UNCDF is looking for a firm or a consortium with demonstrated experience in the operation and management of incubators/ accelerators through in-country innovation platform.

The overall duration of the work is expected to take up to 12 months renewable another 12.

The purpose of this exploratory request for applications (RFA) is to support UNCDF through its Mobile Money for the Poor programme (MM4P) and its partners to engage in space of digital innovations with results linked to UNCDF’s financial mandate to provide capital (grants, loans and guarantees) and technical support both public and private sector in the least developed countries and elsewhere to support low income individuals and communities. This RFA will result in a shortlist of potential organizations with whom UNCDF will seek to develop in-country innovation facility

Applications & RFA Calendar:

• Publication date: 01 November 2017.
• Deadline for questions in writing: 08 November 2017.
• Publication of Questions and Answers Document: 09 November 2017.
• Final deadline for applications 16 November 2017.

You may send questions to mm4p@uncdf.org A FAQ document will be generated based on enquiries received on or before 08 November. The FAQs will be posted on the UNCDF website shortly thereafter.

Applications should be returned to the UNCDF by email at mm4p@uncdf.org no later than midnight on 16 November Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Applications must follow the submission format in Annex I.