Hardest-to-Reach

About this project

Hardest-to-Reach (H2R) is an inclusive and innovative investment initiative to provide first-time energy access to low-income populations in the least developed countries (LDCs) in sub-Saharan Africa. • H2R aims to deliver clean and resilient energy of 120 MW installed capacity to over 54 million people on low-incomes and lacking access to modern electricity services, which are at risk of being left behind on energy access if the business-as-usual, off-grid businesses continue • It targets countries with electrification rates at or below the sub-Saharan African average (48%) and high rates of poverty (45% or above), where investors have not been willing to enter at sufficient scale to meet the energy access and climate resilience needs of underserved populations. • The programme aims to mobilize a blend of concessional and commercial finance to support off-grid solar (OGS) companies and to close the energy access gap in the target countries. • GCF’s concessional financing plays a catalytic role in implementing highly impactful solutions through private sector mobilization

Published by

Green Climate Fund · Multilateral

Countries

Togo, Burkina Faso, Lesotho, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Niger, Congo - Kinshasa, Burundi, Mozambique, Uganda, Somalia, Chad, Zambia, Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia

Sectors

Social ProtectionEnergy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologiesMultisector aid for basic social services

Focus

Climate adaptation · Main focusClimate mitigation · Main focus

Funded by

Green Climate Fund

Implemented by

Acumen Fund, Inc.

Published by Green Climate Fund to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41317-FP211.

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