Women's Agribusiness Incubation Program Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and social enterprises and 1 other, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Ghana.
A nine-month incubation programme supporting women-led businesses in Ghana's cashew and nut processing value chain to transition to value-added processing. Eligible applicants are women entrepreneurs seeking business development support, mentoring, and market access within Ghana's agribusiness sector.
About this grant
The Women's Agribusiness Incubation Programme is a nine-month initiative run by the Ghana Climate Innovation Center (GCIC) at Ashesi University. It supports women-led businesses in Ghana's cashew and nut processing value chain to move beyond raw commodity trading into value-added processing and growth. The programme sits under the Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Programme II, a bilateral initiative of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Government of Ghana. The broader GCIC business incubator is aimed at entrepreneurs already greening or seeking to green their operations through innovative climate solutions, with ventures spanning energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, waste management and water purification. The women's agribusiness track addresses the gap between commodity trading and value creation in a sector that employs many women, aiming to increase income and business scale.
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Eligibility
Entrepreneurs must be based in Ghana and run women-led businesses operating in the cashew and nut processing value chain. The incubator is open to entrepreneurs based in Ghana. Businesses should be greening or intending to green operations through climate-relevant innovation. Further detailed eligibility conditions, such as business size or stage, are not stated on the page.
Key requirements
- ✓Women-led business or majority women ownership
- ✓Operating in cashew and/or nut processing value chain in Ghana
- ✓Focus on transition to value-added processing
- ✓Commitment to nine-month incubation programme
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Women's Agribusiness Incubation Program?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GH; startup, sme, social-enterprise, cooperative. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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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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