Widu grants Local Call: #FoodSecurityKenya | deadline: ongoing
About us
Are you an entrepreneur running a micro or small enterprise that contributes to sufficient, safe and/or nutritious food and agricultural production in Kenya?
Then this is your opportunity to apply for WIDU Kenya’s second #FoodSecurityCall.
With rising food insecurity taking center stage owing to the enormous challenges posed by COVID-19, Russian-Ukraine War and changing climate, WIDU Kenya will support micro and small businesses response efforts for a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient recovery of their agriculture and food systems.
Within this context, WIDU Kenya encourages proposals that aim to increase the impact of agricultural and food systems interventions through emphasis on cross-cutting areas of gender, climate resilience, and improved nutrition outcomes
Eligibility
- New or existing businesses, max. 20 employees
- All sectors (e.g. small farms, garages, shops, hairdressers)
- Investment of the diaspora donor and entrepreneur  (50%)
- Each diaspora donor in Europe can support up to 3 African entrepreneurs at the same time
- Up to 3 reapplications possible for successful projects
- In fact, the Diaspora donors in Europe ​must have a registered address in Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, or Switzerland, and be aged 18 or older, with a valid ID document, such as a European passport or a passport from a participating African country plus residence permit in a participating European country. 
- The Africa-based entrepreneurs must be age 18 or older and have a new or existing micro or small business based in a participating African country (Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Togo, Tunisia, or Ethiopia), with maximum 20 employees. The entrepreneur is expected to use the platform him/herself and therefore requires literacy in French or English as well as basic digital and business skills.
Benefits
WIDU supports small businesses in Africa with up to 2,500 €.
Deadline: Ongoing
How to apply
For More information about FOODSECURITYGRANT, Visit WIDU small business grants Website
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