📋 Tender Overview
Maximum contribution $18,000,000
Country / region
• Sudan (5.00%)
• Rwanda (25.00%)
• Zambia (5.00%)
• Tanzania (15.00%)
• Kenya (10.00%)
• Uganda (25.00%)
• Ethiopia (15.00%)
Sector
• Business And Other Services
Business Development Services (25030) (25.00%)
• Business And Other Services
Responsible Business Conduct (25040) (25.00%)
• Trade Policy And Regulations And Trade-Related Adjustment
Trade facilitation (33120) (25.00%)
• Trade Policy And Regulations And Trade-Related Adjustment
Trade education/training (33181) (25.00%)
This project contributes to developing a growing, resilient, and gender-responsive small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in East Africa. It contributes to women’s economic empowerment, decent jobs, regional trade, and investment. Project activities include: (1) developing and delivering tailored trainings on topics including regional marketing strategies, and the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area on SMEs to 1,000 entrepreneurs and managers; (2) enhancing and delivering trainings on private investment processes to 1,000 entrepreneurs and managers and 350 executives of growing and leading gender and environment-smart companies. Also, developing effective finance and accounting systems for 300 finance professionals; (3) conducting consultations and developing a needs assessment to enhance the SME Gender Growth Acceleration (SG2X) Investment Playbook. This includes creating and delivering a training program for 50 entrepreneurs and executives on how to adopt and implement the SG2X Guide; (4) organizing 100 hands-on educational apprenticeships in SMEs to teach gender-sensitive managerial competencies and disciplines to women and men executives; (5) hosting educational calls, meetings, and events with investors to build their knowledge on investing in gender and environment-smart and trade-ready East African SMEs; and (6) strengthening 350 entrepreneurs’ and executives’ pitching, marketing, and networking capacities.
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased participation in regional trade by gender and environment-smart, local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in East Africa; (2) enhanced women’s participation and leadership in gender and environment-smart, local SMEs in East Africa, and implementing gender-equal pay; (3) Increased employment, as measured by creating 12,000 jobs, of which women account for 50% of the target; and (4) increased capital provided from regional and international financial actors into gender and environment-smart, local SMEs in East Africa.
