Deadline: 12-Apr-23
The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International is inviting applications to participate in enterprise growth, employment and entrepreneurship partnerships in Rwanda’s Agri-Food System under the Feed the Future Rwanda Hanga Akazi Activity.
The Feed the Future Rwanda Hanga Akazi (HA) Activity is a 5-year activity designed to facilitate growth leading to inclusive job creation and entrepreneurship in Rwanda’s agri-food system. Using a market systems approach, the Activity aims to support access to productive resources for enterprises and entrepreneurs in the agri-food system that are poised to grow and hire. The Activity will also work on the labor supply side through a workforce development component, linking demand from growing enterprises to curriculum development and training so that job seekers bring the skills employers need. The Activity will support increased entrepreneurship in the agri-food system, helping to identify areas of opportunities for entrepreneurs and connecting them with the supporting services—such as business development, access to finance, and market linkages— they need to succeed.
The Activity wishes to partner with existing and new businesses, cooperatives, training providers, and other private sectors operating in the agri-food system in Rwanda to increase employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, particularly for women, youth, and persons with disabilities. Examples of actors in the agri-food system who may be interested in responding to this APS are shown below and include a range of actors including, but not limited to, enterprises, producers, processors, transporters, and consumers.
- Food supply
- Increasing agricultural production and reducing loss
- Transport and storage
- Food trade and distribution
- Processing and packaging
- Land and water resources
- Input and water supply
- Food environment
- Market access
- Market information
- Promotion and advertising
- Information and communication technology
- Food and water quality and safety
- Financial services, including insurance
- Training and skills development
- Food and water utilization
- Food preparation / food management
- Food hygiene and safety
- Food retail consumption
Funding Information
- Final funding levels will depend on quality of applications received, number of fundable applications received, market needs, availability of funding, suitability of the application in line with HA’s scope of work and competing priorities.
- Grants will be awarded competitively in amounts commensurate with their impact but shall not exceed the maximum amount of USD 250,000.
Eligible Activities
- Under this APS, Hanga Akazi seeks to channel resources to support enterprises growth and increase employment opportunities, especially for women, youth, and people with disabilities.
- Hanga Akazi will consider applications that request various forms of support including grants, technical assistance, and training for enterprises who have identified a market opportunity that can be met through increased access to the aforementioned productive resources.
Geographic Region
- The Activity has no geographic restriction and is therefore looking for partners throughout the country. Hanga Akazi is also working to strengthen the business enabling environment through improving access to finance, policy and regulation, and business development services, and may match applicants with other forms of technical assistance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must either be:
- privately registered business operating in the agrifood system in Rwanda or
- public or private institutions who build the skills of system actors such as Technical and Vocational Education and Trainings (TVETs) and Integrated Polytechnic Regional Colleges (IPRCs) in Rwanda.
- All applicants should:
- Be legally and formally constituted at the time of grant proposal.
- Be compliant to government of Rwanda.
- The activities under the grants must primarily take place in Rwanda.
- Applications must demonstrate how partnership with HA will result in inclusive jobs and/or entrepreneurial opportunities
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