Funding Database
Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA)
Current as of: 2026-06-09
Description
The Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) financially incentivises companies to engage in offering affordable, high-quality and energy-efficient clean cooking services. This is done by combining results-based financing with catalytic grants for companies active in the clean cooking market to grow and scale up their businesses in the target countries. Financial incentives are complemented with targeted technical assistance to support investees with business development and access to carbon finance.
Instrument Type
Grant
Format of grants offered
Straight grants paid to recipient upfront
Reimbursable grant
Results-based finance
Reimbursable grant
Results-based finance
Ticket sizes per transaction (EUR)
500,000 - 1 million
1 million - 3 million
1 million - 3 million
Currencies used
Euros
Eligible market segments
Clean cooking
Special requirements pertaining to gender, diversity and local content
Environment, social and gender aspects are considered as part of the overall evaluation.
Technical assistance
Technical assistance is provided for free
Eligible regions under GET.invest mandate
Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
Eligible countries under GET.invest mandate
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Examples of past awardees
Instrument Capitalisers
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
Norad
European Union (Delegation in Zambia)
Norad
European Union (Delegation in Zambia)
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Eligibility criteria
Details of eligibility criteria are available hereApplication process
Details of the application process are available hereDeadline for submission (if applicable)
Currently closed for applicationsContact
Go to fund websiteHeadquarters
Helsinki, FinlandPhone
+358 (0)10 618 003Other branches
Kyiv, UkraineFund manager
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
About
The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) is the fund manager of Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) and the Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA). NEFCO is an international financial institution founded in 1990 by the five Nordic countries to finance the initial scale-up of green solutions in international markets focusing on environmental and climate-related projects.