Participating companies
- Demonstrate the subsidy passes directly to end users.
- Maintain sound operations and quality after-sales service.
- Comply with ministerial technology guidelines.
Products & SolutionsEAQIP
Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project
Designed for
Eligible households and energy companies
Results-based subsidies that help eligible households buy solar home systems and cleaner cooking technologies.
Open EAQIP applicationOverview
What is the Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project?
EAQIP is a USD 288 million World Bank-funded initiative improving access to modern energy in Rwanda through electricity expansion, service efficiency and clean-energy solutions.
BRD implements the off-grid electricity and clean-cooking subcomponents. These provide results-based financing subsidies through eligible companies, targeting 150,000 off-grid households and 500,000 clean cookstoves. The project concludes on December 31, 2026.
How it works
Products
Households receive support when purchasing eligible solar home systems or clean cookstoves.
The subsidy is channelled through participating off-grid solar and clean-cooking companies.
Companies pre-finance delivery and claim the subsidy after results are independently verified.
EAQIP subcomponents 3a and 3b do not include a credit line.
Eligibility
Eligibility criteria
Households
- Be located in an approved off-grid solar zone.
- Not have previously benefited from a subsidised solar, grid or mini-grid connection.
- Meet the applicable clean-cooking technology and prior-support conditions.
Programme team
Meet the people behind EAQIP.
Contact the programme team for guidance and enquiries.
Take the next step
Apply as an eligible energy company
Select the relevant off-grid or clean-cooking window, review its operations manual and submit through the EAQIP application page.