributors across sub-Saharan Africa who can rely on Amped Innovation for all equipment supply. ElectriFI USD 6m revolving debt facility will fund the company’s working capital needs, allowing Amped to allocate its cash resources on general corporate purposes including research and development.

Through the Burundi Country Window, ElectriFI announced an additional commitment of USD 1 million to AMPED Innovation in August 2023. This transaction involves a revolving Working Capital Facility (WCF) to co-finance AMPED orders for solar home systems, which will be deployed in Burundi through a network of local distributors. The primary objective of this initiative is to provide clean and reliable energy solutions to over 3.000 Burundian households, significantly contributing to improving energy access in the country.

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Funding objective

EDFI ElectriFI USD 6M debt facility will fund the company’s working capital needs, allowing Amped to allocate its cash resources on general corporate purposes including the research and development.

Investment rationale

EDFI ElectriFI is supporting Amped  Innovation’s initiative to develop new productive use appliances designed specifically for off-grid usage. Indirectly, our investment support creation of specialised SHS distributors across sub-Saharan Africa who can rely on Amped Innovation for all equipment supply.

Key Indicators

Financial Instrument

Revolving working capital debt facility

Amount

USD 4m global, USD 2m Nigeria CW + USD 1m Burundi CW

Year

September 2021 and August 2023

Targeted impact

Number of beneficiaries
500.000