NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

The PFAN WAFCEF-3 Call for Proposals seeks to solicit proposals from Project developers in West African countries as part of a two stage process to selecting finalist projects for the 3rd Edition of the West African Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF-3) Business Plan Competition.

The WAFCEF-3 Business plan competition seeks to nurture entrepreneurs, start-up and existing companies, project teams and consortia with environmentally beneficial business proposals with the aim of linking them with investment and finance and seeing through the implementation of these projects.

Proposals shortlisted from the Call will receive guidance from PFAN coaches who will assist promoters to address weaknesses in their proposals and prepare them for fast-tracking into WAFCEF-3. The aim of this exercise is to help prospective projects meet the qualifying criteria for entry into the Business Plan Competition. The kind of proposals that will be considered are those that meet the viability and eligibility criteria but lack depth of content and structure and which are still at an early stage of development. Successful applicants will be entered into the pool of applicants for WAFCEF-3 and compete for a place in the finalists.