| Overview : UN Capital Development Fund is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 49 least developed countries. It creates new opportunities for poor people and their communities by increasing access to microfinance and investment capital. UNCDF focuses on Africa and the poorest countries of Asia and the Pacific, with a special commitment to countries emerging from conflict or crisis. It provides seed capital – grants and loans – and technical support to help microfinance institutions reach more poor households and small businesses, and local governments finance the capital investments – water systems, feeder roads, schools, irrigation schemes – that will improve poor peoples’ lives. Financial inclusion means universal access, at a reasonable cost, to a wide range of financial services, provided by a variety of sound and sustainable institutions. The range of financial services includes savings, short and long-term credit, leasing and factoring, mortgages, insurance, pensions, payments, local money transfers and international remittances. Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) and its funders -the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The MasterCard Foundation- are committed to producing and sharing knowledge and learning for and with the partners of the programme. And Uganda is part of this commitment. MM4P will implement several projects and host events with various DFS stakeholders including providers, regulators, agents and customers. The MM4P programme in Uganda is piloting several programmes digitising bulk payments in agricultural value chains across the country. To further accelerate and promote the uptake of digital financial services across agricultural value chains, UNCDF, in partnership with CGAP is looking to organise a serie of recurring events, showcasing main challenges and innovative solutions as well as providing a platform for networking. The overall objectives are as follows: - To bring together different stakeholders interested in digital financial services in agricultural value chains
- To create a platform for networking and where lessons learned from UNCDF’s pilots in the various agricultural value chains as well as experience from other stakeholders can be shared to improve uptake of digital financial services.
- To connect problems and solutions and showcase innovations through an exhibition of technological solutions.
Activities | Deliverables | Timing | Preparatory work: Organize three events in 2017 at a prime location in Kampala Minimum capacity of 100 guests to attend each event | Secure venues (in prime locations in Kampala) and contract workshop logistics | June 2017 | Develop a mobile application that can be used for logistics and networking for these events Design and roll out a social media campaign | Mobile application developed CMS Developed Promotion materials developed | June 2017 | Workshop 1 Support with all logistical issues around the organization of the event Assure the presence of national media at the event. Accumulate audio-visual material documenting the event. | Workshop completed One article or piece published in national media Photo reportage, video edit and workshop report | Mid-June 2017 | Workshop 2 Support with all logistical issues around the organization of the event Assure the presence of national media at the event. Accumulate audio-visual material documenting the event. | Workshop completed One article or piece published in national media Photo reportage, video edit and workshop report | Mid-September 2017 | Workshop 3 Support with all logistical issues around the organization of the event Assure the presence of national media at the event. Accumulate audio-visual material documenting the event. | Workshop completed One article or piece published in national media Photo reportage, video edit and workshop report | Mid November 2017 |
Proposals may be submitted on or before 31 May 2017 and via email to mm4p@uncdf.org, using the following email subject: ‘3 events on Digital financial Services for Agriculture in Uganda’. Please note that the response email cannot exceed 10 MB. Your Technical and Financial Proposal must be expressed in English and valid for a minimum period of 12 months. |
