USAID and Norway announced the Financing for Agricultural Small-and-Medium Enterprises in Africa (FASA) Fund to spur investment in Africa’s agricultural growth.
USAID and Norway will each provide an initial commitment of $35 million and they aim to reach $200 million through additional donor contributions to catalyze hundreds of millions more in commercial financing by reducing investment risk.
Are you running a tech startup and want to transform the agriculture and food tech industry in Africa? Do you have a tech solution that makes the industry more sustainable and profitable while at the same time empowering value chain actors? Do you want support on raising investment, reaching more customers and having a significant impact?
This position will support the Dryland Crops Program (DCP) lead pathologist in establishing high throughput phenotyping pipelines against biotic stresses (pests, diseases, and weeds) of dryland legumes and cereal crops in Africa. DCP crops include sorghum, millet, groundnut, cowpea, chickpea, and pigeon pea.
The position will be based at CIMMYT-Nairobi Campus in Kenya.
The Digital Green Innovation Acceleration Programme (DGIx) is a programme by the WFP Innovation Accelerator and the Smart Development Fund (#SDF), and powered by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU).
DGIx is in search of high-impact digital ventures and projects solving some of the most pressing environmental challenges in selected countries.
The Czech Republic's Development Cooperation (through its Representative Office in Ramallah) has launched a call for proposals for Small Scale Development Projects to be implemented in Palestine in 2024.
All interested organizations are invited to submit their proposals by Wednesday 20 September 2023.
For additional information: Call for proposals: Small Scale Development Projects 2024 | Representative Office of the Czech Republic in Ramallah (mzv.cz)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announces the Second Call for Concept Notes for the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Financing Facility.
Application Deadline: 15 November 2023
Applications must be submitted through the SADC TFCA FF Grants Portal on the link below: https://bit.ly/3pUeoQm