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Stanbic - GO-TRACKIT.COM The funds will be used to streamline and roll out a package tracking technology. It will also be used to hire additional staff to support project activities. t
Stanbic - Shoe Factory Automation Project Shuleez International Shoe Company aims to increase the quantity and quality of its shoe production through automation.
Stanbic - Manufacturing Safety Shoes for the Formal Market The grant will be used to purchase raw materials that will be used to increase the production of quality footwear. VaaKenya's aim is to have enough products available to meet increased demand for its products.
Agroforestry for livelihood empowerment This is the Partner cooperative agreement in Kenya. Funds are used to support staff salaries and benefits, program monitoring expenses, office and vehicle expenses, an annual audit, training, and other small administrative expenses. Funds disbursed to provide liquidity in light of unanticipated shocks impacting project activities and grantee enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds to assist with project needs in light of fund shortage due to COVID-19.
Stanbic-Optimization of Production, Distribution, and Market Consumption of Dairy Masters Saltlick for Livestock The funds will go towards training of farmers, technical assistance, purchase of fabricated mixer, sealing machine, weighing machines ,3 motorbikes and administrative costs.
African Resilience Initiative for Entrepreneurs (ARIE) - Mukuru Clean Stoves Sector: Renewable energy (Clean cooking stoves).Beneficiaries: Indirect (7500).Description: The goal of this Project is to scale up production capacity and increase distribution of clean cookstoves in Siaya County and expand operations into Kisumu County while empowering women entrepreneurs as MCSL sales agents and training and employing local youth as field officers for MCSL.
Youth - RLC - Afri-Sandals Afri-Sandal is social enterprise and investment fund that generates revenues through making sandals out of waste materials such as used vehicle tires, leather boards, Africa beadwork and used fabric and old jeans. The sandals are produced by persons with disability sold the revenues earned are re-invested in building an investment fund that offers financing and training to women with disability having viable business ideas to launch off their social ventures and repay back the money with an interest of 2% while they get 1:1 mentorship and connection to other business opportunities to growth their social ventures for significant social impact.
Stanbic - Dairy Processing and Manufacturing Location: Kwihota Village, Kiambu County.Summary: Agri-processing; The funding will go towards enhancing Organic Dairies Limited business management systems, developing business strategic plan, sales and marketing department, improvement of working capital, and production facilities.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - EldoHub Youth Innovation & Mentorship Program This is the Partner cooperative agreement in Kenya. Funds are used to support staff salaries and benefits, program monitoring expenses, office and vehicle expenses, an annual audit, training, and other small administrative expenses. Funds disbursed to provide liquidity in light of unanticipated shocks impacting project activities and grantee enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds to assist with project needs in light of fund shortage due to COVID-19.
Stanbic - Technical Aftersales Support for Clean Technologies and Productive Use of Energy Appliances The fund will be used to obtain ISO certification for quality assurance and purchase of modern equipment.
Nyangweta Hydro/solar power mini-grid community energy supply project This project aims to improve the standard of living for underprivileged households by providing access to clean energy for the people of Nyangweta village in Kenya. This is to be completed through the completion of preparatory activities and documentation that will help achieve a financial close and secure required investment funding for the construction of a minigrid which will increase the reach of solar home systems thus providing clean energy access to 2,500 households in Nyangweta village.
Sweet Potato Value Addition Project The grant will be used to purchase solar drier, disc millers, potato chippers and certified vines.
Increase access to electricity for Households and Businesses in Western Kenya Megawatt will undertake Research and Development on the sustainability, market trends and welfare of their customers. They intend to supply, deliver, install, test, commission, provide training and post-sale support to our consumers to ensure a wholesome impact on their lives.
Stanbic - KAMSA Egg Production Project The aim of the grant is to increase egg production. This will be achieved by purchasing 5,000 layers, chicken feed, and equipment purchase.
YALI Kisilu Solar Freeze Many farmers in Kenya experience post-harvest losses, having portions of their yields spoil before getting to consumers. Dysmus is helping farmers improve their selling capacity by producing solar refrigeration units, which will increase produces shelf life from 2 to 20 days.
All Staff Global Conference Grant funds are to be used to provide logistical support for travel associated with the US African Development Foundation's 2024 All Staff Workshop
Ace Africa Solar Drip Irrigation Project Ace Africa will install 6 solar drip irrigation systems for 6 women's groups of at least 20 women.
SolarGen Solar Powered Irrigation Project Sector: Solar.Beneficiaries: .Description: SolarGen is a renewable energy company focused on Kenya's remote and conflict-affected northeastern region. Through the support of USADF and a debt investment from Nithio, SolarGen will open new offices in Wajir and Garissa. They will expand their current offering of solar-powered water pumping equipment via a sharia-compliant loan product. This will be highly impactful for farmers in the arid region.
Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Assistance 2.2 This is a cooperative agreement grant awarded to ICED for monitoring and evaluation services and training provided to USADF partner organizations.
TADO Irrigation Capacity Building Sector: Agriculture.Beneficiaries: Women.Summary: The project funds will be used to complete a feasibility study to assess the best options for expanding existing irrigation infrastructure. The grant will also fund training in ADF's required bookkeeping; monitoring and evaluation; governance and financial management; types of irrigation technologies; and an exchange visit to learn from other working farms.
Citi-Binti Hodari Hair Saloon Training The grant funding will go towards offering seed capital, equipping the saloon, training and meeting administrative costs.
Coalition for Farmer Allied Intermediaries (CFAI) Wimssy The purpose of this grant is to improve the living standards of 4,000 dairy farmers in Kiambu County out of which 49% are women. The organisation buys an average of 5,000 litres of milk daily from the 4,000dairy farmers and process them into yoghurt and pasterised milk with three days shelf life. They want to introduce a new product with expanded shelf life of 90 days. This has been neccesitated by Covid 19 pandemic that has saw increased demand for long life milk for stocking due to goverment restrictions on movements through lockdowns and curfews. The grant will also help the grantee to comply with the recent goverment regulations that organisations should ensure they ensure they put all necessary measures to prevent new cases of covid 19 infections.
Stanbic - Enhancing Employability of Youth Through Vocational and Skill Development Training Migori Institute seeks to set up incubation hubs and provide goods and services to the public, creating employment for 50 youths and increasing their enterprises revenue streams, allowing them to break even and become more sustainable.
Kangalita Irrigation Capacity Building Sector: Agriculture.Beneficiaries: Post-conflict farming community.Summary: The project funds will be used to complete a feasibility study to assess the best options for rehabilitating and expanding existing irrigation infrastructure on Kangalita's farm. The grant will also fund training in ADF's required bookkeeping; monitoring and evaluation; governance and financial management; types of irrigation technologies; and an exchange visit to learn from other working farms.
Stanbic - Integrated Farming and Manufacturing of Peanut Powder and Products The grant will be used to establish working relationships with 240 farmers and establish 2 hub sites to serve as one-stop shops for farmers agricultural needs. The services offered will include quality peanut seeds, agronomic training, mechanized threshing services, aggregation and market access..
African Resilience Initiative for Entrepreneurs (ARIE) - Synnefa Illuminum Greenhouses The same way that Amazon.com helps sellers with access to market, rating system, logistics, reverse logistics and all the other tools, Illuminum Greenhouses helps farmers. The company sells greenhouses and drip irrigation systems, provide farmer advisory service and ultimately connect farmers to sell in markets in Nairobi.
YALI - Nduhiu Mastermind Africa Alliance Many companies have CSR tenets; but lack the data or know-how to connect with community-based projects and monitor and evaluate their effectiveness. Through an online platform and consumer education; Rosalyn is linking companies looking for tangible; local outcomes with YALI Fellows who are leading NGOs and social and business ventures.
Achukule Irrigation Expansion Sector: Agriculture (kale, spinach, tomatoes, capsicum, brinjal), Beneficiaries: Small-scale farmers, Summary: The purpose of this grant is to expand Achukule's operations as a sustainable farming cooperative and ensure food security for its members, following the success of a previous capacity building grant. Activities will include drilling a borehole to ensure a steady source of water, building an office, and installing a new drip irrigation system.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - Watoto Court Comic Series Watoto Court Comic Book is a project that is designed to offer children ages 8-12 years content that is in pictorial form, with leadership and mentor-ship ability that equips them to face the future.
Builder's of Africa's Future (BAF) -- Bee Keeping Initiative The grant will go towards purchase of equipment, construction of Apiary and training of farmers.
AVPA Knowledge Center The grant will be used to establish an knowledge center which will bring together diverse group of capital providers.
Stanbic - Fisheries Value Chain Funds will be used by Mayungu Group to obtain a fishing vessel with a motorized engine to increase their production capacity.
YALI Mboya Smart Wallet Sector: Financial Services .Beneficiaries: 200 pre-selected youth (students/employees/entrepreneurs) will beta test application. 100 of whom will be women...The grant will be used for the continued app development that encourages savings by users as well as recommended financial management tips based on algorithms. The app will allow the sending and receiving of money and is integrated with Mpesa, bank transfers, photo deposits of checks, scheduled bill payments and general spending habit monitoring. The goal of the project is to reduce fees and late payments from the primarily young users by providing financial management advice and encouraging saving and responsible banking practices. ..The grant funds will be used to: (a) conduct pilot beta test (b) increase cloud storage; (c) purchase equipment to support product development; (d) advertising to generate users; and (e) technical assistance.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - - Affordable Mechanization for Small Scale Farmers The funding is going towards enhancing production of more machine, equipping , renovation of their new office, and will meet administrative costs.
Nariokotome Fishing Capacity Building Sector: Fishing, Beneficiaries: Fishermen and women along Lake Turkana, Summary: The project funds will be used to build the capacity of Nariokotometo manage an expansion of its fishing enterprise by providing training and productive assets. Training will focus on best practices in fishing and post-harvest hygiene; and the BMU's communal operations including financial management; book-keeping; and marketing. The grant will fund a boat; nets and equipment with which Nariokotomewill pilot increased fishing activities; and drying racks to improve the hygiene of the drying processes.
Value-Added Agribusiness Enterprise Project 5.Ebenezer Self Help Group.Homa-Bay County, Kamwala Village.Type of Project: Income Generating Activity - Irrigation.Project Description: Expand a small-scale irrigation project to grow horticultural crops along the Lake Victoria basin.Grant Requested: $8,000 to buy five solar powered irrigation pumps and a grain mill .Project Manager: Carolyn Awuor .Community/Group Contribution: Land, irrigation pipes, farm inputs and labor..Beneficiaries: 73 female and 53 male .
Scaling for Impact Sector: Processing and Exporting of Macadamia nuts.Summary: The funds will be used to install an automated production line to increase production efficiency, train farmers on good agricultural practices in macadamia farming, and establish collection centers and a macadamia nut seedling propagation unit.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - Dial A Pad The goal of this project is to ensure uninterrupted education for all school going girls in Kenya through dignified access to sanitary pads. The funding will towards purchasing of raw materials, payment of consultants and other administrative costs.
Echoing Green (EG) COVID 19 - Ujuzikilimo Solutions The purpose of this project is to fund Dickson Ayuka to provide free agronomic advisory to 3000 farmers and COVID-19 management advisory via SMS and phone calls for 3 months. In addition, funding will also be used to create a COVID-19 package to be given to 200 marginalized farmers. The package will contain 2kg Maize planting seeds, 10kg fertilizer, a comprehensive soil test and 3 months free extension and advisory services. This will allow farmers to produce enough food to feed their families during and post Covid-19. UjuziKilimo will be extending healthcare coverage for one year for full time employees, and six months for part-time employees and contractors.
Stanbic- Champions for Inclusive Green Growth The grant will be used to purchase a FUSO Canter FE85 Distribution van, administrative costs and purchase of a mixer.
YAL - Abuga - Ecobora Sector: Waste Management .Beneficiaries: YAL Youth 617 of which 612 are women. ..The grant will be used to create a cheap, more environmentally friendly fuel for families. They are easy to light as they are uniquely blended with eco-lighters thus save families additional recurruinf cost in paraffin. They will train more than 200 women on wood pellet production and entrepreneurship skills though which 34 will be employed as sales agents. ..The grant funds will be used to: (a) new facility to produce the pellets; (b) efficient pellet machine; and (c) raw materials for input. .
African Resilience Initiative for Entrepreneurs (ARIE) - Six Degrees Chicken Business Six Degrees is an agribusiness consulting and production company that engages in primary production, processing and marketing of broiler chicken.
Stanbic - Digitizing 1,500 Mama Mbogas in Nairobi City Park Market The funding will go towards purchase of digital software for online application, establishment of a coordination center and a marketing department to increase brand visibility and market reach.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - HOCO Dynamics HOCO Dynamics, founded by Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) award recipient Sheila Koech, seeks to provide eco-friendly alternative construction materials, allowing more people to be able to affor
ICED Country Specific Market Research and Survey The International Center for Evaluation and Development plans to conduct a technical assessment of USADF's implementing partners.
Tarakwo Modernizing Milk Processing Expansion Project Sector: Agriculture.Beneficiaries:4361 members are beneficiaries, comprising of 2602 men and 1759 women. .The project funds will be used to enable the organization to purchase modern pasteurizer,in put proper waste management system, generator and cold room and train farmers on fodder management.
Citi-Establishment of a Theater Facility The funding will go towards theatre construction, equipping and administrative costs.
Kenya Partner Cooperative Agreement FY19 This is the Partner cooperative agreement in Kenya. Funds are used to support staff salaries and benefits, program monitoring expenses, office and vehicle expenses, an annual audit, training, and other small administrative expenses.
Stanbic - Victoria Eco-Farm Acceleration Project Victoria Eco Farms' aim is to increase their production by increasing their efficiency through investing in solar power, poultry feed mixer and automated smart brooders, aimed at reducing their cost of production and ultimately offer better prices to the poultry farmers in Western Kenya.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - VaaKenya This is the Partner cooperative agreement in Kenya. Funds are used to support staff salaries and benefits, program monitoring expenses, office and vehicle expenses, an annual audit, training, and other small administrative expenses. Funds disbursed to provide liquidity in light of unanticipated shocks impacting project activities and grantee enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds to assist with project needs in light of fund shortage due to COVID-19.
Stanbic - Tropical Lush Capacity Building Location: Parklands, Nairobi.Summary: Agri- processing; The funding will go towards capacity building and establishing of a working systems for the company; such as Financial management systems.
Stanbic - Women and Youths Certified Oilseeds and Nuts Farming The grant will be used to purchase certified oil seeds (sun flower), training of farmers ,and purchase of threshing machines.
Stanbic - Mamlaka Centre for Excellence for Diabetes and Hypertension The funds will be used in purchase of diagnostic equipment, staffing and community health outreach camps.
MAKOHAA Micro Hydro Project Magoya Konjra Hareka Self Help Group (MAKOHAA) is installing a 12 kilowatt hydropower plant (with the potential for expansion to 700 kilowatts in the future) to connect 300 households, an irrigation system, and a refrigeration system.
Echoing Green (EG) COVID 19 - Carbofix The purpose of this project is to use seed capital to fund the Anti-pollution Mask Program to offer low-income Nairobi residents subsidized masks. Residents who live in Africas largest slum, Kibera, are surrounded by poor air quality mainly caused by industrial plants. Due to the social distancing directive, issued by the Kenyan government, four million residents who reside low-income areas are facing difficulties adhering to this directive. As a result, many residents are in need of face masks and Jeremiah has decided to modify his anti-pollution masks to be used to control the spread of COVID-19.
Stanbic - Fresh Water Aquaculture Project The funds will go towards purchase of predator nets, procurement of fish feeds and selective breeding of seeds.
Digital Transformation for Business Resilience WomenWork will connect 500 women on a digital platform and link them to data that will improve their decision making ability and connect them with on-line customers using a digital platform. WomenWork currently aspires to support women led businesses to digitize their operations, make data-driven decisions, and acquire customers online through digital platforms, especially in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic that has changed the way businesses are managed. Moreover, digitizing operations may alleviate unnecessary exposure to COVID-19 during the pandemic.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - Connected Women Mobile penetration in Kenya is above 90 percent. Despite the high penetration, access to smartphones by women remains low in rural areas mainly due to the high cost. Smartphones and mobile-based financial literacy can transform the lives of women at the base of the economic pyramid. We provide smartphones to customers who repay them in daily installments of $0.18 via mobile money for a period of 10 months. The phones have transformed how the tailors source their fabric, access new trends and how they communicate with clients.
SIDE Year Two This is the second year for SIDE. SIDE will assist USADF with various partnership development and the identification of potential strategic partner funds to compliment the work that USADF does in Africa.
Enaidurra Milk Processing Capacity Building Sector: Agriculture, Beneficiaries:50 members are beneficiaries, comprising of 7 men and 43 women. , The project funds will be used to enable the organization to purchase steers for fattening and selling purpose. In addition, they will receive office equipment and capacity building in record keeping, proper documentation and filling.
Youth - RLC - Hens For Life Two Hens Project educates the local farmers in Metamayawa, Kisii. They provide training and chickens to the undeserved farmers who then rear the poultry. The farmers pay back the organization with chickens rasied since the initial investment.They also offer the farmers with vaccination in partnership with the county government of Kisii, ministry of livestock and animal husbandry to prevent diseases. Since these farmers are poor and cannot afford and access chicken feeds, they provide it as part of their monthly supervision of the individuals to track progress and lastly provide market of their products where they buy eggs and chicken from them and hence creating posterity.
Rollout of Technology Managed Agricultural Mechanization Service Hubs for Kenya This is an agri-tech based grant that will equip the grantee with four tractors, enable them a software to manage the tractors from Hello Tractor and set up Potatoes Hub where a demo will be put for farmers to learn.
Coalition for Farmer Allied Intermediaries (CFAI) Soy Afric Agribusiness sector with a milling work shop. The finances will go to building of resilience of Soy Africa Ltd buy assisting them purchase soy beans, pay staff salaries, install hand washing machine and hire fumigation services.
Kokuro Livestock Marketing Project Sector: Livestock.Beneficiaries: Livestock traders.Summary: The project funds will be used to improve the group's capacity to market its members' livestock by improving the sale yard infrastructure; including installing water storage; an office and latrines. Funding will also be used to train LMA members and staff in animal health; entrepreneurship; and financial management; and fund an exposure visit in which members will visit another successful LMA and seek markets for their animals.
Rafode Nithio Project Sector: Solar.Beneficiaries:.Description: Through the support of USADF and a debt investment from Nithio, Rafode will expanding its revolving loan fund for renewable energy products to solar home systems and solar water pumps. This will be highly impactful for farmers carrying out rain-fed agriculture in Kenya's western region.
SIDE YEAR 3 This is the third year for SIDE. SIDE will assist USADF with various partnership development and the identification of potential strategic partner funds to compliment the work that USADF does in Africa.
Mogila Asegis Development Initiative Organization - MADICO The project funds will be used to complete a feasibility study to assess the best options for irrigation infrastructure at the Nanam farm. The grant will also fund training in ADF's required bookkeeping, monitoring and evaluation, governance and financial management, types of irrigation technologies, and an exchange visit to learn from other working farms.
Stanbic - Market Expansion Crafts With Meaning Limited will utilize grant funding on marketing activities to increase brand visibility, revamp the e-commerce platform for streamlined online business operations, and participate in export promotions and fairs to expand its market reach.