USAID

USAID’s East Africa Private Sector Engagement in Support of Prosper Africa APS
Deadline Date – 21-Nov-2020
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has
announced the East Africa Private Sector Engagement in Support of
Prosper Africa Annual Program Statement (APS) (known hereafter as East
Africa Prosper APS). Under East Africa Prosper APS, USAID missions in
East Africa seek to partner with the private sector, business associations
and other interested organizations to facilitate increased two-way trade and
investment between the U.S. and Africa in support of the Prosper Africa
initiative. This window of the APS seeks to support exceptional and
innovative solutions to rapidly, transparently and sustainably grow two-way
trade and investment between the United States and East Africa in support
of the Prosper Africa initiative. Proposed activities should facilitate market

driven solutions that lower risk, advance competitiveness, increase the
availability of data analytics and actionable market intelligence, establish
communications channels for timely market alerts, strengthen business
networks and advocacy and enact policy changes that turn around near-
term benefits to market players. Proposed activities may include USAID
support for co-investments with private sector firms that demonstrate a
catalytic impact. Additionally, proposed activities may target specific
industry sectors or geographical areas in East Africa.