The Household Solar Funders Group
Started in 2020, the Household Solar Funders Group (HSFG) brings together 65 funders of household solar in Africa. The primary aim of the HSFG is to accelerate access to energy (SDG7), through funder collaboration on activities which address market barriers and benefit from a collective approach.
This website offers an overview of events and news about household solar in Africa, while HSFG members can access meeting minutes, presentations and additional documents in the member area.
More information on the Household Solar Funders Group can be found here.
Household Solar news
Spark raises €2M from development funds to scale off-grid solar in Africa
20 August 2026
Spark, a Dutch B2B provider of modular solar home systems, has raised €2 million ($2.3 million) in a seed round led by CEI Africa, a development-finance fund focused on energy access… Read More »Spark raises €2M from development funds to scale off-grid solar in Africa
PUFF awards $1.5m for income-generating appliances
10 July 2026
Nineteen productive use appliance companies across Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia have been awarded $1.5 million USD through the Productive Use Financing Facility (PUFF) to expand access to income-generating solar appliances for entrepreneurs… Read More »PUFF awards $1.5m for income-generating appliances
GOGLA and AMDA announce strategic collaboration to accelerate energy access
18 June 2026
GOGLA, the global off-grid solar association, and the Africa Mini-grid Developers Association (AMDA) announced a formal Collaboration Agreement, aligning the two leading industry associations representing the off-grid solar (OGS) and… Read More »GOGLA and AMDA announce strategic collaboration to accelerate energy access
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