GET.invest achieves new milestone as first cohort of green energy finance experts graduates
30 September 2025 | GET.invest EDGE Finance celebrated a major milestone this month as 32 finance experts completed an intensive 13-week training in green energy finance. Participants included professionals from four leading Kenyan banks – Co-operative Bank of Kenya, Credit Bank PLC, Equity Bank Limited and Kenya Women Microfinance Bank Plc – and Rwanda’s I&M Bank Plc.
Delivered by the Renewables Academy (RENAC), the EDGE Finance online training comprises five modules covering banking-related aspects of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, including feasibility assessment, investment valuation, credit risk assessment and management, project finance and gender inclusion.
The participants praised the practice-oriented approach, highlighting that they learnt to design and appraise green energy projects, structure innovative green financing products, and advise clients on risks and opportunities with greater clarity. One graduate reflected: “I will use the knowledge acquired to develop a green finance strategy for my institution and design new products to meet the growing market demand.” Another remarked the technical depth: “I gained deeper insights into blended finance, green bonds, sustainability-linked loans and concessional financing structures that can make renewable energy projects more bankable.”
By equipping prominent financial institutions with the skills to design and appraise green energy projects, structure innovative financing products and advise clients with greater confidence, GET.invest EDGE Finance directly addresses the lack of local currency financing. Domestic financial institutions are key for closing the green energy financing gap in the Global South, as they possess large domestic reserves and are deeply embedded in the local markets. Yet, their unfamiliarity with green energy and higher risk perception lead to financing that is often more expensive, short-tenured and denominated in foreign currency, thereby not meeting project needs.
The next round of the EDGE Finance online training has already been launched, with participants from Nigeria and Lesotho.
About EDGE Finance
EDGE Finance provides advisory and capacity-building support to domestic financial institutions across the green energy financing value chain. It is demand-driven and delivered over up to nine months through a first-of-its-kind combination of offline and online tools. By engaging critical business functions – including risk, commercial and senior management teams – it ensures deep and sustained institutional impact.
EDGE Finance is currently active in Benin, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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