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Agriculture Funding Opportunities. Funding Opportunities for Africans, Funding Opportunities for Tanzanians
The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains
The
GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains aims
to scale digital solutions for the agricultural last mile and improve
smallholders’ financial inclusion, livelihood and climate resilience.
The
Fund prioritises enterprise services targeted at organisations (e.g.
agribusiness, cooperatives, etc.) procuring from smallholders with the
focus on those living on less than USD 2 per day.
Up
to eight grants of £220,000 each are being made available to support
projects of 24 months duration. In addition, the GSMA will provide
in-kind support and consultancy to assist the development of business
plans, and service implementation through market research, user-centric
design, business intelligence, user-testing with agribusiness staff and
smallholders.
Applications for funding across both categories are assessed through a two-stage application process.
Concept Note: The first step will be to submit a Concept Note,
which outlines the project objectives, lists proposed partners,
demonstrates the consortium’s capacity to deliver the project and
explains how the project fits within wider strategy of the business
owner.
Business Plan:
A short-list of applicants whose Concepts Notes meet the objectives and
eligibility requirements of the Fund will be invited to develop a
Business Plan which will further outline the strategy for implementing
and scaling the service; provide a budget projection with an indication
of how the grant is to be spent, and a workplan for the 24 month
implementation period.
All
eligible applicants at Concept Note stage, irrespective of whether they
ultimately receive grant under this Innovation Fund, will be invited to
join the GSMA AgriTech Priority Learning Partners Initiative, where
they will gain access to a number of knowledge sharing resources and
events, including webinars on the topic of enterprise solutions for the
last mile.
Submit Concept Note Applications by 31 July 2019.Should
you have any questions, or would like access to supporting documents we
have combined into an Application Pack, email us at AgriTechFund@gsma.com.
For More Information and Application:
Visit the Official Webpage of the GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains. CLICK HERE!
