Call for Proposals for Trainers: Capacity-Building Programme for Women Energy Entrepreneurs – Energising Women to Advance the Energy Transition in SADC Region
The “Energising Women to Advance the Energy Transition in SADC Region” initiative seeks qualified trainers or training organizations to design and deliver a comprehensive capacity-building programme for fifteen (15) women-led enterprises that are fully registered companies in the sustainable energy sector. These enterprises were selected from a call for application, and they are from the following eight (8) SADC member states: Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The selected enterprises operate in the following sustainable energy technologies: biomass, biogas, biofuels, clean cooking, concentrated solar power (CSP), energy efficiency, green hydrogen, productive use of energy, solar photovoltaics (PV), and solar thermal. The programme will run over a period of six (6) months with participants committing at least 7-10 hours per month to training and related activities. The programme will address business development needs to empower participants to scale their impact and competitiveness.
Expected Outputs:
- Training curriculum and materials for sustainable energy enterprises (customised for SADC context and tailored content to the realities of Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe);
- Delivery of at least 12 virtual training sessions;
- Facilitation of at least 30 one-on-one sessions;
- Coordination of peer-to-peer learning sessions;
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools to track progress and impact; and
- Brief post-training analysis report with recommendations for women’s energy entrepreneurship.
Submission Instructions: Proposals must be submitted in English by the 28th of July 2025 at 23:59 PM Central African Time (CAT). Submit the proposals (technical and financial proposals, max 7 pages exclusive of annexures: i.e. Curriculum vitae (CV), organization legal documents, client testimonials, sample training materials, etc.) to [email protected] with subject line: “Capacity-Building Programme Trainer Proposal – SADC Women Energy Entrepreneurs”.