CALL FOR INNOVATORS
Boosting Financial Inclusion and Job Creation in Ashanti and Western Regions of Ghana
UNCDF is bringing its expertise in promoting financial inclusion and inclusive digital economies to support job creation under the “Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn)” Programme funded by the European Union Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). This programme will contribute to addressing the root causes of irregular migration through green and climate-resilient local economic development and improving prospects of beneficiaries, by creating employment and enterprise opportunities in Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana
To provide a better contribution to the achievement of the GrEEn objectives, UNCDF is organizing the “Innovation Challenge: Boosting Financial Inclusion and Job Creation in Ashanti and Western Regions of Ghana.”
Under GrEEn, UNCDF will support partners and stakeholders in the development or expansion of innovative use-cases, products or business models to facilitate access and usage of financial services for up to 70,000 beneficiaries targeting youth, women, returning migrants and MSMEs and help them with post-COVID-19 recovery.
Target groups of this request for applications (RfA)
PILLAR 1 - Customer Empowerment
UNCDF is open to proposals from applicants to provide financial literacy programmes on innovative financial services and products that enable segments within the vulnerable groups targeted by the RfA to acquire the necessary skills (digital and financial) to leverage financial services and to build resilient local economies.
PILLAR 2 - Inclusive Innovation
UNCDF is open to proposals from applicants to provide innovative, scalable and commercially viable financial services and products that enable the vulnerable groups targeted by this RfA (youth, women, returning migrants and MSMEs), to better access and use integrated financial services linked to creating job opportunities.
An information session will be organized on February 10, 2021 at 11:00 GMT+0.
Deadline for the submission of applications is February 28, 2021 at 23:59 GMT+0.