- Grant Amount – €1,000–€50,000
- Deadline – September 17, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
To increase the impact of the AfriFOODlinks incubation project, one Open Call is launched as part of the Cascade Fund and FSTP mechanism.
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This grant will benefit Circular Food MSMEs to improve their circularity, internal processes and the capabilities required to meet market demands for healthy and nutritious diets
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Aims
- The AfriFOODlinks Open Call aims to attract micro, small and medium enterprises based in the five AfriFOODlinks Hub Cities that have an active annual revenue not higher than €50,000 and have between 1 and 50 full time employees. The application must be made from an active business that operates within the Food System of that city. The target of the call is to prioritise businesses led by or benefitting youth (35-year-old and younger) and/or women.
Funding Information
The grant will benefit Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to improve their circularity, internal processes and the capabilities required to meet market demands for healthy and nutritious diets. The budget dedicated to the grant is €250,000 in total. To support local MSMEs in reaching this goal, the Open Call will provide financial support to:
- MSMEs operating in the 5 Hub Cities of AfriFOODlinks (Cape Town, Ouagadougo, Kisumu, Mbale and Tunis)
- Up to 15 businesses from each of these 5 cities making a total of up to 75 businesses reached
- Grants between €1,000 and €50,000 will be financed.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must meet all nine eligibility criteria to apply and be considered for evaluation. You can find more details about the eligibility criteria in the Guide to Application found in the “Necessary Documents” for your City
- Applicant must have attended the AfriFOODlinks incubation and training programmes.
- Applicant businesses are to be micro, small, medium enterprises:
- – of between 1 and 50 staff members;
- – with an active annual revenue of not more than €50,000.
- Applicant business must be locally-owned with active operations in the AfriFOODlinks Hub Cities (Cape Town, Ouagadougou, Kisumu, Mbale and Tunis)
- No member of the business is allowed to be employed by any sphere of government or by any entity majority owned by any sphere of government.
- All activities must comply with EU regulations.
- Activities funded by the submitted application cannot be double funded by another funding.
- Applications submitted for Cape Town, Kisumu and Mbale must be in English. Applications submitted for Ouagadougou and Tunis must be in French.
- Applicants must fill in the Application Form of their own City only.
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