About
The Energy and Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) is an investment fund providing tailored flexible, patient, risk-tolerant capital to the off-grid energy sector. It is long-lived and flexible in its instruments, from straight equity to long-term debt, including mezzanine structures, to support investees across their development stages.
Project Focus
Initiated in 2019 by Shell Foundation and FMO, the Energy and Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) provide catalytic financing for early and growth stage companies in sub-Saharan Africa operating in the access to energy ecosystem. Managed by Triple ump and advised by Persistent, EEGF provides tailored mezzanine, equity, and debt investments combined with technical assistance.
EEGF aims to address the unique needs of women as customers, employees, and energy entrepreneurs by applying the 2X Challenge criteria. Shell Foundation co-designed and seeded this new multi-product investment vehicle specifically targeting catalytic financing to early growth stage companies.
Insights and impact
Latest news and updates
Scale Partnerships
Transporters
Southeast Asia
India
Mobility
Electric Vehicles
Food delivery platform Zomato has introduced a new initiative
As summer temperatures soar across India, food delivery platform Zomato has introduced a new initiative aimed at making working conditions…
30th April 2026
Gender
East Africa
Southeast Asia
West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Energy
Advancing clean energy for impact: a pathway to women’s economic empowerment
Climate change is not gender neutral. In Africa, it could push 158 million more women into poverty by 2050.
24th April 2026