Call for Applications: UNCDF Grants for Development of a Mobile Application for Financial Education in West Africa 2018

UNCDF is seeking applications from qualified technical partners (e.g. The partner firm or organization will be tasked to develop a platform which meets the contextual needs of the four (4) YouthStart Expansion countries (The Gambia, Guinea, Niger and Senegal).

Application Deadline: 10th July 2018

Eligible Countries: Guinea, Niger, Senegal, The Gambia

About the Award: The application should be designed for trainers at FSPs level but also for final young clients on their own devices with the option (where applicable) to be linked to an e-wallet system of a partner financial institution. Content for the financial training modules will be provided by UNCDF and the partner financial institution.

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Type: Grants, Entrepreneurship

Eligibility: The application:

• Should use an open sourced solution
• Provide an option for USSD compatibility is desirable
• Easy to adapt to different cultural contexts like local language
• Should be easy to use and should take into consideration low literacy and digital skills of end users
• Should be android compatible
• Compatibility with IOS desirable

The technical partner will first launch the platform in Guinea. The launch in other countries will be discussed with UNCDF at the start of the engagement. Please note the timeline for other countries will vary according to the FSPs selected in each country.

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: Up to US$300,000 for the whole project. Applicants should provide budgets indicating the cost per stage (as depicted above) per country and how they would allocate costs to produce high quality results with their technical approach.

Duration of Programme: The duration of the grant agreement will be 30 months.

How to Apply: 

• Applications and any consultation about this RfA should be submitted via email at [email protected]
• Questions regarding this RfA will be accepted until 5 July 2018
• The subject line of the email should be: Mobile Application for Financial Education YS-E
• Applications can be submitted in either English or French

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Award Providers: UNCDF