Enterprise Zambia Challenge Fund

Furaha Mwisha (20), Meheba, Zambia, 2018

This programme is funded by the European Union

ENTERPRISE Zambia Challenge Fund enterprisezambia.org

Self Help Africa, with partner Imani Development, are the fund managers for ENTERPRISE Zambia, a new five year agribusiness support initiative that will invest ₏26m in the sector over the next five years. The project is part of the EU Zambia’s ABSO programme to support increased participation of smallholder farmers in market-integrated, nutrition-sensitive value chains and improved access to finance, services and inputs as well as investment opportunities.

Objective ENTERPRISE Zambia is a collaboration between Self Help Africa (SHA) and Imani Development, to establish a challenge fund to contribute to increased smallholder farmers opportunities in agriculture and aquaculture value chains in Zambia.

ENTERPRISE Zambia will increase investment in agriculture (including fish farming) by providing grants to support agribusinesses with the potential to benefit smallholder farmers. It will also support better access to financial services. The design ensures

that financial support incentivises greater smallholder farmers commercialisation and integration into value-chains and generates employment opportunities, particularly for women and youth, by requiring lead firms to invest in their supply chains, and support producers, improve infrastructure and services, and facilitate the creation and strengthening of smallholder farmers and agribusiness associations. Companies will also be supported with measures that improve their operating environment.

Jacqueline Nindorera, Zambia, 2018

Expected Impact in Numbers

40

small and medium agri-businesses access to grant funding

150,000

smallholder farmers including fish farmers - at least 40-60% women and 20-40% youth

8,500

full time equivalent jobs created

20.8 â‚Ź

MILLION

invested in the Zambia agriculture and aquaculture sector through the challenge fund

105,000 smallholder farmer/ fish farmer households under climate-smart land management practices

Who will the fund target?

Enterprise Zambia will target between 35 and 45 small and medium enterprises (agri-businesses, cooperatives, associations and other value chain actors) who will reach 150,000 smallholder farmers.

Project activities will be delivered under four outputs: • OP1: Grant scheme providing incentives to the development of the smallholder agriculture sector in Zambia established.

• OP2: Technical advisory services component for agri-enterprises established • OP3: Strengthened Farmer/Aquaculture Associations, with an increase in both the number of activeassociations and their membership • OP4: Increased access to financial services and finance (credit, banks, investment) for complementaryinvestments by value chain actors.

Fund Process

1

Call open for submission of concept notes

2

Invitation to submit full proposals

4

Awarding of funds

5

Offer technical advisory services

3

Pre-award assessment

6

Implementation of projects by agri-enterprises

For more information, contact:

Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works to increase farm production and agrienterprise development in sub-Saharan Africa. SHA has worked in Zambia for more than 35 years.

This programme is funded by the European Union

Self Help Africa Zambia Plot 121 off Kudu Road Kabulonga, Lusaka P.O. Box 37484 ZAMBIA Email: elia.manda@selfhelpafrica.org Tel: + 260 211 236595 Web: www.selfhelpafrica.org

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