Competitive Matching Grant Fund
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and large companies and 2 others, at prototype and pilot stage and scale-up and mature. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Africa.
A matching grant facility that mobilises private investment to transform agribusinesses in cocoa, maize, and livestock value chains across Africa. The fund promotes agricultural sector development and private-sector engagement in key commodity value chains.
About this grant
This matching grant fund supports agribusiness enterprises and food-systems actors across Africa seeking growth capital. The fund uses blended finance to co-invest alongside private sector partners in implementation projects that transform agricultural value chains and advance regenerative practices. Eligible applicants include startups, SMEs, large companies, social enterprises and cooperatives operating in agribusiness or food systems. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to secure matching or co-investment capital to complement grant funding, and have operations or investment targets in Africa. The fund supports businesses at all stages from prototype and pilot through to mature scale.
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Key requirements
- ✓Focus on cocoa, maize, or livestock value chains
- ✓Private investment mobilisation and matching component required
- ✓Agribusiness transformation and commercialisation focus
- ✓Operations in Africa
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Competitive Matching Grant Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in AFRICA; startup, sme, large-company, social-enterprise, cooperative.
Relevant sectors
About this sector
Food systems funding covers sustainable production, supply-chain resilience, food loss, nutrition and smallholder livelihoods. It is offered by agriculture and development agencies, multilateral programmes and foundations, often with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Applicants are generally asked to show local partnerships and how benefits reach farmers or consumers.
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