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Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund

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|name=Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
 |headquarters=The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund Equatorial Fidelity Centre <br>Opposite New Safaricom House <br>Behind Shell Petrol station <br>4th 3rd Floor, Office Suite 4D K-Rep Centre <br>Wood Avenue, Kilimani Waiyaki Way <br>
Nairobi
|contact=The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund<br>Mailing Address: <br>P O Box 13459-00100 GPO<br>
Nairobi - Kenya
tel|contact=Phone: +254 20 239 73 942699137 / 8 / 9 <br>General email: [email protected]<br>Projects email: [email protected] 
|financedby=The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA)
 
|website=[http://www.aecfafrica.org link]
 
|aim=The goal of the AECF is to accelerate pro-poor growth in Africa, thereby increasing employment, livelihood opportunities and incomes, and reducing poverty
|moreinfo=The AECF (the “fund”) is a competition, open only to for-profit private companies which have, or intend to, start business enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa in the field of agriculture, agri-business, rural financial services and media and information services to these sectors. The fund will run a number of competitions each year for 6 years.
 
|target_org=Pro-profit private companies which have, or intend to, start business enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa
|target_projects=Primarily ideas in the field of agriculture, agri-business, rural financial services and the value chain which extends from rural areas to their local and international markets. To qualify for funding your business idea should have a positive impact on the rural poor in Sub-Saharan Africa: delivering increased employment, reduced costs, and improved productivity
5. The business idea must have the potential to be commercially viable
6. The business idea/project must benefit large numbers of people living in rural areas in Africa.
 
|finance_mech=can be a grant only, a repayable grant only or a combination of both
|finance_budget=US$50-100m
|finance_maximum=US$ 1,500,000
|finance_period=Competition rounds are consecutive, countdown on website. 2 to 4 times per year
 
|proc_application=The initial application form is available on this website. You have to register on line, complete the form and submit it via this website - it is easy to complete and only requires an outline description of your company and your project.
|proc_selection=Funding approval for successful applications will be granted within a maximum of 150 days from the closing date for initial applications:
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