Request for Applications (RFA) No. 2019/02/022 for ICT4Ag Grants
Issuance Date: February 12, 2019
Deadline for Questions: February 22, 2019
PHASE 1, Deadline for Submissions: March 1, 2019
PHASE 2, Deadline for Submissions: May 3, 2019
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The USAID/Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity (Hinga Weze, or “HW”) is releasing a Request for Applications (RFA) to award grants in support of its activities. The grants will be awarded and implemented in accordance with the USAID and US Government regulations governing grants and Hinga Weze internal grants management policies.
This RFA seeks to solicit applications from Rwandan-based organizations operating in the ICT4Ag (Information Communication Technology for Agriculture) space. All applicants should have an existing technology solution with an active and significant user base* of at least 10,000 users, operating in the agricultural sector in Rwanda, specifically within the Hinga Weze value chains. Solutions may operate along any stage of the value chain but should be related to enhancing farmers’ access to and experience of gaining market information. *Active user base is defined as having a user base that is regularly interacting with the platform.
The overall objective of these grants under Hinga Weze is to support the development and expansion of an existing “digital market access solution” that enables smallholder farmers to access price discovering and agronomic information systems, making access to such information more equitable and reducing information asymmetries that can disadvantage farmers in markets.
Entities Eligible to Submit Applications Include:
- Digital technology firms;
- Cooperatives;
- Women’s groups; OR majority of members (at least 70%) are women
- Smallholder farmer agro-input dealers;
- Youth associations/networks/enterprises;
- Aggregators and agro-processing enterprises;
- Local NGOs;
- Financial institutions.
Hinga Weze investments in individual grant activities are anticipated to range from $20,000 – $100,000 USD. CNFA/Hinga Weze will be evaluating and awarding applications in two phases:
Phase 1 applications will be due by March 1, 2019. All applications received between March 2, 2019, and May 3, 2019, will be evaluated as Phase 2 applications. Applications submitted in Phase 1 and selected for award will have an anticipated period of performance of 1.5 – 2 years, from mid/late April 2019 to mid/late April 2021 (at the latest). Applications submitted in Phase 2 and selected for award will have an anticipated period of performance of 1.5 – 2 years, from August 2019 – August 2021 (at the latest). All grant activities will fall within this timeframe, so applicants should plan their activities accordingly.
Specific details regarding grant program objectives, target applicants, eligible activities, alignment with Hinga Weze objectives, target geographic locations, target value chains, application submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and more can be found in the following document: CNFA Hinga Weze RFA – ICT4Ag grants (docx)
For any questions during the grant application process, please contact Ms. Amanda Muncil at grants@cnfarwanda.org