Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Investing in Women in South Sudan - African Enterprise Challenge Fund
Agreement Number:
7429623 P009479001
Agreement Value:
$10,082,116.00
Agreement Date:
Jun 23, 2021 - Jul 31, 2026
Description:
This project aims to financially empower women working in the agricultural sector as entrepreneurs, smallholder farmers, producers, and employees, and address the barriers preventing women from participating in agricultural value chains in South Sudan. This project supports the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund to award competitive performance-based grants and “innovation prize” funding to women entrepreneurs, producer groups, and small businesses offering employment, products and services that benefit women, and address barriers to women’s participation in agriculture. Project activities include: (1) supporting smallholder farmers to adopt new technologies to improve productivity, and providing training on early hazard warning systems, post harvest management, and climate smart agriculture; (2) providing financial literacy and business skills training, training on land laws and rights, and investment advisory services, and (3) working with women’s rights organizations and communities to address societal norms that keep women at home and significantly limit their participation in the formal agricultural sector.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) reduced gender-specific barriers for women’s participation in agricultural value chains; (2) increased adoption of gender-sensitive climate smart agricultural practices, and (3) improved employment or livelihoods for women in agriculture and food systems.
Location:
NAIROBI, KE 00606
Reference Number:
064-2021-2022-Q1-00165
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Amendment Date
Sep 22, 2025
Recipient's Legal Name:
The AECF
Federal Riding Name:
Not Coded
Federal Riding Number:
NA
Program:
Contributions - Bilateral Programming
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.
Amendments: