Deadline: Jul 18, 2025 Donor: Agribusiness Development Agency Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: South Africa Area: Agriculture Food & Nutrition, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Black The Agribusiness Development Agency (ADA) presents an opportunity for Registered Black owned Agribusinesses operating within the KZN Province to apply for project funding for the 2026/27 financial year. For more information, visit https://ada-kzn.co.za/download/call-for-applications-for-agribusiness-project-funding-for-2026-27/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Request-for-Proposals-Agribusiness-Project-Funding-south-Africa Read more

Grant size: $500,000 - $2,500,000 Donor: Mastercard Foundation The Agribusiness Challenge Fund will provide SMEs with innovative and commercially viable agribusinesses across 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to receive support to upscale their businesses in a bid to create sustainable employment opportunities for young people, with particular focus on young women. Selected SMEs will receive support from the Fund, including grants ranging from US$ 500,000 to US$ 2,500,000, disbursed over a 3-year period, based on the applicants’ development stage, scalability and business model, in accordance with agreed periodic milestone targets. The funding structure will be determined on a case-by-case basis after evaluating proposals and organizations. Additional support to successful applicants will include tailored technical assistance in alignment with FRP objectives over the 3-year period. https://mastercardfdn.org/all/the-mastercard-foundation-fund-for-resilience-and-prosperity-launches-agribusiness-challenge-fund/ Read more

Are you a MSME interested in championing food systems in Africa? Are you an African Agri food business with a game-changing approach to revolutionize food systems on the continent? Are you looking for investment opportunities ? Is your Agri food business ready to scale ?Are you driving innovation in Africa's agribusiness sector?Is your Agri food business poised for growth and scale? Are you driving innovation in Africa's agribusiness sector?Is your Agri food business poised for growth and scale? Is your Agri food business poised for growth and scale? The AFS Forum is looking for innovative youth and women led MSMEs that promote food systems transformation in Africa. Whether you're empowering smallholder farmers to increase their production, processing and marketing, advancing nutrition, health and diets, or streamlining market access, managing food waste …. we're looking for MSMEs like yours. Agribusiness will be selected based on the following critera: Sector: Agrifood businesses with a clear link to smallholder farmers. This could include, but is not limited to, companies involved in the provision of inputs, primary production, enabling (e.g., agriculture logistics, aggregation platforms, irrigation, cold storage, financial services), value addition, digital platforms, market access, nutrition, post-harvest management, renewable energy etc. Country: The enterprise must be directly active within the African continent or be planning to expand into the region in the next 12-18 months. Stage of business: Post-revenue/proof of concept with a product in the market and an existing customer base. The enterprise must have plans to scale operations in the next 12-24 months. Enterprises must have a clear business model and must also be looking for financing (e.g., debt, equity financing, etc.) Ticket size: Investment under 100,000 USD 100,000 USD to 500,000 USD, 500,000 USD to 1 million USD Above 1 million USD Financial instruments such as loan, grant, equity, guarantee, reimbursable grant. Innovation in agri-food systems: The proposal should demonstrate innovation, impact, and scalability it can brings to address low production, digital gap, environment and climate challenges, nutrition challenges. Application RequirementsIf you meet the above criteria, please click here to fill the template to submit your profile. Given the limited number of slots available, applications will be on a first-come, first-served basis and only SMEs that submit fully completed profiles will be considered for participation. HOW TO APPLY: If your business meets the above criteria, we invite you to fill out the profile submission template here Read more

Michigan Fellows Agribusiness Initiative (MFAI) a Ugandan-based NGO formed by alumni from MSU/AAP PFP, is seeking partners for a proposed project titled: Emerging community leaders E-course. The project will seek funds from the US Missions Kampala under the funding call. Find the link Here. The E-course content focuses on leadership, project management, civil engagement, and fundraising. Interested persons, organizations, institutions with expertise in these four areas and website designing are urgently needed. Kindly reach out to Raymond by email at raymondakiiki091@gmail.com if you are interested. Kindly note that the deadline for submission is fast approaching which is 20th August 2021. Read more