Continental Annual Program Statement

This APS offers the opportunity to partner with USAID to work towards increasing trade, driving investment, or improving the business environment. These performance-based grants will generally range between $150,000 and $5 million although smaller and larger grants may be considered. The addenda below are components of this APS.

Please note: The submission deadlines for the continental APS and associated addenda below have been extended to July 31, 2024. Additionally, data reporting will be required through the end of the Africa Trade and Investment program rather than the end of the grant in order to track longer term results and impact.

Learn More

USAID MALI Agribusiness Incubator RFA

Given the importance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for economic development in Mali, USAID Mali’s Africa Trade and Investment (ATI) Activity is designed to improve investment and productivity of Malian agribusinesses and industries that are closely related to the agricultural sector either geographically or in terms of the products and services provided. USAID ATI seeks offers that use catalytic interventions to incubate innovative ideas from promising entrepreneurs or established MSMEs, increase their access to finance, foster an improved network of business service providers (BSPs), strengthen agriculture value chains, create jobs, and improve the overall business enabling environment for MSME development in Mali. USAID Mali, through ATI, will provide performance-based grants of up-to $1,500,000.

Responses to Questions asked during the Application Bidders Conference can be accessed Here

Please note: The submission deadline to respond to the RFA is May 7, 2024. Learn More

Compte tenu de l’importance des Micros, petites et moyennes entreprises (MPME) pour le développement économique au Mali, l’Activité Commerce et Investissement de l’USAID Mali en Afrique (ATI)  est conçue pour améliorer l’investissement et la productivité des entreprises agroalimentaires et des industries maliennes qui sont étroitement liées au secteur agricole,  soit sur le plan géographique ou en termes de produits et de services fournis. L’USAID ATI recherche des offres qui utilisent des interventions catalytiques pour incuber des idées novatrices d’entrepreneurs prometteurs ou de MPME établies, augmenter leur accès au financement, favoriser un réseau amélioré de fournisseurs de services aux entreprises (FSP), renforcer les chaînes de valeur agricoles, créer des emplois et améliorer l’environnement global propice aux affaires pour le développement des MPME au Mali. L'USAID Mali, par l'intermédiaire de l’ATI, fournira des subventions fondées sur les résultats allant jusqu'à 1,5 million de dollars.

Les réponses aux questions posées lors de la conférence des soumissionnaires de candidatures peuvent être consultées ici 

Veuillez noter que la date limite pour soumettre une demande est le 7 mai 2024. Apprendre Encore plus

USAID Southern Africa Regional Economic Growth - Market Systems Activity

USAID/SA seeks to establish a large, multi-year partnership mechanism that will allow the private sector to co-create and co-invest in development activities that will significantly increase trade from Southern African countries to South Africa and trade between the United States and Southern Africa. This addendum offers $100,000 to $500,000 grants to private sector partners.

Learn More

USAID Zambia TradeBoost Grants Opportunity

The objective of TradeBoost is to increase trade and investment that generates inclusive growth, particularly to women and youth, through climate-friendly approaches. This addendum offers grants of $100,000 to $500,000 to small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), financial institutions (banks and non-banking institutions), investors, exporters/importers, as well as larger catalytic private sector partners.

Learn More

USAID Continental Services – Large Scale Transactions

This addendum offers grants of $500,000 to $5,000,000 to private sector partners who can facilitate and close transactions of $150 million or more in a 12–25 month time frame across the African continent.

Learn More

USAID Local Market Catalyst for Health Grants in South Africa

The Local Market Catalyst for Health (LMC4H) activity aims to strengthen collaboration between the public and private sectors in South Africa to address electricity shortages at health clinics. The activity will test market-based, innovative energy solutions to meet local health clinics’ power requirements, inform a business/financing model for scaling solutions, and ultimately lead to improved patient care and health outcomes.

ATI seeks South Africa-based private sector energy solution providers to submit technical and cost applications to achieve the following three objectives: (1) Analyze the energy ecosystems at five Mpumalanga-based public health clinics; (2) Use results from those analyses to inform the procurement and installation of on-site technical solutions that mitigate the negative impacts of power outages; and (3) Implement thorough, sustainable systems for operations and maintenance (O&M) of the technical solutions. 

This Request for Applications (RFA) offers a total funding ceiling of US$ 500,000 (approximately ZAR 9.3 million). ATI recommends that the proposed solutions remain within the $300,000-$500,000 range. Applicants are however encouraged to propose the budget that best fits their proposed projects.

Important Dates:

• Question Submission Due Date: June 14, 2024

• Bidders Conference: June 20, 2024 (3-4:30 pm SAST)

• Site Visits: June 24, 25, & 26, 2024

• Closing date for Applications: July 8, 2024

Learn More

USAID Kenya Innovative Market-led Approaches to Accelerate and Scale Last Mile Fertilizer Distribution

The Food Security and Resilience intervention envisioned an innovative market-based approach that accelerates local (Kenyan) production capacity of blended and other fertilizers, increases Kenyan agro-industries' access to capital, strengthens fertilizer transport and distribution systems and practices oriented towards local distribution, and promotes behavior change among local smallholder farmers to increase the use of fertilizers. USAID Kenya, through USAID's Africa Trade and Investment Activity (ATI), will provide performance-based grants ranging from $250,000 to a maximum of $1 million.

Please note: The submission deadline is May 24, 2024. Learn More