NEIP Hub Acceleration Grant Programme (Ghana)

Deadline: 10-Mar-23

Are you a Ghanaian business & innovation hub needing financial support for your facility for SMEs & startups? NEIP Ghana in partnership with World Bank Africa has launched the Call for Applications for Hubs Grant Acceleration Programme.

The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) is a flagship policy initiative of the government of Ghana. NEIP is part of the technical implementation partners of the component 3 of the Ghana Economic Transformation Project (GETP) which is Accelerating Entrepreneurship and SME growth and supporting entrepreneurship and SME growth in non-resource-based sectors, addressing specifically the limited development of the SME and entrepreneurship support ecosystem, including early stage financing.

The Objective of the Business Incubation/ Acceleration Programme Grants (“BIAP Grants”) is to support selected entrepreneurship Incubation/innovation hubs to carry out business incubation and acceleration programs for start-ups and build the capacity of the Hubs as well.

Scope

This call for application is being done in the context of ecosystem strengthening with

targeted support to incubation hubs capacity, resourcing, implementation, and sustainability. The scope of this grant call is in two folds:
- to support and build the capacity of the Hubs through the Benchmarking exercise and
- to designing and implement a one-year Acceleration programme to improve the business systems of selected 20 selected start-ups.

Funding Information

This Call is opened to all the Incubation Hubs in the Ghanaian Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem to apply for a grant support of up to $200,000.

Eligibility Criteria

Must be legally registered in Ghana.
Ownership must be 100% Ghanaian
Must have operated as an Enterprise Support Organization in Ghana for at least three (3) years
Core expertise in Entrepreneurship Support and business acceleration. Demonstrated
experience in designing and building substantial entrepreneurship support programs, from the design phase to final implementation in Ghana.
Must be able to present a qualified and competent team of Business Development Experts, Mentors, Trainers, etc. The team should have relevant academic qualifications and relevant experience.
Must be able to demonstrate standard business practices such as governance, bookkeeping and accounting, annual audited financial statements, tax compliance, etc.
Must be ready to contribute in-kind resources such as staff time and physical locations to the program
Must have adequate space to host the intended program for start-ups.
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Must Submit a two-year financial report.
Must submit a one-year Acceleration Programme concept design for start-ups.