USAID Africa Trade and Investment Partnerships Opportunity:

USAID Kenya East Africa(USAID/KEA) APS Addendum 12

Issuance date: May 12, 2023

Closing date for submission of concept papers: September 30, 2023    

Overview of ATI:

The USAID Africa Trade and Investment (ATI) program, the Agency’s flagship effort under the Prosper Africa Initiative, will expand and accelerate two-way trade and investment between African nations and the United States. The continental program, which runs through 2026, will generate thousands of jobs across Africa, deliver billions in exports and investments, mobilize private sector driven solutions, and create healthy business environments.

Overarching Priorities for USAID/KEA under ATI:

  • East Africa’s trade and investment within the region, continent and with the U.S. increased, resulting in significant growth in exports, sales, employment, and investment.
  • Increased value-addition, manufacturing, and processing in East Africa.
  • Markets, jobs, and access to finance created and/or expanded, particularly for youth and women.
  • Skills that match investment and market needs developed and cultivated.
  • Access to markets and capital expanded and deepened.
  • Increasing incomes for large numbers of farmers and ensuring their access to productivity-enhancing technologies, inputs and access to finance.
  • Increased production and access to essential health services and commodities, including access to water and sanitation services.

Priority Sectors for USAID/KEA under ATI:

USAID/KEA is seeking potential partnerships in the following focus areas:

  • Textile and apparel partnerships to support expanded manufacturing, vertical integration, and value-addition in East Africa, with a focus on expanding formal-sector job opportunities for women and youth and increasing exports.
  • Increase East African horticulture and agricultural exports to the United States and other markets at scale.
  • Expansion of value-added agricultural processing of East African products, expanding access to agricultural technologies, irrigation, and inputs benefitting small-scale farmers, and expanding agricultural sourcing partnerships benefitting large numbers of small-scale farmers and cooperatives.
  • Supporting expansion of women-owned enterprises exporting to the United States or with high potential to export to the U.S. market.
  • Catalytic funding to mobilize additional private investment and increase access to finance and/or de-risk for transaction opportunities in key sectors including agriculture, textile/apparel, and expanding access to finance for women and youth.
  • Partnerships focused on expanding local manufacturing of health commodities/products and increasing the access/availability of essential health services and products including water and sanitation services.

Current Funding:

The support under this activity will be in the range of $250,000 to $1,000,000 per grant award. Applicants are expected to co-fund the proposed activities through a financial leverage at a matching ratio of at least 1:1 with higher ratios strongly preferred. The leverage from the applicant can be in the form of equity capital (internal or external) raised, and/or debt capital mobilized from financial providers. Competitive applicants are those with capability to achieve scale of impact and that leverage larger amounts of private capital into commercially sustainable solutions.

Information on Applying:

To apply for funding, interested applicants must submit a concept note via the ATI intake site. This concept note will include the technical details of the proposed project, an estimated cost of the activity, and details on the applicant’s company and experience. All applications are due by September 30, 2023. For more information and relevant deadlines, we encourage all interested applicants to visit the entire ATI Annual Program Statement (APS) here.

Note:

  • Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis until the available funding is fully utilized.
  • Please see our FAQs page and this PowerPoint deck for suggestions on structuring a grants concept note.
  • ATI responds only to submissions that are selected to advance to the next stage.
  • All applicants that advance to the next stage must have a current Unique Entity Identifier (UEID) and register in the U.S. government’s System for Award Management at sam.gov. It is recommended that organizations begin to secure their UEID and SAM registration as early as possible to avoid delays as it can be a lengthy process. Applicants can register for a UEI by accessing this website.
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