Award

Criteria

• project must be located in Africa
• project must be a grid-connected project with national utility as off-taker
• project must have been commissioned between May 2022 and August 24th 2023

• project must be located in Africa
• project must be a grid-connected or stand-alone solar system with a single non-residential private off-taker
• project may include solar only, solar + storage or any other hybrid system including solar technologies
• project must have been commissioned between May 2022 and August 24th 2023

• project must be located in Africa
• project may be a single mini-grid project or a group of mini-grids
• project must involve 1 single point of power generation involving a solar component and multiple electricity users (residential and/or productive uses)
• project must have been commissioned between May 2022 and August 24th 2023

• company must be active in energy access activities through manufacturing, financing, distribution or any key enabling services for pico-solar and/or SHS products
• company must be legally registered in at least 1 African country

• project/application must be located in Africa
• project/application must be a solar-powered system rightly characterized as a direct driver of income
• project/application may include solar only, solar + storage or any other hybrid system including solar technologies
• project/application must have been commissioned between May 2022 and August 24th 2023

• company may be active in any type of activity across the solar value chain and may focus on any solar segment (large-scale, C&I, mini-grid, SHS, irrigation, cooking, …)
• company must be in operation for more than 4 years or must count more than 15 staff members
• company must have headquarter legally registered in 1 African country

• if application by a single entrepreneur: entrepreneur may have any nationality and must reside in Africa
• if application by an SME: SME must be legally established in any African country, must be established for less than 4 years and must not count more than 15 staff members
• entrepreneur/SME may be active on any part of the solar value chain and may focus on any solar segment (large-scale, C&I, mini-grid, SHS, irrigation, cooking, …)

ADVISOR/CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR (Financial/Legal/Technical)

• company may be legally established in any country
• company must be have been financial/legal/technical advisor or consultant to a project based in or a company legally established in at least 1 African country
• advisory or consultancy service must have taken place between May 2022 and August 24th 2023

• company may be legally established in any country
• company must be have been involved in transaction about a project based in or a company legally established in at least 1 African country
• transaction may be governed by traditional or non-traditional financing principles such as impact investment, crowdfunding/lending, concessional financing, grants, micro-financing, …
• transaction must have taken place between May 2022 and August 24th 2023

• innovation may pertain to a product, a system or a service
• innovation must have a clear application to the African continent
• innovation may exist for a long time but must have made tangible and verifiable breakthrough between May 2022 and August 24th 2023

• picture must have been captured in Africa
• applicant must be legal right owner of the picture
• picture may not have been submitted in previous AFSIA Solar Awards

• video must have been captured in Africa
• video must not be longer than 3 minutes
• applicant must be legal right owner of the video
• video may not have been submitted in previous AFSIA Solar Awards

• possible to nominate self or someone else
• nominee must have demonstrated long-term commitment and tangible efforts to supporting and advancing the use of solar energy in Africa
• nominee may be based anywhere in the world