UNLOCKING AGRIBUSINESS PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT FOR GROW AFRICA TECHNICAL EXPERT
PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 39/NPCA/NRG/GA/ICS/2019
This is a short-term consultancy aimed at giving the NEPAD Agency access to specialized expertise technical backstopping support in the planning, execution and evaluation of NEPAD’s Grow Africa Agribusiness Programme. The expert support will be specific to defined and agreed on a quarterly basis, as per the specific needs at the time within the context of the Grow Africa Agribusiness Programme.
1. Provide expert input and technical support on the development and rolling out of the Grow Africa Country Agribusiness Partnership Frameworks (CAP-F) as a critical flagship in advancing the NEPAD Agency’s value addition in the area of agribusiness development in Africa (both national and regional value chains including deliberate attention to interests and needs of SME’s and smallholder farmers)
2. Provide technical backstopping support towards enhanced relevant and country and value chain - specific interventions to develop and/or strengthen effective in-country multi-stakeholder platforms as public-private platforms for enhanced dialogue, learning and brokering of collaborations and partnerships for increased investments in agribusiness
3. Provide strategic advice and guidance to the Grow Africa program on private sector engagement and collaborations including helping understand their investment needs and challenges and brokering investment collaboration. The specific deliverables include support to “closing deals” of investment financing with increased private sector financing into the agriculture and food systems value chain
4. Expert input and support to NEPAD Grow Africa programme on development of innovative strategies to catalyse and foster responsible, inclusive and sustainable business models and investments in priority value chains in and across member states
5. Perform any other duties as may be assigned with the framework of the assignment and scope of work, vis vis, Unlocking potential Investment in Agribusiness.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address or submitted by email below by the 8th March 2019 by at 15:30 hours (SA Time) and the outer enveloped must outline “Consultancy Services for Unlocking Agribusiness Private Sector Investment For Grow Africa” - PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 39/NPCA/NRG/GA/ICS/2019”.
The Tender Box,
Chairperson, NEPAD Internal Procurement Committee
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
230 15th Road, Randjespark
1685, Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 256 3600
E-mail: procurement@nepad.org and copied to AseyeA@nepad.org & vincentm@nepad.org
Attn: Vincent Moola, Head of Procurement