Kenya: Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund’s Private Sector Window
Deadline: 31-Jan-22
The Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund (KKCF) is now inviting grant applications from established companies for enterprise projects that directly benefit both the refugees and host communities in Kakuma and Kalobeyei areas.
All proposed projects should be commercially viable and sustainable and have the potential to raise incomes, provide goods and services, create jobs, and improve living standards for families living in these areas – both refugee and host communities.
Applicants must have experience delivering sustainable solutions that benefit the lives of low-income communities in hard-to-reach areas across Africa.
Priority Sectors
The KKCF Private Sector Window Round 2 is open to businesses in any sector, with the following priority sectors:
Light Manufacturing/ processing
Cold chain management
Aquaculture
Retail Services
Financial Services
Funding Information
Private sector companies can apply for a range of grants depending on the need with a minimum grant request of US $100,000 and a maximum of US $750,000. Technical support will be available for successful applicants to maximise their project’s sustainability and development impact.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are available to small and medium-sized companies that are commercially active or have a strategic plan to enter the Kakuma and Kalobeyei area. Applicants must meet eligibility criteria including:
Request a grant within the stipulated range.
Be legally registered as a for-profit company (e.g. corporation, LLC, etc.) or a branch/subsidiary of an international for-profit company, and physically established in Kenya at the time of awarding of a grant by AECF.
Have been in operation for a minimum of two years, with the ability to produce two years of audited accounts [these could be from the parent company, if recently established as a branch/subsidiary in Kenya].
Compliant with all government statutory requirements.
Pass AECF’s KYC (know your customer), AMT/CFT (anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism), PEP (Politically exposed person) and IDD (Integrity due diligence) screening.
Comply with applicable national laws relating to human rights, labor and social and environmental management and respect internationally recognized human rights standards, as expressed in the International Bill of Human Rights and in the core labor standards established through the International Labor Organization.
Businesses not listed on the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Exclusion List, i.e businesses supporting terrorism, production/trade of weapons, radioactive materials, tobacco, etc.
Selection Criteria
Each applicant will be evaluated and scored against the criteria that includes:
Geographic focus areas of Kakuma and Kalobeyei and how the project intends to benefit either host or refugee communities, or both.
Capacity of the project to deliver and sustain social impact, particularly for refugees and women and youth.
Strength of the project’s commercial viability and sustainability.
Demonstrated potential to attract further commercial funding, beyond the grant provided by KKCF, if needed.
Demonstrated capacity of the applicant’s management team to implement the proposed business / project.
Demonstrated understanding of the forced displacement context, gender issues and culture of Kakuma refugee camp and host community.
For more information, visit https://kkcfke.org/private-sector-window/