Call for Rural Youth Agribusiness Entrepreneurs Support

The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation in partnership with IFAD is calling on rural

youth groups in agriculture and agribusiness related enterprises to apply for support to help them access

  • Technical support to develop enterprise ready investment proposals,
  • Agri-business incubation services and mentorship
  • Potential funders/ investors and other partnership opportunities.

    The intention of this support is to build existing businesses/start ups run by youth
    with a view of creating employment.

    Application

    The support is intended to reach at least 10,000 youthful farmers in
    groups/individuals aged 35 years and below in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and
    Rwanda.

    If the applicants are youth groups, the group dynamics should have at
    least 70% youth as members.

    The project will last at least 3 years with the first round of support expected to culminate in possible business pitching to potential investors. 1st pitching in 2018, 2nd pitch apiary etc. see below more areas in agricultural investments

  • ICT in agriculture and agribusiness sector
  • Appropriate technology and innovations ready for scale up/ commercialization/ investments e.g. irrigation, storage, cultivation
  • Agricultural Production, Post Harvesting and value addition/processing
  • Agriculture finance and services
  • Aggregation, supply chain management and distribution.
  • Agriculture inputs (seeds, fertilizer, pesticides etc.)
  • Business development service providers (BDS)
  • Cottage industry
  • Any other relevant areas

    Application format

    The proposal should have the following

  • Name/ title of the project/ enterprise
  • Contact persons details
  • Introduction
  • Goal, objectives; problem statement and justification
  • Business plan –(logic of work, work already done – outputs/ results achieved)
  • Structure of governance and management
    (state position and qualifications) if in group
  • Project revenues; contracts in place; lessons; investment or financing
    structure, risks and mitigations and expected project impact
  • Cash flow – with break even points, return on investment
  • Attach the business registration certificate and excel list of members
    (names, age, sex, ID number) signed by the group chair, treasurer and secretary). For unregistered groups EAFF will assist them with the registration process with the social services.

    Categories and Areas of Focus

    Expression of interest or Proposals for the call will be submitted under two
    categories:

  • Start-ups (<6 months)
  • Existing Enterprises (>6 months)
    The proposal should clearly indicate the country where the enterprise is done.

    Important dates

    This call shall be open for 3 weeks from 16th May 2018 to 6th June 2018

    Please note: Eligible applicants should be from Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.

    Send applications to:

    To EAFF secretariat
    Youth entrepreneurship and employment program
    P.O. Box 13747 -00800
    Nairobi
    Email: youthproposals@eaffu.org


    For more information and job application details, see; Call for Rural Youth Agribusiness Entrepreneurs Support

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