Green Scene Energy PLC has been selected as a grantee of the Ethiopia Jobs Challenge Fund under Window 2, the fund’s scale-up window for growth-stage and established businesses.
The Ethiopia Jobs Challenge Fund is implemented by the Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS) with financing from KfW, the German Development Bank, and the Ethiopian government. It exists to help enterprises grow and to create decent, lasting jobs for refugees and host communities in Addis Ababa. Window 2 grants are awarded competitively to established businesses with a track record of operations and a credible plan for inclusive job creation.
“Refugees and host communities are not only beneficiaries of the energy transition. They are its workforce.”
Rekik Bekele, Founder and CEO, Green Scene Energy
What this means
The funded project will scale our clean energy operations while creating employment and skills pathways for refugees and host community members in Addis Ababa. It builds on work already done: more than 160 trainees through programmes with ADRA, Addis Ababa University and TVET institutes, including renewable energy livelihood training for refugee communities in Jijiga and Addis Ababa.
160+
trainees through our skills programmes to date
Window 2
the competitive scale-up window for established businesses
MoLS + KfW
implemented by the Ministry of Labor and Skills, financed by KfW
See our impact
We thank the Ministry of Labor and Skills, KfW and the independent selection panel for a rigorous and transparent process.
