CALL
FOR AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAINS FINANCING PROJECT CONCEPTS
FOR AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAINS FINANCING PROJECT CONCEPTS
About
Access to Finance Rwanda
Access to Finance Rwanda
AFR
is a Rwandan not for Profit organisation, established in March 2010 by the
governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and Rwanda and with support from the UK
Department for International Development (DFID), and the World Bank. Existing
funders of AFR include DFID, The MasterCard Foundation, Sweden, USAID, and KfW.
AFR’s strategic focus is stimulating financial sector development by partnering
with financial institutions and other stakeholders to incre
is a Rwandan not for Profit organisation, established in March 2010 by the
governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and Rwanda and with support from the UK
Department for International Development (DFID), and the World Bank. Existing
funders of AFR include DFID, The MasterCard Foundation, Sweden, USAID, and KfW.
AFR’s strategic focus is stimulating financial sector development by partnering
with financial institutions and other stakeholders to incre
ase access to and
use of financial services.
Scope
of the proposals
of the proposals
AFR
invites project concepts from organisations that would design and deliver
cutting edge financial solutions to maize and potato value chains in Rwanda.
Such innovations should focus on the following:
invites project concepts from organisations that would design and deliver
cutting edge financial solutions to maize and potato value chains in Rwanda.
Such innovations should focus on the following:
- Delivering
mobile credit to small holder famers within the two value chains: This may
include farmer profiling, farmer credit scoring, electronic vouchers,
etc.; - Facilitate
and enable smallholder farmer payments. These could vary from input to
production sales, agriculture insurance; - Carry
out financial education to different value chain actors in collaboration with
financial institutions and other agricultural sector players to enhance
financial literacy and agriculture financial products uptake; - Create
linkages with formal financial institutions to provide digital savings
products; - Any
other innovative solution for financing along the value chains with a
focus on smallholder farmers.
How
to apply
to apply
Organisations
intending to submit their projects concepts are allowed to submit concepts on
the two value chains and a single project concept should not exceed 4 pages. They
are required to follow this link: http://www.afr.rw/how-we-work/project-funding/ in
order to be able to download the “AFR project summary template” and
submit it once filled by email to procurement@afr.rw
clearly indicating the subject line: Call for Agriculture Value Chain
Financing Project Proposals
intending to submit their projects concepts are allowed to submit concepts on
the two value chains and a single project concept should not exceed 4 pages. They
are required to follow this link: http://www.afr.rw/how-we-work/project-funding/ in
order to be able to download the “AFR project summary template” and
submit it once filled by email to procurement@afr.rw
clearly indicating the subject line: Call for Agriculture Value Chain
Financing Project Proposals
Deadline
for submission
for submission
All
project concepts must be submitted electronically and in English by 15th
February 2017.
project concepts must be submitted electronically and in English by 15th
February 2017.
For
more information, kindly refer to the following link http://www.afr.rw/learning-hub/news/call-for-agriculture-value-chains-financing-project-concepts/ with detailed call for concepts.
more information, kindly refer to the following link http://www.afr.rw/learning-hub/news/call-for-agriculture-value-chains-financing-project-concepts/ with detailed call for concepts.
