Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund: supporting draw concern conception based on agricultural research
Course(s) Offered: New ideas
Course Level: All levels
Provider: AECF
Country to Study in: Africa
Scholarship Description
Challenge funds are a machinery for allocating too disbursing populace funds efficiently too fairly. Organizations are invited to bid for scarce resources, non different a tender but where what counts is the character of the response, non price. Rules are ready too publicized, roofing eligibility, the bidding procedure too the manner that bids volition last evaluated. Two kind out bodies administer the procedure too create upward one's hear on who gets an award, to avoid possible conflict of interest.
The intention is to move funds to the organizations that genuinely require them too tin piece of employment them effectively to realize the broader aims of populace policy; too to create this transparently. In the illustration of AECF the overall policy aim is to promote novel ideas that volition Pb to increase inward the rural economies of Africa, generating usage too creating novel opportunities for systemic change inward the markets that serve them.
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) launched the mo of its dedicated Research Into Business Window competitions (RIB R2) on xv Oct 2010.
Eligibility
The AECF is supporting draw concern conception based on agricultural research. If your fellowship has a keen draw concern thought inward this field, too thus y'all should compete for attending inward our exceptional AECF RIB Window.
If your fellowship has an innovative too commercially feasible draw concern thought that volition bring a evolution impact, but the risks are belongings y'all back, too thus the AECF RIB is for you. The RIB window is opened upward for draw concern opportunities throughout Africa too to both African too international applicants. RIB volition not fund main enquiry but volition consider whatsoever thought which aims to plough existing (or most complete) Research Into a profitable Business.
Course(s) Offered: New ideas
Course Level: All levels
Provider: AECF
Country to Study in: Africa
Scholarship Description
Challenge funds are a machinery for allocating too disbursing populace funds efficiently too fairly. Organizations are invited to bid for scarce resources, non different a tender but where what counts is the character of the response, non price. Rules are ready too publicized, roofing eligibility, the bidding procedure too the manner that bids volition last evaluated. Two kind out bodies administer the procedure too create upward one's hear on who gets an award, to avoid possible conflict of interest.
The intention is to move funds to the organizations that genuinely require them too tin piece of employment them effectively to realize the broader aims of populace policy; too to create this transparently. In the illustration of AECF the overall policy aim is to promote novel ideas that volition Pb to increase inward the rural economies of Africa, generating usage too creating novel opportunities for systemic change inward the markets that serve them.
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) launched the mo of its dedicated Research Into Business Window competitions (RIB R2) on xv Oct 2010.
Eligibility
The AECF is supporting draw concern conception based on agricultural research. If your fellowship has a keen draw concern thought inward this field, too thus y'all should compete for attending inward our exceptional AECF RIB Window.
If your fellowship has an innovative too commercially feasible draw concern thought that volition bring a evolution impact, but the risks are belongings y'all back, too thus the AECF RIB is for you. The RIB window is opened upward for draw concern opportunities throughout Africa too to both African too international applicants. RIB volition not fund main enquiry but volition consider whatsoever thought which aims to plough existing (or most complete) Research Into a profitable Business.
We are calling for proposals that combine profitability amongst developmental too social impact.
Eligible groups
Open to proposals from any country inward the basis equally long equally the project implementation volition last inward the specified country. Multi-country too regional projects are likewise eligible. Please banknote that specific countries and/or regions may last targeted (see Fields of written report below).
Participating Institutions
All businesses too draw concern opportunities located throughout Africa too managed past times both African and/or international applicants are eligible.
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) operates from iii regional hubs (Nairobi, Accra; Johannesburg too Harare).
Fields of study
Any too all innovative too commercially feasible draw concern ideas that volition bring a evolution impact, generate usage too create novel opportunities inward the rural economies of Africa.
AECF offers Funding Windows targeted at specific economical sectors (including research-based agribusiness, renewable issue energy too rural fiscal services), at specific countries (including Republic of Zimbabwe too Tanzania too South Sudan) or at evolution corridors involving several countries. Other windows may last added too each window volition to a greater extent than oftentimes than non offering to a greater extent than than 1 Funding Round for additional novel applications. It is non a once-only opportunity, delight run across Funding Windows.
Number of awards
Not specified - funds are given to organizations that genuinely require them too tin piece of employment them effectively too transparently. Past winners are shown on the Projects page.
Sponsorship duration
Inquire from the provider
Scholarship benefits
The maximum sum the AECF tin abide by to a unmarried draw concern thought is US$ 1.5m too the minimum is US$ 250,000, although this sum may vary depending on the competition. The average sum is expected to last closed to US$ 750,000.
Through the provision of grant too repayable grant funding, the AECF RIB window seeks to promote risk-taking too conception to encourage businesses to extend their gist activities inward ways that create opportunities for rural low-income people.
Method of Application
The rules, management construction too processes referred to higher upward are all ready out on the official website (link to it is below). The AECF is a competition, opened upward alone to for-profit somebody companies which are starting, or yell upward to start, novel ventures inward specific fields. Companies are invited to submit proposals outlining their draw concern thought or concept for funding.
DEADLINES:
The mo edition of this contest (RIB R2) launched on 15th Oct 2010 too deadline for applications is the 15th Dec 2010.
PLEASE NOTE:
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is a US$205m somebody sector fund, backed past times some of the biggest names inward evolution finance too hosted past times the Alliance for a Green Revolution inward Africa (AGRA). Our aim is to encourage somebody sector companies to compete for investment back upward for their novel too innovative draw concern ideas.
The electrical flow funders of the AECF are the Australian Government Aid Program, Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the UKAid Department for International Development (DFID), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA), too the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Other funders may bring together inward due course.
Application Deadline: xv Dec 2010
Open to International students: Yes
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Eligible groups
Open to proposals from any country inward the basis equally long equally the project implementation volition last inward the specified country. Multi-country too regional projects are likewise eligible. Please banknote that specific countries and/or regions may last targeted (see Fields of written report below).
Participating Institutions
All businesses too draw concern opportunities located throughout Africa too managed past times both African and/or international applicants are eligible.
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) operates from iii regional hubs (Nairobi, Accra; Johannesburg too Harare).
Fields of study
Any too all innovative too commercially feasible draw concern ideas that volition bring a evolution impact, generate usage too create novel opportunities inward the rural economies of Africa.
AECF offers Funding Windows targeted at specific economical sectors (including research-based agribusiness, renewable issue energy too rural fiscal services), at specific countries (including Republic of Zimbabwe too Tanzania too South Sudan) or at evolution corridors involving several countries. Other windows may last added too each window volition to a greater extent than oftentimes than non offering to a greater extent than than 1 Funding Round for additional novel applications. It is non a once-only opportunity, delight run across Funding Windows.
Number of awards
Not specified - funds are given to organizations that genuinely require them too tin piece of employment them effectively too transparently. Past winners are shown on the Projects page.
Sponsorship duration
Inquire from the provider
Scholarship benefits
The maximum sum the AECF tin abide by to a unmarried draw concern thought is US$ 1.5m too the minimum is US$ 250,000, although this sum may vary depending on the competition. The average sum is expected to last closed to US$ 750,000.
Through the provision of grant too repayable grant funding, the AECF RIB window seeks to promote risk-taking too conception to encourage businesses to extend their gist activities inward ways that create opportunities for rural low-income people.
Method of Application
The rules, management construction too processes referred to higher upward are all ready out on the official website (link to it is below). The AECF is a competition, opened upward alone to for-profit somebody companies which are starting, or yell upward to start, novel ventures inward specific fields. Companies are invited to submit proposals outlining their draw concern thought or concept for funding.
DEADLINES:
The mo edition of this contest (RIB R2) launched on 15th Oct 2010 too deadline for applications is the 15th Dec 2010.
PLEASE NOTE:
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is a US$205m somebody sector fund, backed past times some of the biggest names inward evolution finance too hosted past times the Alliance for a Green Revolution inward Africa (AGRA). Our aim is to encourage somebody sector companies to compete for investment back upward for their novel too innovative draw concern ideas.
The electrical flow funders of the AECF are the Australian Government Aid Program, Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the UKAid Department for International Development (DFID), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA), too the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Other funders may bring together inward due course.
Application Deadline: xv Dec 2010
Open to International students: Yes
More Scholarship Information too Application
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