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African Development Bank calls for proposals for projects on digital financial solutions 

The initiative will be delivered via Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (AFDI)

Ngozi EkugobyNgozi Ekugo
4 weeks ago
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Africa Development Bank launches a Call for Proposals for projects on digital financial solutions 
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To hasten financial inclusion in Africa, in line with its 2023 work programme, the African Development Bank (AfDB) through the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (AFDI) is calling for project proposals that will foster greater access and use of digital financial solutions.  

This AfDB initiative aims to eliminate obstacles to the development and application of digital financial solutions.  

As a result, digital infrastructure, policy, and regulation, as well as goods and innovation with gender inclusion and capacity building, will serve as the facility’s three key pillars.  

The Call for Proposals will select viable and scalable digital financial solution (DFS) initiatives to promote access, quality, and usage of financial services as drivers of sustainable financial inclusion, particularly among the most vulnerable, including women, youth, and small businesses. 

About ADFI 

The African Development Bank launched ADFI in 2019 in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the French Development Agency (AFD), the Ministry of Finance, Government of Luxembourg, joined the Ministry of Economy and Finance, France, and the Women’s Enterprise Finance Initiative in 2020 and 2022 respectively. 

The terms and conditions are outlined below: 

 Areas of Intervention 

The Call for Proposals is aligned with ADFI’s pillars of intervention and has the following two components: 

  • Lot 1 targets the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, Nigeria, and Tanzania 
  • Lot 2 targets regional initiatives 

Pillar 1: Digital financial infrastructure 

Country level– Technical assistance on interoperability of payment systems, agent networks, and merchant acceptance networks; digital registries and alternative credit scoring, increased mobile network coverage, affordable data, and digital devices. 

Regional level – Technical assistance on the interoperability of payment systems, interoperable payment distribution networks, and e-commerce platforms. 

 Pillar 2: Digital Financial Policy & regulation

Country level – Sandboxing/Fintech innovations of policies or testing new digital products and business models; Interoperability regulatory frameworks; and consumer protection, e.g., data privacy, recourse mechanisms, and cybersecurity. 

Regional level – DFS policies and regulations for cross-border remittances; consumer protection, e.g., data privacy, recourse mechanisms, cybersecurity; Sandbox policies and testing of new products and business models and e-KYC.   

Pillar 3: Digital Financial Products & innovation

Country level – Digitization of government payments and social transfers; and digitization of agriculture value chains and MSMEs.  

Regional level – DFS products that have the potential for scale in more than one country, address the needs of the base of the pyramid and touch key sectors such as MSME and agriculture.   

Evaluation Criteria  

  • Project viability 
  • Applicant’s expertise and track record in relation to the proposed project 
  • Ability to scale 
  • The potential impact of the project  

Targeted Clients/ Recipients  

At the Country level, the clients will include: Government ministries, Central Banks, regulatory authorities, bank, and non-bank financial institutions, mobile money operators, and payment switch companies. 

At the regional level, the clients will include regional economic communities, regional coordination bodies, regional private sector institutions, international agencies with operations in Africa, inter-governmental organizations, and private sector organizations such as bank and non-bank digital financial service providers with regional coverage. 

Other Project Requirements  

Funding Allocation 

  • Maximum size of grant funding under Lot 1 (country level): USD1 million 
  • Maximum for blended finance of grant and loan under Lot 1: USD 1.5 million 
  • Maximum size of grant under Lot 2 (regional level): USD 1.5 million 
  • Minimum size of the loan under Lot 1 and Lot 2: USD 1 million 

Project Duration 

  1. Country-level projects: two to three years 
  2. Regional-level projects: three to four years

How to apply 

Interested and eligible organizations are encouraged to apply using the email. submitted in French or English by 31st March 2023. The email subject should read: Call for Proposals-ADFI 2023 – Name of Country or Region. 

Questions or clarifications on the Call for Proposals can be sent to the same email. Responses to queries will be via return email and will be provided with the latest by February 17th, midnight Abidjan time. 

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Comments 2

  1. Dr. Eugene Onor Etta says:
    January 13, 2023 at 7:50 am

    Thank you for the sounding advert, but am just a single individual from Nigeria and feel like doing a lot with AfDB. Am yet to published a pH.D thesis on the Transnational road infrastructure between Nigeria and Cameroon, linking the two countries and other African regions, sponsored by AfDB and other donors country.
    My question is, how can I as an individual partner with (AfDB)? In terms of projects.

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  2. Dr. Eugene Onor Etta says:
    January 13, 2023 at 8:07 am

    Thank you for the sounding advert, am from Nigeria and will wish to know more of AfDB as a single individual in the area of research and development.
    Am yet to published a pH.D thesis written on Transnational road infrastructure which links Cameroon and Nigeria and other African regions sponsored by AfDB.
    My question is,as an individual how can I be absorb in the activities of AfDB?

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